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HelpWDYTO Jemima?
The name has grown on me lately. It sounds a bit too "royal" plus a bit "heavy", imo, but somehow, I've begun to like it.
WDYT?
WDYT?
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I love it. You're lucky you live in a place where it doesn't carry the cultural baggage of Aunt Jemima.
By the way, I love your top five for girls.
By the way, I love your top five for girls.
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I adore it but I think it is unusable in the U.S. It would probably be fine in the U.K., Australia, etc.
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Actually...
...I live in Germany and have never heard of Aunt Jemima. I'm even unfamiliar with Potter's Jemima Puddle-Duck (lack of general knowledge?!). So - OK. Good to know ;).
Thanks for the variants.
I like Jemma (but prefer Gemma a lot), Geneva is also cool (I prefer Ginevra), Janine/-a is terrible and Johanna too.
...I live in Germany and have never heard of Aunt Jemima. I'm even unfamiliar with Potter's Jemima Puddle-Duck (lack of general knowledge?!). So - OK. Good to know ;).
Thanks for the variants.
I like Jemma (but prefer Gemma a lot), Geneva is also cool (I prefer Ginevra), Janine/-a is terrible and Johanna too.
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Ditto the duck.. it's all I can think of when I hear it.
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I have the opposite problem. I just can't take Jemima very seriously. It sounds more appropriate to a doll or a pet than an actual person. I keep thinking of Jemima Puddleduck or Aunt Jemima.
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