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Spelling Tip for Creative Baby Names – Hard G vs. Soft G

4 Comments | 19 November 2009
Gordana Gehlhausen was a contestant on Project Runway this season. Before the season began, I assumed her first name would be pronounced with a hard G, like Gordon. I was wrong. She pronounces her name with a soft G. I wonder how many other people also got it wrong? Typically, when the letter G is [...]
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Would You Sell the Right to Name Your Baby?

3 Comments | 20 July 2009
Several years ago, Melissa Heuschkel of Connecticut sold the right to name her fourth baby to online casino GoldenPalace.com. In exchange for about $15,000, she named her daughter “GoldenPalace.com” (nn Goldie). If a stranger offered you double that — $30,000 — for the right to name your next child, what would you say? Remember, this person [...]
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