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[Opinions] Huckleberry
I'm reading "Huckleberry Finn" right now, so I thought I would ask, what is your opinion of Huckleberry? What do you think of Huck?
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Can’t imagine it on a real person.
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Huckleberry? No! I don’t like it at all it sounds too fruity, it’s fine for a character. HUCK IS AWFUL!
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I don’t care for this name at all. I’m not a fan of its sound or length. I especially don’t like the “Huck,” part of the name. So, I don’t like “Huck” either. I do like how unique and different it is, though! It reminds me of two characters: Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) and Huckleberry Pie (Strawberry Shortcake).
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Horrible in real life. It might work for a dog though.
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Huckleberry is a decent name for a dog, though very long. Huck just sounds like a coughing spasm. I really hate how Huckleberry has turned into kind of a celebrity baby-name; I don't know why Mark Twain used it for the character, but I suspect it had something to do with huckleberry being synonymous with hillbilly or hayseed, or to show that Huck Finn's parents were really ignorant.
Also, I know of a teacher who was famous around the school for the time, years before I was ever there, when he mixed up the sounds in Huck Finn and had his entire class in hysterics for the whole rest of the period and never lived it down. Kids are potty-mouths at heart and they won't have any trouble making the name dirty.
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According to Google, Mark Twain named the character Huckleberry/Huck to show that he was of a lower social standing than Tom Sawyer.
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And Tom is about the most ordinary, unpretentious, equal opportunity name going.
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Never liked it. Always seemed fairly uncool and over ambitious. Doesn’t fit a kid and I can’t imagine it on a person either. Seems purely fictional. Huck is a nice nickname.
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It is a cute name for a child in a children's story. The name itself makes me think of foraging for berries and fish, which suits Huck since he is a survivor who fends for himself. Since the other characters have very expected and of the time names like Tom and Betty, Huck sticks out as unusual and doesn't fit in, which is also true of his character. He is also someone who experienced a lot of neglect and had parents who weren't present. Huckleberries are a roadside plants that comes up by itself and thrives in the wild, so his name also seems to reflect the character's social standing and the lack of nurturing that he experienced. It is very much a name that serves to convey information.To me, Huck has a similar literary waif like appeal to names like Oliver, but, while Oliver is winsome and pitiful, Huck has more spunk and self-determination. Huck sounds very youthful, so I don't picture it on a grown man.

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Ergh.I actually know someone who named their kid Huckleberry. I can't get behind it. The association is so clear and doesn't really give anything approaching wiggle room. I don't love it.That said, I've actually known a handful of people who have gone by Huck as a nickname - and that's perfectly fine with me, actually.
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