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in reply to a message by beata
Poor Sailor Moon. I don't believe Sailor was started by it (see my reply to Chazda), but it might've been influenced by it.
And in that light, Sailor Marie (for example) sounds immensely stupid, because of course Sailor Senshi are protectors--and, according to some, rulers, in the distant past and future--of planets/asteroids/moons only, and have therefore almost always have astrological names: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mnemonsyne, etc. (There's no Sailor Earth because Tuxedo Mask is the senshi of Earth; he's a Senshi, but not a Sailor Senshi, as Sailor Senshi can only be female.) They all have non-astrological, if frequently punny, civilian names; but in Sailor form they're never called by their given name unless one of the other Senshi's addressing them, and that happens only rarely.
That explanation out of the way... I don't like Sailor as a name at all. It sounds too occupational to me. I don't mind Tucker or Taylor or Tyler as names, but those occupations are as blatantly obvious in name form as Sailor is.
However, I think Sailor's a lot better than Saylor, which may be proper in surnames (like Tailor / Taylor), but only looks illiterate in given name form imo.
Miranda
And in that light, Sailor Marie (for example) sounds immensely stupid, because of course Sailor Senshi are protectors--and, according to some, rulers, in the distant past and future--of planets/asteroids/moons only, and have therefore almost always have astrological names: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mnemonsyne, etc. (There's no Sailor Earth because Tuxedo Mask is the senshi of Earth; he's a Senshi, but not a Sailor Senshi, as Sailor Senshi can only be female.) They all have non-astrological, if frequently punny, civilian names; but in Sailor form they're never called by their given name unless one of the other Senshi's addressing them, and that happens only rarely.
That explanation out of the way... I don't like Sailor as a name at all. It sounds too occupational to me. I don't mind Tucker or Taylor or Tyler as names, but those occupations are as blatantly obvious in name form as Sailor is.
However, I think Sailor's a lot better than Saylor, which may be proper in surnames (like Tailor / Taylor), but only looks illiterate in given name form imo.
Miranda
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