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Offline Capt McQuigg

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Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2013, 12:52:29 PM »
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    • Thanks Hobbledehoy!!!!

    Not only is Reuben a Jєωιѕн name but Reuben lost his place as the firstborn because of his actions toward Bilbah.

    It's a disgraceful name!

    Still, though, a truly wonderful sandwich!

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    Offline Quo Vadis Petre

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    « Reply #16 on: January 16, 2013, 01:26:00 PM »
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    • Quote from: michaela benedicta
    Oh, and P.S....
    The name DOES matter.. before I changed my name to michaela, my parents named me after a Beatles song.... (I will leave it up to you to figure out which one!) Let me tell you, if I would have charged everyone who started singing the song a nickel, I would be a millionaire by now!! Please avoid torture for your children at all costs. My parents were hippies, I barely scraped by without being named "moonbeam" or something.... :roll-laugh1:

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    Offline Capt McQuigg

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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #17 on: January 16, 2013, 01:46:46 PM »
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    • Eleanor Rigsby?
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    Offline Jacob III

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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #18 on: January 16, 2013, 07:51:51 PM »
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    • Or lovely Rita, meter maid.

    Thanks for the advice folks, it has made us reconsider and decide that a saint's name would indeed be better!
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    Offline Sigismund

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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #19 on: January 16, 2013, 08:25:54 PM »
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    • Quote from: Telesphorus
    People will think he's Jєωιѕн.


    Some maybe.  Most will just think he is names Reuben  If you pronounced it with a V instead of a B it would sound Jєωιѕн.
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    « Reply #20 on: January 16, 2013, 08:26:43 PM »
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    • Quote from: Catechist99
    Not to mention that in the Bible Reuben is not exactly a heroic figure (he committed incest).  Ruben was deprived of his birthright in punishment of an incest which he committed in Chanaan (Genesis 35:22; 49:4).

    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13214b.htm

    Wise to select something else that will bring honor to Our Lord and your family.


    That is a much better reason for not using the name.
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    « Reply #21 on: January 16, 2013, 08:27:55 PM »
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    Oh, and P.S....
    The name DOES matter.. before I changed my name to michaela, my parents named me after a Beatles song.... (I will leave it up to you to figure out which one!)


    I'll bite - Yellow Submarine?

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    I am guessing Rita or Michelle.
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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #22 on: January 16, 2013, 08:43:23 PM »
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    • Quote from: michaela benedicta
    Oh, and P.S....
    The name DOES matter.. before I changed my name to michaela, my parents named me after a Beatles song.... (I will leave it up to you to figure out which one!) Let me tell you, if I would have charged everyone who started singing the song a nickel, I would be a millionaire by now!! Please avoid torture for your children at all costs. My parents were hippies, I barely scraped by without being named "moonbeam" or something.... :roll-laugh1:

    Love,
    +michaela benedicta


    Penny Lane?
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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #23 on: January 16, 2013, 08:56:46 PM »
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    • Hey, Jude!?   :confused1: :scratchchin:
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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #24 on: January 16, 2013, 09:09:00 PM »
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    • I knew a Reuben when I was younger. He was a good kid, and the kind of guy who would probably have been a good man and husband. I haven't seen him in probably 20 years, so I don't know how he turned out.

    My guess is that he was pretty solid.
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    Offline michaela benedicta

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    Would "Reuben" be an appropriate name for a Catholic boyman?
    « Reply #25 on: January 16, 2013, 10:22:21 PM »
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    • No worries, Jacob III!
    thank you for asking us... of course now you have to post some newborn pics (insert malevolent laugh here!) just kidding! But some pics would be great!

    OK, OK, sorry about the name thing!  It was between "Michelle" by the Beatles and "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers.  :smoke-pot: I promise, if any one of you even THINK of the tune, I will find you!! ha ha! just kidding :) Then you will have to pony up a nickel for my retirement fund.

    Love,
    +michaela "she came in through the bathroom window" benedicta
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