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Help[Opinions] Re: Which Names have been ruined
in reply to a message by E-J
Ichabod. Love this name for its rich, strong, rhythmic sound, I just love to say it.
But Ichabod Crane has the sole hold on this name, it's instantly synonymous with Sleepy Hollow. Crane is certainly not a character you want to live up to.
Same with Ebenezer. Nobody can hear this name and not think of Scrooge.
Both stories are over 150 years old by now, but still these characters are by far the only bearers of these names in most everybody's minds.
But Ichabod Crane has the sole hold on this name, it's instantly synonymous with Sleepy Hollow. Crane is certainly not a character you want to live up to.
Same with Ebenezer. Nobody can hear this name and not think of Scrooge.
Both stories are over 150 years old by now, but still these characters are by far the only bearers of these names in most everybody's minds.
