[stylist] Quadruplets' names

[Barbara Hammel]

That would probably be the way to go.  They are pretty similar but, to my 
way of thinking, different enough.
Barbara

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From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:20 PM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quadruplets' names

> Hi Barbara,
> Thanks for your advise.
> What about shortening the original names?:
> Bina, Lima, Kina and Fiya?
>
>
> Do you have twins too? When we get the other list going it would be
> great if you could tell me more about them. Zaina is a deafblind
> mother of deafblind Quadruplets. Although she does get help from her
> husband Qasim and his extended family but that would be natural for
> any mother of multiples.
> What about shortening the original names shortened?:
> Bina, Lima, Kina and Fiya.
>
> Helene
>
> On 24/04/2009, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
>> Helene
>> If you want to name the quads with all names starting with s, why not 
>> make
>> the second letter different like: Sabina, Selma, Sidney and Sondra. 
>> That's
>> just an example of what I mean.  The other thing is that you could start
>> their names with different first letters but have the rest of the name 
>> very
>> similar like Bailey, Carrie, Jamie and Daisy.  Personally, I like to make
>> the first letter the same for multiples.  Funny thing is, in the stories
>> I've written it usually doesn't happen that way and my twins are Jesse 
>> and
>> Paul.
>> Another idea would be to look up a certain definition of a name and name 
>> the
>> children with names that mean that thing like all names that mean green, 
>> or
>> happy or strong for example.
>> Barbara
>>
>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom
>> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>>
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>> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:20 PM
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quadruplets' names
>>
>>> Thanks for your advise. No they are not major characters in 'a
>>> deafblind girl'. However they will have more of a role in the 3rd
>>> novel when it gets written. Sabina in particular.
>>>
>>> I've already got another character called Selene who also plays a
>>> major role in the 3rd book but hardly gets mentioned in 'a deafblind
>>> girl'.
>>>
>>> Helene
>>>
>>> On 23/04/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
>>>> Are they major characters that we'll need to keep track of?   If not,
>>>> leave
>>>> them.   If so, consider not having the second letter identical in all.
>>>> For example, Sabbie might be considered as a nickname for Sabina, and 
>>>> so
>>>> might
>>>> be confusing.   How about Selena?   Or is that too foreign?
>>>> Lori
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 4/23/09 2:28:50 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What about the names: Sabina, Sabbie, Saffiya and Sakina. They are the
>>>>> names of Zaina's quadruplets.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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