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in reply to a message by Billina
Toothpaste blue-green.
I think it no longer brings to mind a little old lady, and is ready to be used on kids, fashion-wise. I'm not sure I like it, though.
As a name for an American it seems vaguely to evoke Europe, like Milan or Geneva or Paris, or even Laurence or Clemence - which is kinda not my style.
I think it sounds fairly demure like Edith but also a little hard like Mabel or Thelma. Um, floor. The sound of it in my mind fires the "linoleum" neurons faster and louder than it fires the "bouquet" neurons. There's something about the feeling of FL-R sounds together ... it feels funny, loud and goofy like a raspberry. Maybe because of the Toy Dolls song I listened to growing up, "Florence is Deaf," where he hollers "Florence!" over and over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDR-SHisJQ
But I think if I met someone named Florence I'd think it was a nice sturdy feminine name, along the lines of Edith or Helen.
- mirfak
I think it no longer brings to mind a little old lady, and is ready to be used on kids, fashion-wise. I'm not sure I like it, though.
As a name for an American it seems vaguely to evoke Europe, like Milan or Geneva or Paris, or even Laurence or Clemence - which is kinda not my style.
I think it sounds fairly demure like Edith but also a little hard like Mabel or Thelma. Um, floor. The sound of it in my mind fires the "linoleum" neurons faster and louder than it fires the "bouquet" neurons. There's something about the feeling of FL-R sounds together ... it feels funny, loud and goofy like a raspberry. Maybe because of the Toy Dolls song I listened to growing up, "Florence is Deaf," where he hollers "Florence!" over and over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDR-SHisJQ
But I think if I met someone named Florence I'd think it was a nice sturdy feminine name, along the lines of Edith or Helen.
- mirfak
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You think you see toothpaste colors because of "fluoride"?
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Maybe! Weird. I thought it was the -ence part that felt the most aqua blue, but you never can tell. I imagine the fluor in fluoride sounding slightly different... flu-ur-ide rather than flawr-ide, but I think I actually say it flawr- like Florence. And the word fluoride to me is more transparent green, not pastey blue like Florence. But, maybe it's related, I can't deny it.
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