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To: Rambi who wrote (41729)	11/14/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Monica Lickamon. I would guess "Monica" has suffered some. Think? Yes. HAS to have suffered some popularity. Let's be practical. You, as new parents, gonna pick that one? Might have been cut off completely. "No Monicas in 7.5 years." The name will forever (well, half a century), be associated with sucking. Gee, it felt really weird and gross or something, to use that word. It's a nice word, but.... I guess we never should have. Used it. In the Bless-ed media. Those two cheapened sex, they did. We'd be better as a country if he'da just said, "Yah, but she sucks like a Hoover." Woulda felt like we were in reasonable, conscious hands.

To: Rambi who wrote (41729)	11/14/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

One of my aunts was also named Marion, the male spelling. I think her parents simply made a mistake and didn't know any better. As for the Monicas, I suspect that they are the first ones to have circulated the Lewinsky jokes in self defense, the way blondes are connoisseurs of blonde jokes.

To: Rambi who wrote (41729)	11/14/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Justin C	Respond to of 71178

Names probably can have some impact. I would expect a Penni to be a popular kid on the block, which is good. Positive vibes in childhood, so I hear, are important in determining how we turn out later on. Some names particularly seem to fit. Can you imagine Elvis being named anything other than Elvis? Certainly not a make-or-break factor in his career, but it must have helped early on from a publicity and identity standpoint. "Oh Myrtle, Myrtle" ... I may try that line on my Crape Myrtle trees next Spring. When the neighbors aren't around.