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ForeverDiamond, I know about students I taught ruining some of my favorite names!! Isn't that amazing how connotations of words can be so strong!! As for Emilee, my number one name pick for daughter #2 was Emma, because an ADPi in my chapter had that name, and she was the ultimate, beautiful, soft-spoken, slow-drawling, perfect mannered Southern Belle. Unfortunately, "Emma" had begun to be extremely popular, and, as it turns out, another couple who was also adopting from China and who lives in our town, also named their daughter Emma, something I wasn't aware of, as we were just acquaintances at the time. Turns out Emma and Lesley are best friends at the same school, and often end up in the same class!! There's also another Chinese third-grader who lives here, and they named her LiAnne-her mother's name, Anne, and part of her Chinese name. Anyway, I'm glad we didn't go with Emma!!
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