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littleblondesim said: Interesting…seems like the more modern English names are frowned upon where you are, then. Like the ones American celebrities all name their kids. Emma might be popular because it’s simple and pretty cute. My list is probably a little biased because I’m a barista. So the people I see all the time are slightly older and have money to spend on silly coffee drinks. 🙂

That’s pretty much it. Many people are very prejudiced against the more modern English names like “Maddox”; meanwhile, names like “John” and “Tom” actually have some sort of tradition in old trading towns like Hamburg or Bremen, where international merchants and sailor often visited. Emma is a very international name (it’s relatively easy to pronounce), and, to be fair, it IS cute. I can certainly understand why it is so popular.

Yeah, I’m very interested in how names and naming traditions change over time, including the current decade. I also lead a youth group (ages 8-12), so I know quite a lot of names that are popular right now.

holleyberry said: You know I’m a huge Sandy/Goopy shipper, but Brandon is a very close second. So happy these two are so happy…for now.

For now? What do you know that I don’t? (I’ll probably add Goopy at some point, but I don’t know whether it will be as a playable (when/if I feel like it) or if I’ll just add all of the remaining townies as… well, townies.)

eulaliasims said: One of my favourite houses in Middleground. 😀 That painting corner upstairs is cute!

Thanks! I really like how it turned out! I’m usually not very good at decorating houses…

holleyberry said: Perhaps they can get put of the weeds now.

Yeah, they really need the money… (At least I hope that’s what you’re saying. XD I still struggle with colloquialism.)

I underestimated how much German schools love “Karneval” (Carnival)… guess I’ll throw on a blouse and an old skirt, buy an umbrella and top head and call myself “Mary Poppins”?

(No, but seriously, I forgot how into “Karneval” German people are. I usually ignore it (I do love dressing up, but hate how everyone just wants to get drunk).

Remington come home with a promotion!

Meanwhile, Ares terrorizes the rest of the household until Andy stops him.

Ivy happens to walk by and Christy and she spend the afternoon catching up.

The twins come back from school. While Andy decides he’ll ignore his friend he brought home from school, Benny is excited to greet Christy, who’s returned from work.

Timothy is the first one back home. He decides he wants to get a part-time job, and in accordance with his lifetime want, becomes a nursing home attendant.