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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:48 PM
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Your opinion of the name 'Brent'?
As a first name, I mean. I've gotten different reactions about it from people throughout my life: "unique", "preppy-sounding", "hard to say", "weird", "dumb"...
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:50 PM
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1. right up there
with chad, thad, brant, sterling, dakota, logan, loden, chet, etc.

gimme good old catholic names: vincent, joseph, peter, paul, michael, shit like that.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:51 PM
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3. Dominick? Levino? Pasquelina? Lucettia?
Those are some of the Good Old Catholic names from my family.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:54 PM
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4. dominick is a good one
i'm "joey" (to my family), my brother is "tony"

got a nephew named michael anthony, we call him mick, mickey, mikey bagadonuts.
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:57 PM
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5. Don't forget 'Trent'
One of my chemistry professors kept calling me that.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 04:50 PM
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2. I like it. I always have.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:25 PM
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6. It worked for Brent Spiner
Lt. Data on Star Trek: TNG.

Can't say as I've known any Brents in person, though.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 05:27 PM
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7. I always presuje it's
an assumed name, not a given name.
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 06:54 PM
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8. I think it's a great name...
because it's my name, too. I've had people call me Trent, Brett, Brad, Kent, and Brick (I have no idea why he called me Brick). I had a woman call me Dave right after I told her my name was Brent.
How she got Dave from Brent, I'll never know.

I didn't meet another Brent until I was 21. I was always the only Brent at school.

I've had the name for almost 47 years, and I've always liked it.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 07:11 PM
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9. Don't meet too many Brents in prison
However, they get beat up a lot.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 07:14 PM
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10. Hard to say?
:wtf:

I like it fine. I'm a bit more into classic names (If I had a son, he'd be "Harris" after my grandfather), but Brent seems like a perfectly fine name to me. In fact, it seems like a strong name. Yep, I definitely like it.

Seriously, don't pay attention to anyone who says Brent is "hard to say". What's with that?
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 07:19 PM
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11. As long as it doesn't end in Musberger, it's alright with me!
It is pretty unique. Too bad you have to share it with you know who.
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 07:34 PM
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12. It's OK ...
I know of two personally: knew one in school (I'm 44); another is probably in his mid-30s. This being a small-town, semi-rural area, neither was preppie.

Of course, I'm not too keen on Brent Scowcroft or Brent Musberger
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 07:37 PM
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13. I like it.
:)
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JerseyPride Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-20-07 08:00 PM
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14. I like it :)
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