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Help[Opinions] Re: Benjamin
in reply to a message by ChopSocky
I feel bad being a wet blanket, but I find Benjamin so, so mind-numbingly boring. It's a very popular name in my city and I know Bens of all ages. It's like Michael. It's a huge blank presence.
Because I know so many Bens, it's hard for me to give it a feeling, just like Michael. I know a wacky artistic Ben, an adorable little toddler Benjamin, a creepy, whiny, spoiled momma's-boy Ben (my cousin in fact, who is 21 ansd still whiny), an unsuccessful-emo Ben, a lawyer Benjamin, a sports-nut Ben....
The only way I could maybe get excited over another Benjamin is if he went by Benji. I love that short form and every mother-of-a-Benjamin has absolutely refused to let me call their son that. Harumph. Benji is so great in 1950's freckled-rebel sort of way, don't they see that?!
Because I know so many Bens, it's hard for me to give it a feeling, just like Michael. I know a wacky artistic Ben, an adorable little toddler Benjamin, a creepy, whiny, spoiled momma's-boy Ben (my cousin in fact, who is 21 ansd still whiny), an unsuccessful-emo Ben, a lawyer Benjamin, a sports-nut Ben....
The only way I could maybe get excited over another Benjamin is if he went by Benji. I love that short form and every mother-of-a-Benjamin has absolutely refused to let me call their son that. Harumph. Benji is so great in 1950's freckled-rebel sort of way, don't they see that?!
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I love Benji.
Sure, it's the name of a shaggy dog, but I always thought it was a great nickname. If I had a Ben, I'd probably call him Benji/Benjy occasionally.
Sure, it's the name of a shaggy dog, but I always thought it was a great nickname. If I had a Ben, I'd probably call him Benji/Benjy occasionally.
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ditto for benji
It has a little mischievous, rock 'n roll side that Ben is totally lacking. Ben is a good guy's name indeed, but not in a so good way.
Apart from that, I think it is when I heard it pronounced Benyamin (which is very different from the way we say it in my language) that it started grewing on me. The name is so common that I had never paid any attention to it and that made me reconsider it somehow.
It has a little mischievous, rock 'n roll side that Ben is totally lacking. Ben is a good guy's name indeed, but not in a so good way.
Apart from that, I think it is when I heard it pronounced Benyamin (which is very different from the way we say it in my language) that it started grewing on me. The name is so common that I had never paid any attention to it and that made me reconsider it somehow.
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