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I know, that site is totally obsessive!
You're in England, right? I think names are a little ahead in the trends than the are here in the U.S. Elsa and Elsie both get pretty cool receptions from most Americans. They think it's either an angry German woman or a cow's name.
I love Iris but can't use it myself. I definitely agree it seems to be climbing!
Edit: Never mind, just read you're in BC. Well, still probably a bit ahead of the U.S. ;)
You're in England, right? I think names are a little ahead in the trends than the are here in the U.S. Elsa and Elsie both get pretty cool receptions from most Americans. They think it's either an angry German woman or a cow's name.
I love Iris but can't use it myself. I definitely agree it seems to be climbing!
Edit: Never mind, just read you're in BC. Well, still probably a bit ahead of the U.S. ;)
This message was edited 3/2/2006, 9:28 PM
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B.C., Canada, actually, though my family's mostly in the UK. The Elsies are from BC. Vancouver would like to think of itself as the coolest place on the planet, but namewise, we're all behind the UK and Europe ;-). Oliver and Lewis (and Archie, and a few others my sisters are sick of) are just getting 'cool' here.
Elsie's not a cow's name! The only named cows I ever knew were Abby and Kate, and THAT wouldn't go over well, I don't think.
sa
Elsie's not a cow's name! The only named cows I ever knew were Abby and Kate, and THAT wouldn't go over well, I don't think.
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Elsie has been the name of the Borden dairy product mascot, a cow, for like sixty or seventy years - she's a cartoon as far as I know, but so prominently featured on packaging and in advertising, for so long, that most Americans have a pretty solid association. I can picture the logo in my head, even, and I have never taken the slightest interest in it. It just got into my head the way those things will. And when I hear Elsie, I think dairy cow...
When someone suggested it'd become popular soon I actually laughed at first. But I realized that although Elsie is a cow's name to me, it's also a suitable and cute name for a person, regardless.
I doubt that Borden's cow could keep us from using the name Elsa for much longer, if its time has come .. I just think it'd keep it from getting as popular as it will probably get elsewhere.
- chazda
When someone suggested it'd become popular soon I actually laughed at first. But I realized that although Elsie is a cow's name to me, it's also a suitable and cute name for a person, regardless.
I doubt that Borden's cow could keep us from using the name Elsa for much longer, if its time has come .. I just think it'd keep it from getting as popular as it will probably get elsewhere.
- chazda
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Cow names
You know what always throws me off is when people like the name Clarabelle. I can't believe that so many people have forgotten Clarabelle Cow.
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You know what always throws me off is when people like the name Clarabelle. I can't believe that so many people have forgotten Clarabelle Cow.
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Elsie the Cow. Yes, I worry about this association. It's still quite strong in the U.S., especially here in the South, it would seem. :-/ My grandmother was Elsie and she heard the comments, but it didn't bother her much. But luckily she wasn't overweight. I am, and therefore my dd could be as well, so I even worry about naming my dd Elsa (to honor my gm) and someone picking up on the "Elsie the Cow" thing years from now. :-/ But maybe I worry too much? lol
~Heather~
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Yeah, you worry too much. I think it'd be fine. It wouldn't stop me if I were you, at any rate! Anyone over 10 whose opinion would matter, knows it's a lame joke and wouldn't stoop to make it. Besides, folks who tease will always tease folks who are teasable -- doesn't matter the name, that's just a convenient target.
- chazda
- chazda
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