[Opinions] Re: Casper or Kasper?
in reply to a message by Ninor
The C looks slightly more familiar (and old-fashioned) to me, but I tend to prefer K (and that can come across as trendy or modern) in general.
C vs K doesn't really change much to me when it comes to Casper or Kasper, though. What would make more of a difference to me would be changing the E to an A (Caspar / Kaspar), because that way it looks less like a noun (as if Casper is someone who casps - even though that's not a word...it vaguely reminds me of gasper/clasper/grasper or whisper).
I don't have a strong opinion on the name itself.
My great-grandmother's 2nd husband was a Casper, so old white men would be my 1st association with it...2nd association is the ghost...3rd association is Jasper, which is more common where I live and reminds me of stones, 1001 Dalmatians, or names like: Micah, Ezra, Carter, Jackson, Jesse.
Actually, I do like the possibility of Cas or Cass. So I vote Casper.
C vs K doesn't really change much to me when it comes to Casper or Kasper, though. What would make more of a difference to me would be changing the E to an A (Caspar / Kaspar), because that way it looks less like a noun (as if Casper is someone who casps - even though that's not a word...it vaguely reminds me of gasper/clasper/grasper or whisper).
I don't have a strong opinion on the name itself.
My great-grandmother's 2nd husband was a Casper, so old white men would be my 1st association with it...2nd association is the ghost...3rd association is Jasper, which is more common where I live and reminds me of stones, 1001 Dalmatians, or names like: Micah, Ezra, Carter, Jackson, Jesse.
Actually, I do like the possibility of Cas or Cass. So I vote Casper.
This message was edited 7/2/2018, 5:39 AM
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I prefer Kasper but I've always preferred K spellings over C spellings. I thing when written down it look nicer (especially in script or cursive) and it also feels younger and less dated, also as you pointed out, less association with the Capser movie series