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in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
Oh, this saddens me. Sorry to but in.
But Conor has been a family fn for me for generations. It is a fn, in this Conor spelling.
Irish surnames often change spelling slightly when used as a surname, at least the way the English have co-opted them. Thus, Conor O'Connor, Brian O'Brien, Cormac McCormick, Lachlan McLaughlin. (OK, that last one is Scottish. But same principle.)
That's why I don't care for the Connor spelling -- it's too surname-y for me. But Conor is definitely a fn! Think Conor Cruise O'Brien, the Irish writer.
I'm sorry to go on and on. I just hate to see a gorgeous name like Conor get passed over for inaccurate reasons.
But Conor has been a family fn for me for generations. It is a fn, in this Conor spelling.
Irish surnames often change spelling slightly when used as a surname, at least the way the English have co-opted them. Thus, Conor O'Connor, Brian O'Brien, Cormac McCormick, Lachlan McLaughlin. (OK, that last one is Scottish. But same principle.)
That's why I don't care for the Connor spelling -- it's too surname-y for me. But Conor is definitely a fn! Think Conor Cruise O'Brien, the Irish writer.
I'm sorry to go on and on. I just hate to see a gorgeous name like Conor get passed over for inaccurate reasons.
This message was edited 6/17/2010, 9:09 AM
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It's still unattractive to me no matter how it's spelled, but you can like it if you want to. It's become a trendy preppy name these days in a similar category to Brandon, Brendan, Ethan and Liam... none of which are in any way attractive to me... Thus, regardless of its history, it still qualifies as a rather yuppie name in our current society... at least in N. Am. anyway. May be different in GB and Ireland, but where I am, it really falls into that trendy preppy name category for this generation. Next generation, something else will fit that category.
This message was edited 6/17/2010, 4:25 PM
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