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in reply to a message by Ylva
Desired? That's a bit strong for me. I mean, my name means beloved, so I really don't have room to talk, but desired's too much for me.
More importantly, whether or not the denotation is "longed for," the connotation is VERY much "desire"--to me, at least, and more than likely, to a myriad of other people, too. Would you (you general, not you specific) name a child Desire? No--that's tacky and rather like naming a child Lusty. So why name a child something that looks exactly like the word desire? It's like going for Lustee.
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
More importantly, whether or not the denotation is "longed for," the connotation is VERY much "desire"--to me, at least, and more than likely, to a myriad of other people, too. Would you (you general, not you specific) name a child Desire? No--that's tacky and rather like naming a child Lusty. So why name a child something that looks exactly like the word desire? It's like going for Lustee.
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
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