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Just out of personal curiosity, what does and doesn't make names refined?
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Well, it's honestly the kinds of parents who utilize this name that give it this feel.
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LOL
If it's the type of parents, how would suggesting an alternative name to them change anything?
Personally, I don't mind that Lily's really popular. It's sweet without being too sweet (I think the L's give it a certain awkwardness), and some names have to be more popular than others. Lily's nice. I am glad I have managed to overcome the "images" associated with names when I am considering whether they are good names or not; it enables me to be happy to meet a Lily, Emily, Emma, Victoria, James, Jacob, or William.
If it's the type of parents, how would suggesting an alternative name to them change anything?
Personally, I don't mind that Lily's really popular. It's sweet without being too sweet (I think the L's give it a certain awkwardness), and some names have to be more popular than others. Lily's nice. I am glad I have managed to overcome the "images" associated with names when I am considering whether they are good names or not; it enables me to be happy to meet a Lily, Emily, Emma, Victoria, James, Jacob, or William.
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I've seen people from teenage moms to late life moms use this name.
I'm not picking, but just trying to understand.
I'm not picking, but just trying to understand.
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Well to me it's a mixture of poor taste, and a want for your child to always sound like a child without considering her place in the adult world.
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I disagree
I actually think that Lily can go both ways, and I can see it on women from a tiny child to a woman in her 90's. I think it's sweet, but "sweet" does not mean "unrefined." It's attractive and I know very few Lilys.
I actually think that Lily can go both ways, and I can see it on women from a tiny child to a woman in her 90's. I think it's sweet, but "sweet" does not mean "unrefined." It's attractive and I know very few Lilys.
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and I can see it on women from a tiny child to a woman in her 90's.
Maybe in the backwoods of West Virginia.
Maybe in the backwoods of West Virginia.
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Hey, watch it.
I'm from West Virginia, buster. We're not all rednecks and hillbilles. They're more toward Southwestern WV. (*cough*Calhoun County*cough*)
I've only met two Lilys, FYI. One is 9 and one is 60. I don't like it as a full name, but I think Lilith and Lillian are nice, if not names I would use.
ETA: I read your other post. Elizabeth nn Lily is nice as well. :)
I'm from West Virginia, buster. We're not all rednecks and hillbilles. They're more toward Southwestern WV. (*cough*Calhoun County*cough*)
I've only met two Lilys, FYI. One is 9 and one is 60. I don't like it as a full name, but I think Lilith and Lillian are nice, if not names I would use.
ETA: I read your other post. Elizabeth nn Lily is nice as well. :)
This message was edited 3/16/2008, 1:19 PM
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LOL. Sorry. I am native Marylander. It's just an expression we use. Meant no offence.
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Yeah, I know. [m]
I was born in Maryland and we moved to WV (Eastern Panhandle) when I was four. I live in the more civilized area of the state. The Southwestern part is like a whole different world; it's amazing. They use swinging bridges and they have more unpaved roads than any other place I've seen. It takes forty minutes to get to a store from some places!
I was born in Maryland and we moved to WV (Eastern Panhandle) when I was four. I live in the more civilized area of the state. The Southwestern part is like a whole different world; it's amazing. They use swinging bridges and they have more unpaved roads than any other place I've seen. It takes forty minutes to get to a store from some places!
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