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Help[Opinions] Re: Germaine
in reply to a message by Elinor
I'd say jer-MAYNE. I'm not sure I like it, but I could warm up to it, I think. It's appropriately dated that I could see it falling into something of a "tragically hip" category. A teenaged Germaine would make a great lead guitarist; a child Germaine, I can't yet picture.
The name first reminds me of Jermaine Jackson, who infamously named a child Jermajesty. But he was an attractive kid and relatively normal for the Jackson family, so that's not too bad an association. Then I think of little Germaine, one of the youngest children in Yours, Mine, and Ours (the good version)--she was adorable. Finally, it sounds very much like "germinate" to me.
I think I could get used to it. The nickname possibilities are pretty few--who wants to be Gerri or Germy?--but the sound is different. I'd be rather excited if I met a little girl by name of Germaine, I think.
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The dogs on main street howl
`Cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister, I ain't a boy--no I'm a man,
And I believe in a promised land.
The name first reminds me of Jermaine Jackson, who infamously named a child Jermajesty. But he was an attractive kid and relatively normal for the Jackson family, so that's not too bad an association. Then I think of little Germaine, one of the youngest children in Yours, Mine, and Ours (the good version)--she was adorable. Finally, it sounds very much like "germinate" to me.
I think I could get used to it. The nickname possibilities are pretty few--who wants to be Gerri or Germy?--but the sound is different. I'd be rather excited if I met a little girl by name of Germaine, I think.
Array
The dogs on main street howl
`Cause they understand
If I could take one moment into my hands
Mister, I ain't a boy--no I'm a man,
And I believe in a promised land.
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