[Opinions] Re: Chloris and Clovis
in reply to a message by noel
I think their sounds are just unfashionable, and since they're not associated with anything well-known/popular, they're bound to be considered ugly. I also associate Chloris with chlorine more than with Chloe, and Clovis with cleaving more than with clover, and both names sound to me like they came from the obituaries ... I like the Clo- sound and many -is names, it's just the other associations that ruin them. I think the reason for me and most people not liking them, might be because unfamiliarity subtly biases us against names. Some kind of xenophobia and/or fear of old age? If we had grown up in a world where there was, say, a designer perfume named Chloris, and a famous Hollywood leading man named Clovis, I bet they would not seem so irredeemably ugly.- mirfak

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Chloris and Clovis  ·  noel  ·  10/27/2019, 3:06 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Billina  ·  10/29/2019, 10:24 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  cayden  ·  10/28/2019, 10:13 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  number1212  ·  10/28/2019, 5:35 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Wisteria  ·  10/28/2019, 4:45 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  ari.  ·  10/28/2019, 1:53 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Gingersnap  ·  10/28/2019, 4:30 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Fiammetta  ·  10/28/2019, 12:22 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  mirfak  ·  10/27/2019, 10:52 PM
it’s all based on associations  ·  cayden  ·  10/28/2019, 10:21 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  RoxStar  ·  10/28/2019, 7:21 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  mirfak  ·  10/28/2019, 9:55 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  solveig  ·  10/29/2019, 7:21 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  cayden  ·  10/29/2019, 8:21 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  solveig  ·  10/29/2019, 12:58 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  cayden  ·  10/28/2019, 10:24 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  RoxStar  ·  10/28/2019, 1:50 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Higuma Kanora  ·  10/28/2019, 12:49 AM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Anatoly  ·  10/27/2019, 5:35 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Higuma Kanora  ·  10/27/2019, 5:32 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  cayden  ·  10/28/2019, 10:29 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  noel  ·  10/27/2019, 6:47 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  RoxStar  ·  10/27/2019, 5:25 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Lovekids  ·  10/27/2019, 3:59 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  Felie  ·  10/27/2019, 3:33 PM
Re: Chloris and Clovis  ·  noel  ·  10/27/2019, 7:40 PM