On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 7/20/01 9:13:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> <<
> I've only had 8 weeks so far. Give me time, and a child the same gender
> as a pet, and we'll see....
> >>
> Doesn't have to be the same gender. I think the fact that the Dog and the
> Daughter's name end in y which is accented is the key (as in "lucY stop
> barking" and mollY stop whining").
So I'm prone to it if I name my kid something that ends in "a" (the dogs
are Briana and Miranda)? Especially if it has the same number of
syllables?
None of the names currently under consideration for future children have
that feature. Maybe I'm safe from that particular boo-boo. Maybe not.
Julia