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noo john is definitely an auld man's name.

look am jus sayin ahv never met another young lassie called esther but ahv definitely met auld wifeys called esther

wit's it mean by the way? yer name?

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I think we can agree to disagree there - John's definitely a younger name than, say...'Albert'.

Your name's a first for me, that I can say for sure.

[ She knows what her name means, the different derivations; even though she'd asked time and time before, she used to ask her mum to tell her what it meant, the various stories that came with it. It's associated with a goddess, with a Queen. But that'd mean a lot of explaining, and a lot of remembering the woman who gave it to her in the first place.

So, she goes for the simpler answer. ]

'Star'.

Does yours have a meaning..?

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naw, ah get that. there's no many folk wi mah name. it's uncommon even in scotland. it's mair ay surname than ah first name these days.

tha's pretty.

[ Niven's had something similar, only because he knew his name was so unusual. He's not sure who came up with it, but it's almost horrendously apt considering what he can do - his parents had clearly planned it. They knew what he was destined for.

It makes him feel even more bitter: ]

'little saint'.

an considerin ma middle name is 'wilson' ma name is literally three surnames.

[57times]

Now there's an old man name.

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[ Esther pls. ]

actually

wilson wis ma mother's maiden name so mair fool ye, hen.