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HelpRe: Guilty Pleasure Names?
in reply to a message by Jonquil
Leilani is cute, but unless you are a Pacific Islander would probably come off as weird. (I could go into a huge rant on local/tourist hostility now, but won't.)
Liraz is ok, but is close to "lazy". God forbid the child has a lazy eye. I know its not THAT close, but I was a mean child and would probably have coined a nn involving it.
Loire I can't pronounce and I'm therefore post-poning judgement.
Cosmo always reminds of Sir Cosmo Duff, or a Cosmopolitan. Connotations of wealth AND alcohol? I feel warm already!
Delilah, while being quite the greedy little betrayer, is also a beautiful name, like Jezebel. Is that another Bible message? Beauty is evil? I've noticed the Bible does that a lot. Contradicts all over the place and then expects you to understand every aspect with the threat of eternal damnation and hellfire. Well, no offense, but anything that requires an effort that epic is not for me. Anywho, pretty, very pretty.
Delissa? Really? Why does everybody insist on reinventing the wheel? Now, "del" is an attractive enough way to start a name, like Delia or Delilah, or end it, as with Adele. And "lissa" is quite attractive, what with Clarissa and Melissa. But then come the "spin-offs". Delaney, Delight, Alyssa, Larissa. While often having historical background and offering the promise of something chic and new, it also detracts from the respectability "first" name. But if you GENUINELY love Delissa, I'll give it to you.
Deloire- see Loire (LAW-ree? LWA? LWAR? lwa-RAY? LAWR? this is really pissing me off.)
Delroy- Hmm. Very retro, very 1920's, chic, and not as trashy and '50s as Roy. Nice.
Liraz is ok, but is close to "lazy". God forbid the child has a lazy eye. I know its not THAT close, but I was a mean child and would probably have coined a nn involving it.
Loire I can't pronounce and I'm therefore post-poning judgement.
Cosmo always reminds of Sir Cosmo Duff, or a Cosmopolitan. Connotations of wealth AND alcohol? I feel warm already!
Delilah, while being quite the greedy little betrayer, is also a beautiful name, like Jezebel. Is that another Bible message? Beauty is evil? I've noticed the Bible does that a lot. Contradicts all over the place and then expects you to understand every aspect with the threat of eternal damnation and hellfire. Well, no offense, but anything that requires an effort that epic is not for me. Anywho, pretty, very pretty.
Delissa? Really? Why does everybody insist on reinventing the wheel? Now, "del" is an attractive enough way to start a name, like Delia or Delilah, or end it, as with Adele. And "lissa" is quite attractive, what with Clarissa and Melissa. But then come the "spin-offs". Delaney, Delight, Alyssa, Larissa. While often having historical background and offering the promise of something chic and new, it also detracts from the respectability "first" name. But if you GENUINELY love Delissa, I'll give it to you.
Deloire- see Loire (LAW-ree? LWA? LWAR? lwa-RAY? LAWR? this is really pissing me off.)
Delroy- Hmm. Very retro, very 1920's, chic, and not as trashy and '50s as Roy. Nice.
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