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Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM
I think most of the time what happens is that a parent will name their child Samuel, the child grows attached to the name Sam, and the name sticks. If that's the case with my friends, then it's not in contradiction with my first statement.

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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1692 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 327 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 739 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 344 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 378 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 439 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 430 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 984 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1335 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 437 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 446 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 948 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 849 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 794 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 728 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 418 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 719 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 973 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 953 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 439 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 809 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 450 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 449 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 325 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 433 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 433 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 736 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 788 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 880 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 881 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 811 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 980 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 873 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 758 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 430 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 384 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 422 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 407 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 444 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 432 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 393 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 455 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 831 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 1023 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1038 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 675 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1056 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 314 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 896 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1000 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 714 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 742 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 818 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 413 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 433 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 442 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 809 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 922 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 753 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 862 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 731 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 858 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 673 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 684 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 801 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 682 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 773 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 897 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 848 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 819 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 731 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 682 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 746 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 847 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 661 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 873 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 861 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 860 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 735 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 911 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 790 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 742 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 439 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 823 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 831 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 725 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 439 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 742 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 881 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 424 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 788 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 360 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 447 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 764 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 861 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 893 Views
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