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Okay, so I'd never bestow it to a real child, and I'd be hesitant about using it as a middle name; but just in theory, what do you think of Ozymandias? Of course it's for the poem by Shelley.
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I named my fish Ozynandias years ago, just because someone told me that's how it was and I didn't know the poem to know any better. I think it's pretty awesome, n OR m (though I'd use the m now that I know it's correct...) I called the fish Ozy for short. I think it's great :)
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This is really weird you bring it up
I have been just been listing phrase name after phrase name in my nameblog based on lines from poems I've memorized plus talking heads songs. I considered Ozymandias but then decided that I would not necessarily want my child tied to -
well you know everything Ozymandias is a symbol of. Futility, the evanescence of power, fame, life, what have you
Maybe it's not such a bad thing to be tied to that. But I think it would be kind of bad to have that be your name. It must be self-declared "MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS KING OF KINGS LOOK ON MY WORKS YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR!" for it to be effective. For it to be your given name, I think, is very imposing philosophically on the child. KWIM?
There are other ways I'd sooner honor Shelley
Surprised to say you wouldn't consider it on a child
Anyway it's got a cool noise but since you say specifically it's "in honor" of the poem, I cannot think that really honoring this particular poem thru given names is a good idea, since the poem's message is so conflicting and not inherently positive
I have been just been listing phrase name after phrase name in my nameblog based on lines from poems I've memorized plus talking heads songs. I considered Ozymandias but then decided that I would not necessarily want my child tied to -
well you know everything Ozymandias is a symbol of. Futility, the evanescence of power, fame, life, what have you
Maybe it's not such a bad thing to be tied to that. But I think it would be kind of bad to have that be your name. It must be self-declared "MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS KING OF KINGS LOOK ON MY WORKS YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR!" for it to be effective. For it to be your given name, I think, is very imposing philosophically on the child. KWIM?
There are other ways I'd sooner honor Shelley
Surprised to say you wouldn't consider it on a child
Anyway it's got a cool noise but since you say specifically it's "in honor" of the poem, I cannot think that really honoring this particular poem thru given names is a good idea, since the poem's message is so conflicting and not inherently positive
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Oh, dear. That is a lot of name.
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Ha! J'adore it.
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The sound is sort of cool, but it's a definate GP imo.
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