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HelpIt's a city.
in reply to a message by Ember
It's no more "classy" than London or Paris ¡ust because Mozart lived there for a couple years. City names like this really grate on me if the person using it has never been or has no particular relation to the city; I take Vienna sort of personally because I've been obsessed with the idea of going since I was 15 and am hopefully going there to study this spring.
Imagine for a minute that the city/town you live in is really famous, and that it was a city name before anything else, and that it happens to have trendy sounding syllables; imagine someone on BTN posting about it. Would you feel like they were cheapening it? Would you feel weird at all? If not I guess go for it. I would be irritated though, and I'd be irritated by meeting a Vienna. moreso than London or Paris even, as I don't have a personal connection with those cities
Imagine for a minute that the city/town you live in is really famous, and that it was a city name before anything else, and that it happens to have trendy sounding syllables; imagine someone on BTN posting about it. Would you feel like they were cheapening it? Would you feel weird at all? If not I guess go for it. I would be irritated though, and I'd be irritated by meeting a Vienna. moreso than London or Paris even, as I don't have a personal connection with those cities
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What is more well known, the name Merrill or the series of towns named Merrill? The name, no doubt. The town is not far away from me, and makes a good example.
This message was edited 8/18/2010, 9:31 AM
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heee
The name Winnipeg would be an awesome sight to behold. See, I think really obscure choices like that are kinda cool actually. But "big name" cities smack of shallow pretentiousness for me.
Why doesn't anyone ever use Nashville? THAT would be ace.
The name Winnipeg would be an awesome sight to behold. See, I think really obscure choices like that are kinda cool actually. But "big name" cities smack of shallow pretentiousness for me.
Why doesn't anyone ever use Nashville? THAT would be ace.
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Oh Winnipeg has definite GP potential! Look what you did, I've fallen for it... Winnipeg, Winnipeg...
But "big name" cities smack of shallow pretentiousness for me.
You may be right about that. I usually hate big city names but rather like the "obscure choices".
But "big name" cities smack of shallow pretentiousness for me.
You may be right about that. I usually hate big city names but rather like the "obscure choices".
This message was edited 8/18/2010, 12:11 PM
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I dunno, dude! I feel like people use Nash sometimes, and I have some female ancestor somewhere named Tennessee. I gotta say I do GP Tennessee pretty heavily.
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hmmmmmmmm... Don't think I know of anyone wanting to give a child a name that means "cattle forever". (and w/ kanji, its meaning is right out there for the world to see.
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