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Help[Opinions] I don't think so.
in reply to a message by jeziana
I don't know what Myra is, so.
Adolf is an association that - well probably cannot be broken. But Minerva McGonnagal is a harmless pop figure. Rudolf the reindeer is a silly byproduct of the commercialization of Christmas. Benedict Arnold, while a bad guy, - had no genocide associated with him, and lost quickly.
The associations that I make when making name decisions - Minerva's roman glory, family significance - well, yeah. They are lost on other people. *I* don't really care if my friend was named after her grandma, *I* don't think of her grandma. I think of her. Unless Minerva meets a namenerd or a Roman nerd - yeah, a lot of the glory will be lost on other people. But it won't be lost to me, and that is the important part. The other important part is that a Rudolf or Benedict can function normally in society unburdened by negative associations, and I think they can.
What I meant was, even if a name carries a bit of baggage and a preconceived image, it is almost always lost when you meet someone with it. Names are above all NamesForPeople. Emma is a statistic, Emma is #3 on the charts for girls, Emma is an 80yearold recylced, Emma's Emma Watson and Emma the Jane Austen novel, Emma's evidence of America digging British names - but to my friends Emma is me. When I met this kid Sebastian, I thought it was really funny he had the same name as the crab on little mermaid - for about three days. When I asked my mom about Rudolf she said "reindeer" and then she thought for a minute and said "I knew a guy named Rudy, he was a jerk." "Was he given a hard time about his name?" "Not that I know of."
If you met a Rudolf I think you'd stop thinking of the reindeer first before very long. Probably same with Roman Goddess. That is what I mean.
Adolf is an association that - well probably cannot be broken. But Minerva McGonnagal is a harmless pop figure. Rudolf the reindeer is a silly byproduct of the commercialization of Christmas. Benedict Arnold, while a bad guy, - had no genocide associated with him, and lost quickly.
The associations that I make when making name decisions - Minerva's roman glory, family significance - well, yeah. They are lost on other people. *I* don't really care if my friend was named after her grandma, *I* don't think of her grandma. I think of her. Unless Minerva meets a namenerd or a Roman nerd - yeah, a lot of the glory will be lost on other people. But it won't be lost to me, and that is the important part. The other important part is that a Rudolf or Benedict can function normally in society unburdened by negative associations, and I think they can.
What I meant was, even if a name carries a bit of baggage and a preconceived image, it is almost always lost when you meet someone with it. Names are above all NamesForPeople. Emma is a statistic, Emma is #3 on the charts for girls, Emma is an 80yearold recylced, Emma's Emma Watson and Emma the Jane Austen novel, Emma's evidence of America digging British names - but to my friends Emma is me. When I met this kid Sebastian, I thought it was really funny he had the same name as the crab on little mermaid - for about three days. When I asked my mom about Rudolf she said "reindeer" and then she thought for a minute and said "I knew a guy named Rudy, he was a jerk." "Was he given a hard time about his name?" "Not that I know of."
If you met a Rudolf I think you'd stop thinking of the reindeer first before very long. Probably same with Roman Goddess. That is what I mean.
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