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Help#1 best boys name EVER
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And Bic/Bick is SUCH a good solid strong nickname. Benedict is oooooooh I love it I'd so love to meet one. I really hope the Pope has brought with him a surge of baby Benedicts.
The dumb Arnold argument is way tiring. I get way tired of these. "Minerva?" "McGonnagal." "Rudolf?" "Red nosed reindeer." "Benedict?" "Arnold." If I met a Minerva, Rudolf, or Benedict, any association *I* had would be overriden quickly, and I think it's the same way for all but the most stubborn conservativenamers.
The dumb Arnold argument is way tiring. I get way tired of these. "Minerva?" "McGonnagal." "Rudolf?" "Red nosed reindeer." "Benedict?" "Arnold." If I met a Minerva, Rudolf, or Benedict, any association *I* had would be overriden quickly, and I think it's the same way for all but the most stubborn conservativenamers.
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Total ditto! I'm completely in *love* with Benedict.
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Ironically, I don't think of the reindeer. The "dolf" ending makes me think of Adolf. But I think I'm the only person with that association. I've yet to hear another person who thought that about Rudolf. But I still really love the name. It's so handsome and dashing and ahhhhh wonderful! I just couldn't personally use it because of the association I make. But I think Minerva and Benedict are 100% usable. I do think of Arnold when I hear the name Benedict, but it's really not that bad, to tell you the truth. I don't think most people would have a horrid connection with it. And, like you said, Arnold didn't spark a genocide. He was a traitor, and he messed things up on the American side quite a bit, but that's about it. Minerva is no big deal at all. The Harry Potter connection will pass. And even if people still think of Minerva McGonnagal when they hear the name, I doubt it will be all that pronounced in a good 10 years.
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I actually recently read a letter to the editor that made several extremely ignorant comments, several extremely more ignorant comments, and then referred to Heir Rudolf Hitler. I wanted to punch walls.
But yeah you and him are definitely the only ones on earth. :P
I appreciate your encouragement A!
But yeah you and him are definitely the only ones on earth. :P
I appreciate your encouragement A!
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Haha... A...
Nobody's ever called me A before. Feel free to, I don't mind, but it's just never been done. The evolution of my nicknames started with Leenie (because of the "leen" in my name), changed to tortellini, changed to tort, which I disliked because a tort is a type of felony. So Leenie stuck, and it sorta changed to Leeniebean and/or Leeniebeanie (no clue why, probably just cause it rhymed). But Leenie is the one that most people use. Odd, I know, but it works!
Nobody's ever called me A before. Feel free to, I don't mind, but it's just never been done. The evolution of my nicknames started with Leenie (because of the "leen" in my name), changed to tortellini, changed to tort, which I disliked because a tort is a type of felony. So Leenie stuck, and it sorta changed to Leeniebean and/or Leeniebeanie (no clue why, probably just cause it rhymed). But Leenie is the one that most people use. Odd, I know, but it works!
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so does that mean
any positive association is then overriden? Any of Minerva's Roman glory overriden and any great history or family significance taken away when you meet someone with a name? Or does it just add to your own personal association?
I just feel that sometimes associations are vital. It is annoying to hear those comments over and over again but sometimes they really do make or break a name. That's why you never meet a young Myra in the UK or an Adolf in most places in the world. Sad, but true and I think they should be considered in naming sometimes whether negative or positive associations.
any positive association is then overriden? Any of Minerva's Roman glory overriden and any great history or family significance taken away when you meet someone with a name? Or does it just add to your own personal association?
I just feel that sometimes associations are vital. It is annoying to hear those comments over and over again but sometimes they really do make or break a name. That's why you never meet a young Myra in the UK or an Adolf in most places in the world. Sad, but true and I think they should be considered in naming sometimes whether negative or positive associations.
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I don't think so.
I don't know what Myra is, so.
Adolf is an association that - well probably cannot be broken. But Minerva McGonnagal is a harmless pop figure. Rudolf the reindeer is a silly byproduct of the commercialization of Christmas. Benedict Arnold, while a bad guy, - had no genocide associated with him, and lost quickly.
The associations that I make when making name decisions - Minerva's roman glory, family significance - well, yeah. They are lost on other people. *I* don't really care if my friend was named after her grandma, *I* don't think of her grandma. I think of her. Unless Minerva meets a namenerd or a Roman nerd - yeah, a lot of the glory will be lost on other people. But it won't be lost to me, and that is the important part. The other important part is that a Rudolf or Benedict can function normally in society unburdened by negative associations, and I think they can.
What I meant was, even if a name carries a bit of baggage and a preconceived image, it is almost always lost when you meet someone with it. Names are above all NamesForPeople. Emma is a statistic, Emma is #3 on the charts for girls, Emma is an 80yearold recylced, Emma's Emma Watson and Emma the Jane Austen novel, Emma's evidence of America digging British names - but to my friends Emma is me. When I met this kid Sebastian, I thought it was really funny he had the same name as the crab on little mermaid - for about three days. When I asked my mom about Rudolf she said "reindeer" and then she thought for a minute and said "I knew a guy named Rudy, he was a jerk." "Was he given a hard time about his name?" "Not that I know of."
If you met a Rudolf I think you'd stop thinking of the reindeer first before very long. Probably same with Roman Goddess. That is what I mean.
I don't know what Myra is, so.
Adolf is an association that - well probably cannot be broken. But Minerva McGonnagal is a harmless pop figure. Rudolf the reindeer is a silly byproduct of the commercialization of Christmas. Benedict Arnold, while a bad guy, - had no genocide associated with him, and lost quickly.
The associations that I make when making name decisions - Minerva's roman glory, family significance - well, yeah. They are lost on other people. *I* don't really care if my friend was named after her grandma, *I* don't think of her grandma. I think of her. Unless Minerva meets a namenerd or a Roman nerd - yeah, a lot of the glory will be lost on other people. But it won't be lost to me, and that is the important part. The other important part is that a Rudolf or Benedict can function normally in society unburdened by negative associations, and I think they can.
What I meant was, even if a name carries a bit of baggage and a preconceived image, it is almost always lost when you meet someone with it. Names are above all NamesForPeople. Emma is a statistic, Emma is #3 on the charts for girls, Emma is an 80yearold recylced, Emma's Emma Watson and Emma the Jane Austen novel, Emma's evidence of America digging British names - but to my friends Emma is me. When I met this kid Sebastian, I thought it was really funny he had the same name as the crab on little mermaid - for about three days. When I asked my mom about Rudolf she said "reindeer" and then she thought for a minute and said "I knew a guy named Rudy, he was a jerk." "Was he given a hard time about his name?" "Not that I know of."
If you met a Rudolf I think you'd stop thinking of the reindeer first before very long. Probably same with Roman Goddess. That is what I mean.
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I agree with you there :)
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