> Ack. The most popular names of our generation.... Jessica, Nicole, Kristin... At least Arthur is an unusual name.
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Yes. In fact, it's very rare for me to be in the same room with another Arthur at all. :) But when I am, he's invariably the more popular one. I suppose if you look at the situation as a whole (Arthur's relative frequency as a name, my place on the bell curve of popularity) it's not that statistically unlikely.

> Isn't it strange how a person can affect how we like a name? Christine was once my favorite name. Then I met a girl who was very nasty to me, named Christine. I no longer liked the name.

Sure. I guess I'm prejudiced against Nicoles because there was a Nicole who was very cruel to me at a young age. (I don't want to go into details, but life is cruel in general to unathletic, bookish young boys with thick glasses without the barrage of feminine commentary one tends to receive.) Hmmm... on second thought, maybe all those debacles with the Nikki/Nici/Niccis in high school really *were* my fault...

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> --Jez"call me Natasha"zika

Ar"Call me, I don't know, Ishmael"thur