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Help[Opinions] Re: Salvia
in reply to a message by peregrine
I know it's a botanical name, but it makes me think of some kind of ointment you'd put on a burn.
Sally is cute, but if you want to use something as distinctive as Salvia, I'd say don't plan ahead to use soething so ordinary as a nn.
Via doesn't feel like a real nn to me, it feels contrived even if it's a legitimate part of the name. I mean, how many Olivias or Sylvias go by Via?
Sal sounds like a mobster's name. (I know a Sal, and he's not a mobster, as far as I know, but he is very, very Italian.) Ditto Salvie.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
Sally is cute, but if you want to use something as distinctive as Salvia, I'd say don't plan ahead to use soething so ordinary as a nn.
Via doesn't feel like a real nn to me, it feels contrived even if it's a legitimate part of the name. I mean, how many Olivias or Sylvias go by Via?
Sal sounds like a mobster's name. (I know a Sal, and he's not a mobster, as far as I know, but he is very, very Italian.) Ditto Salvie.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
