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So ugly! Like, nasty ugly. Ree-g'n? Jeez. There's no air or play or anything in this name. There is just, like... ugly mud boots with no aesthetic, stepping in mud. I'm sorry I just cannot relate to liking this. Yeah, there's weight all right. The name is literally a weight. Plus Regan was a terrible character! Way worse than "not the best." I get boggled when people use this as a Shakespeare reference because she is, like, just a force of foul evil, not even a complex or interesting villain, with one of the least cool and least Shakespeare names available. Wouldn't the case be that anyone who actually got the reference would be left shaking their head? And of course, that crowd would be much smaller than the crowd of people who would think you were just mis-spelling and mis-pronouncing trickle-down Ronnie's surname. Yes, a hundred people would pronounce it Ray-gen for every ten who say it Reegan. Yes, spelling it Reegan totally destroys the ostensible shakespeare connection. How could this be what you or anyone wants in this world?

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Yet people do like this name, intelligent people at that, and post about it and consider it seriously. They must know something I don't. Like people who like beer, which I just drink socially and to express self-loathing. "What kind of beer do you like?" my beer friends ask. Literally no beer. Have you tasted it? It's disgusting. Just order for me. "Do you like hops?" What the hell? Go ahead, order a pint of Regan. I'll just stare at you in amazement.

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