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HelpRe: Cruz (ed to add stuff)(oh and again)
in reply to a message by Kelly R.
Seems like it's switched "the other way" doesn't it? Cool..
[eta: probably because it's a surname.. whatever. It's a feminine concept, "la cruz" .. doesn't matter to me, but what do I know. The sound alone could suit a man or woman as far as I am concerned; I like it.]
It's great by me, if the named has some connection to the religious motivation for using the name. The word makes that motivation sharply obvious to me, anyway, and it seems inappropriate to me, to use the name for another reason. I mean, a cross? That's gruesome, and it better have religious meaning. However I don't know if it seems that way to Spanish speakers. Maybe it's like Michael - we've been soaking in it so long, it isn't necessarily taken to be religious.
I have no idea how that would apply to the Beckhams. They seem to be rather superficial about naming, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they just picked it to "be Spanish" or appear to "honor the Spanish," or something like that -- since they have an interest in their image in Spain at this point, I'd guess. It does seem superficial to me for them to use it.
E again ta: I'm assuming, though. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. Probably, they know someone named Cruz and it was meant to honor that person.
Gosh, I'm so addicted to this editing feature. It's becoming a vice!
- chazda
"I don't want to look like a loser for the rest of my life!" ~ Georgia Ford, on needing a signature
[eta: probably because it's a surname.. whatever. It's a feminine concept, "la cruz" .. doesn't matter to me, but what do I know. The sound alone could suit a man or woman as far as I am concerned; I like it.]
It's great by me, if the named has some connection to the religious motivation for using the name. The word makes that motivation sharply obvious to me, anyway, and it seems inappropriate to me, to use the name for another reason. I mean, a cross? That's gruesome, and it better have religious meaning. However I don't know if it seems that way to Spanish speakers. Maybe it's like Michael - we've been soaking in it so long, it isn't necessarily taken to be religious.
I have no idea how that would apply to the Beckhams. They seem to be rather superficial about naming, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they just picked it to "be Spanish" or appear to "honor the Spanish," or something like that -- since they have an interest in their image in Spain at this point, I'd guess. It does seem superficial to me for them to use it.
E again ta: I'm assuming, though. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. Probably, they know someone named Cruz and it was meant to honor that person.
Gosh, I'm so addicted to this editing feature. It's becoming a vice!
- chazda
"I don't want to look like a loser for the rest of my life!" ~ Georgia Ford, on needing a signature
This message was edited 2/20/2005, 12:52 PM
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