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[Opinions] Re: think about it...
That's not the point. Of course I know what "porn" means. But when it becomes an element in a name, it just disappears. I don't see it until someone mentions it, simple as that. And even if it somehow worked differently, and I would see it and think, "Wow, that sure would be unfortunate if they lived around here..." I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. If I'm getting on your nerves, I'll just forget about it.

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Not suggesting you forget about it, but that you think realistically about it.
Let's use another example; what if someone named their daughter Scarlatina?
Could you honestly tell yourself that it's like "little Scarlett" and not see/recognize that scarlatina is a disease, what used to be called scarlet fever?
I really don't think you or anyone else could just naturally overlook that; it would take some self-deception.
I've never heard of scarlatina as a disease.
Well, it's stil out there. I remember having it and thinking at the time (I was probably seven or eight) what a pretty word it was.
Malaria is a pretty disease name too.
So is influenza and it has to do with the moon.
So's diarrhea, so's rubella ... I draw the line at pellagra.This reminds me of a book by Cormac McCarthy called "Child of God." There's a family who run the town dump and there's like twelve daughters, all named from a medical book their father found in the trash. So there's Urethra, Sara Bella, and Hernia Sue, among others.
I thought Rubella was a pretty disease name as well.