View Message

At first I thought your post might be about a dogfight.
I think I'd rather be Harriet, if the devil gave me this choice.

---

I'm kidding, they're not THAT bad. They're sturdy and dignified names. But I can only get a certain amount serious over the idea of using them.

---

Hester feels to me like hiss and hex and fester and Hessians and heckling. Sounds bitter and malicious.
Harriet, like hair-rats and harridan and harried - sounds pedestrian and threadbare.

---

I am sure that if I had ever known real people with these names, I'd have more imagination for how they might seem nice. But having lived this long without ever meeting anyone with these names, I think I've long felt that they were basically too frowzy and antiquated and just plain ugly to be usable. I imagine I'm not the only person who feels this way, so I thought I'd throw my opinion in just for balance, even though you're obviously looking for the opinions of those who think these clunkers have some appeal.

---

Seriously combos..
Harriet Jane, Harriet Kallisto
Hester Alexandra, Hester Dahlia