Nevaeh Si A Ecalp No Htrea

My Dear Princess and Dear Fellows,

We were talking about names at work today, this is because Coca Cola New Zealand puts out bottles with names printed on them to attract the punters. 

Lemon was pleased because they've done a "Ioane" bottle. You pronounce this "Yewanni" and it is the name of her son. She tells me that it is the Samoan version of "Johnny".

We then got onto silly names we've heard. Fat Pete, I mentioned "Pocahontas" McBride to her. And then we got talking about the sheer number of Jacksons and Marleys we know, following the deaths of the two pop stars. 

But then Lemon completely outdid me by telling me her son goes to school with a kid named "Sin City". 

"They just call him, 'City'," Lemon told me. "The weirdest thing about it is that he has a twin brother called Dave."

I sympathised with City, and said he must take a lot of abuse at school. 

"Not at all," Lemon told me. "It's Dave who gets all the grief. She said it goes like this. 

KID: "Dave"? What sort of name is "Dave"?!? Me and City and Marley and Nevaeh think it sounds dumbarse.

"Nevaeh"? I asked. "Is that a Samoan name as well?"

"No," replied Lemon, "It's 'heaven' backwards," she added sourly. "I know about three of them."

So there you are. In case you are in need of baby name ideas, this must open a whole new world to you. "Nevaeh", "Esidarap", "Elohesra" - the possibilities are endless.

You can thank me later.

S.