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[Opinions] Duncan
This name seems really cute and old-mannishly charming to me today. Do you think a kid would be tormented by Donut jokes his whole life though? :(
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Yeah, there are the doughnuts it makes me think of. And also a breifly appearing character in my favorite video game. And also I think the "unc" sound is very unnattractive. I can see it being fun on an old man, though.
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No, I don't think so and I am going to pretend I didn't see any such comment about "d*****" because that will screw Duncan up for me for life. I love Duncan, and I actually knew one once upon a time.
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I rather like Duncan too, although it is the name of my uncle's stepson so I don't think I would use it. I also knew a Duncan at school, and the donut jokes did follow.
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Duncan's very dashing! I'm decidedly fond of it.I highly doubt that someone named Duncan would be unrelentingly subjected to jokes about Dunkin' Donuts.

This message was edited 6/20/2010, 6:50 PM

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As long as the kid wasn't overweight, there shouldn't be a problem. Duncan's kinda nice; it makes me thing of a black Irish guy about 6'3" who plays football and loves everything ever written by James Joyce... no clue why. LOL!
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May be ok. It always makes me think of a town in BC that is unfortunately dubbed "drunken Duncan" at times, though I doubt that would be his nn in elementary school. Aside from that, I'm rather neutral on the name. Not sure how many doughnut jokes he'll be lumped w/.
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I love Duncan. It's a shame you don't hear it that often, because I think it's charming.
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I know a guy named Duncan. Very quiet, loves his train set.I don't get the 'donut' reference. It makes me think of Macbeth, if anything.
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Knew a cute and very gentlemanly Duncan love it!
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Duncan sounds either manly and gruff or lame and nerdy. I guess it depends on what kind of kid Duncan is. I was also thinking McLeod (Highlander).
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I would not make donut jokes unless he becomes a cop then Donut jokes galore. I kinda of like the name Duncan for how the name sounds.

This message was edited 6/20/2010, 5:20 PM

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I knew a Duncan in school.As far as I know he wasn't teased. I like the name somewhat - it's a very young name to me, not old.
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I'm not very keen on Duncan. It seems old and nerdy. Being an Australian, the only teasing I can think of is "dunny can", which is slang for toilet.
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I know a first grader named Duncan. He's a cutie.
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I've always liked Duncan. It's very dignified, without being stuffy. Dunkin Donuts can go dunk themselves. ;)
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I don't think that would be a huge teasing point. The only one I could think of is the similar sound of Duncan and "drunken" maybe. I can definitely see it on a younger person-- I agree it could be a very cute name. I wouldn't let the similarity to Dunkin' Donuts put you off a classic name, either.
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