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in reply to a message by Elies
It'll age okay. IMO the names that don't age well are the ones that sound really familiar, or sensuous, like Tommy and Candy ... but in real life I think people with those names wear them fine, as they get older. When I was younger I used to think Jennifer would not age well (there were many Jennifers among those born 1970 onwards where I lived, few older). Then I turned 30, along with a gazillion Jennifers... it ages along with the people who bear it, really.
So yeah, I can picture a 50 year old Rio. Just, not for another 45 years or so!
So yeah, I can picture a 50 year old Rio. Just, not for another 45 years or so!
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How do overfamiliar names age badly?
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Familiar as in nicknames?
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Ohh. I thought she meant just common.
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Yeah, I meant to say nicknamey and for some reason I changed it. Like, Tommy at 40 seems a bit dorky. I think Jenny or Emmy starts to get dorky at around 40ish, too. Even names that are older in the other sense seem to me to age badly if they are too kiddie-nicknamish - like Marty, Ernie, Eddie (what my grandpa called my grandma Edna), and Annie do, a little bit. I guess not among the bearer's friends, and maybe not among peers ... not sure, since I'm actually still in my thirties. Ahem. Maybe I've picked 40 as the age of nickname dorkification because it's older than I am, and in a few years I'll say 50 is it. =P
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I get what you mean. When little Rio isn't so little it won't seem weird anymore.
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