Marlow for my baby girl?

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Marlow for my baby girl?
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Sat, 01-12-2008 - 5:42pm
My husband and i love Marlow, or Marlaux for a girl....but, i get a LOT of mixed opinions on it. i HAVE to have an M name...mine is Merritt, husband John son Jake ......what do yall think?
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Sun, 01-13-2008 - 8:47pm

Good grief. Your reply to Jazz was far more rude than her well-stated opinion. Get a grip.

Marlow is lovely, I like Harlow better, but if you need an "M" name Marlow is quite nice. The Marleaux spelling isn't a fave. I also like Mila, Molly, and Miriam.

HTH.


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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 3:26pm
ok seriously, i appreciate your opinion but, are u being serious? there is no need for you to get involved in anything i say to anyone. ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!! i am a grown woman who felt insulted by some random person who i was only asking a KIND favor of an opinion!!!! (it was NOT well stated...it was rude!!!) if i had some kind of crazy issue i would have gotten upset at everyone else who said they didnt like the name but, i didnt. because they were not RUDE! she was! so i was rude back. thats what happens. i'm pregnant and dont need to feel insulted by some stranger....
so thanks for your input but, MY GRIP IS JUST FINE. which by the way, WAS ALSO RUDE TO SAY. YOU GET A GRIP.
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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 3:32pm
I DONT WANT PEOPLE TO RESPOND "ONLY IF THEY LIKE IT". I WANT PEOPLE TO BE NICE WHEN THEY SAY THEY DONT. U SAID IT SOUNDS "MADE UP". ITS NOT. AND ITS RUDE TO SAY THAT. I AM FROM LOUISIANA AND WE PUT "EAUX" OR "AUX" ON THE END OF A LOT OF WORDS. ITS FRENCH. ITS PART OF OUR HERITAGE. I ALSO USE BEHIND THE NAME BUT, THEY DONT HAVE EVERYTHING NOR DO ALL THE BOOKS. SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU MAY INSULT (ESPECIALLY A PREGNANT WOMAN) SOMEONE BY SOME THINGS YOU SAY.
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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:01pm
you r so nice! thank you. we've actually decide on marlaux.....i think! :).....i know its a little fussy to some people but, i am from louisiana and my french heritage is calling!!!! plus my married name is also french. it will be Marlaux Elizabeth. i'm sure i will change my mind like 50 times!!!
i wish u and your baby the best of everything! congratulations! its an amazing adventure isnt it!!!!
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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:03pm

I'm sorry it

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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:08pm

I like Marlow and Marlowe... the spelling of Marlaux is a different story though.

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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:25pm

Your posts have been nothing but gracious, Jazz. Thank you for keeping your cool in the midst of such unnecessary hostility.


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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:47pm
This is a *conversation*. By starting a thread here, you basically opened a "room" with an open invitation for others to come into the room and participate in a *conversation* with you and with each other. So I'm quite free to jump in with thoughts and opinions, even if it's also about *how* you're responding to people and not just the introductory topic itself.


You need to know that I've participated in dozens and dozens of conversations in these forums, and I've never seen anyone post so brashly, rudely and unkindly before. Pregnancy hormones aside (the vast majority of us here have those, and yet conversations usually remain civil), we don't tend to yell and fly off the handle in such a manner.


Book recommendation: Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids! by Scott Turanksy.


Marlow/Marleaux is lovely (oh, wait, is that how it's spelled? Or was it Marloux? Or Marlaux? or Marleau?), it really is. My opinion -- and of course it's just my opinion, you don't have to go with it -- is that the Marlow spelling would be much easier over the long haul for both you and your daughter. And yet, if going with the French spelling is quite important to you, then Marlaux has that going for it and will also be lovely for your daughter.






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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 4:54pm

I took French in high school and married a guy who minored in French, and not EVERY word with those endings is French. Adding a faux-French ending to something doesn't make it French, it makes it wanna-be French...and I must say, the French are not fond of wanna-bes.

(As I am not fond of people who type in all caps...)


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Mon, 01-14-2008 - 5:12pm

I minored in French at college.