[Games] Re: Please comment upon the following names
in reply to a message by Drak
If by "bash," you mean "write a critque," then that's what's below.
Now...for the COMMENTS!
Adam- Bland.
Alastair- Like it.
Anatole- Umm...who would want to be named after Turkey?
Baptist- Yuck. Too devout.
Benjamin- Except for the "jam" part, I like it.
Brook- A word, synonymous with creek, river, and stream.
Boris- Sounds like "bore."
Caleb- Nice.
Caradoc- Nice.
Connor- Nothing wrong with it.
Damocles- A wee too mythological.
David- I don't know what it is, but that name irks me.
Donald- Yuck.
Edward- Yuck.
Elphias- Who is her/his right mind would give that name to a child?
Fedir- WTF?
Forrest- Except for the meaning, I like it, just for a girl.
Galahad- NICE! ME LIKEY!
George- No-no.
Graham- A word containing unnecessarily silent letters.
Grant- A word.
Hades- See comment on "Damocles."
Hayden- A planetarium.
Henry- Too old-fashioned.
Innocent- A word.
Isaac- Nice.
Ivan- Sounds brutal.
Jacob- Nice!
James- Nice.
Jordan- Nice, but I'd prefer it as a girl's name.
Kevin- See comment on "David."
Kyle- HELL, NO!
Lachlan- A surname.
Lucas- Nice. Filmmaker-esque.
Mark- A word, but I like it.
Marley- Um...what?
Martin- Nice.
Milo- Hell, no.
Nicholas- I'd like it more if it weren't associated with that ludicrous "Santa Claus" fabrication.
Noah- A little too biblical.
Oliver- Nice.
Othello- Too Shakespearian.
Otis- Even a fish doesn't deserve that name.
Paris- A city.
Peter- Nice.
Robert- Old-fashioned.
Romeo- See entry for "Othello."
Samuel- I like the "Sam" part.
Talbot- A surname.
Titus- Too Roman.
Troy- See entries for "Damocles" and "Hades."
Ulrik- Hate it. (By the way, Ulric looks better)
Uri- Ummm...no.
Venkat- *eyes widen in shock* WHAT?!
Victor- O.K.
Vladimir- Named after an impaler/vampire...no.
Wendell- Yuck.
Wesley- Sounds like "weasel."
William- DON'T BASH THIS NAME!
Yakiv- Prefer "Jacob."
Yancy- Ew.
Yousef- No.
Zachary- I like.
Zane- Doesn't sound like a name.
Now...for the COMMENTS!
Adam- Bland.
Alastair- Like it.
Anatole- Umm...who would want to be named after Turkey?
Baptist- Yuck. Too devout.
Benjamin- Except for the "jam" part, I like it.
Brook- A word, synonymous with creek, river, and stream.
Boris- Sounds like "bore."
Caleb- Nice.
Caradoc- Nice.
Connor- Nothing wrong with it.
Damocles- A wee too mythological.
David- I don't know what it is, but that name irks me.
Donald- Yuck.
Edward- Yuck.
Elphias- Who is her/his right mind would give that name to a child?
Fedir- WTF?
Forrest- Except for the meaning, I like it, just for a girl.
Galahad- NICE! ME LIKEY!
George- No-no.
Graham- A word containing unnecessarily silent letters.
Grant- A word.
Hades- See comment on "Damocles."
Hayden- A planetarium.
Henry- Too old-fashioned.
Innocent- A word.
Isaac- Nice.
Ivan- Sounds brutal.
Jacob- Nice!
James- Nice.
Jordan- Nice, but I'd prefer it as a girl's name.
Kevin- See comment on "David."
Kyle- HELL, NO!
Lachlan- A surname.
Lucas- Nice. Filmmaker-esque.
Mark- A word, but I like it.
Marley- Um...what?
Martin- Nice.
Milo- Hell, no.
Nicholas- I'd like it more if it weren't associated with that ludicrous "Santa Claus" fabrication.
Noah- A little too biblical.
Oliver- Nice.
Othello- Too Shakespearian.
Otis- Even a fish doesn't deserve that name.
Paris- A city.
Peter- Nice.
Robert- Old-fashioned.
Romeo- See entry for "Othello."
Samuel- I like the "Sam" part.
Talbot- A surname.
Titus- Too Roman.
Troy- See entries for "Damocles" and "Hades."
Ulrik- Hate it. (By the way, Ulric looks better)
Uri- Ummm...no.
Venkat- *eyes widen in shock* WHAT?!
Victor- O.K.
Vladimir- Named after an impaler/vampire...no.
Wendell- Yuck.
Wesley- Sounds like "weasel."
William- DON'T BASH THIS NAME!
Yakiv- Prefer "Jacob."
Yancy- Ew.
Yousef- No.
Zachary- I like.
Zane- Doesn't sound like a name.