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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rebecca Shaw

Ben Affleck has dated more Jennifers than there are famous Rebeccas. It’s time for us to rise up

Posed by model Young woman wearing sticker with hello my name is message pointing finger to one self smiling happy and proud
‘Do you want the name to be unique or normal? Classic? Classic like how – popular or old lady name from the 50s? What if it’s the name of a sociopath?’ Photograph: AaronAmat/Getty Images/iStockphoto

As someone from a big family who has a lot of procreation-aged friends, not a week goes by without the announcement of a new baby joining us. I love it, of course, and I’ll always give the baby its first “Like”.

My favourite part, however, besides the miracle of newborn life etc, is finding out what those people have called the child. I want to know all the names. I’ll click on the baby announcements of people I know, people I don’t know, and I’ll definitely click on a birth announcement from a celebrity, even if I’ve never heard their name before. It might surprise you to learn that I am not in the habit of judging these names, though. This is for two reasons – one, I’m a bogan from regional Queensland, I’ve heard names you can’t even imagine. And two, I have sympathy for the job!

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