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Help[Opinions] Re: Barbara
in reply to a message by A
Growing up, I knew of a Barbara I really really hated. So that may poison my view of the name. I also went to school with quite a few unobjectionable girls named Barbara (I was born at a time when the name was still popular), but their existence wasn't enough to cause me to stop hating the name Barbara because of that Barbara.
So it's hard for me to fairly judge it. I think I wouldn't like it anyway, because the repeated "bar" sound just sounds harsh and silly at the same time, but since I can't live in a hypothetical world where that Barbara never existed, I can't be sure.
I will say that after reading "Through A Glass Darkly", which takes place in the early 1700s and in which the main character is named Barbara, I did start to see a little old-time charm in it. Just a little.
So it's hard for me to fairly judge it. I think I wouldn't like it anyway, because the repeated "bar" sound just sounds harsh and silly at the same time, but since I can't live in a hypothetical world where that Barbara never existed, I can't be sure.
I will say that after reading "Through A Glass Darkly", which takes place in the early 1700s and in which the main character is named Barbara, I did start to see a little old-time charm in it. Just a little.
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