I finally finished reading your whole website (I think) and loved it, loved it, loved it and I actually have something to add.

I sometimes forget that three of my friends have really weird names, mostly because I am so used to them I guess. My best friend is Galandrielle. Obviously a Lord of the Rings reference. Her Dad was reading it when her Mom was pregnant and I guess Galadriel just wasn’t weird enough?!?! Good lord, the amount of teasing she took as a child.

I also have a friend named Efua Dubie. The worst part about this is that her given name was Hannah, she actually thought it was a good plan to change her name to Efua (Eff-oo-wa). (I don’t really know how to do that phonetic business, I am a lowly political science girl myself.)

Lastly, I have a good friend from childhood whose name is Sansea. Sansea was named after a friend of her parents who was an artist. This one is pronounced like Sand Sea without the D. I am not exactly sure what is wrong with all these people’s parents. We are all in our late twenties, early thirties so perhaps the hippy thing? Not sure, but I know it’s not good.

-Maura (I feel lucky in the name department)