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in reply to a message by puqk
Well I guess I'm lame, but whatever. Yes, it SCREAMS "pig" to me. And even worse, Abner always screams pig to me also, because it was the name of Arnold's pet pig in "Hey Arnold," so the two together are piggy overload.
I mean, I don't see why making such an association is "lame." It's no different that any other movie/character related connection and I personally wouldn't even view it as BAD per say. I mean, I love plenty of "cow" names like Bessie and Annabelle. They are just animals, and as you said, endearing ones at that. I like the name Templeton a million times better than Wilbur and he's the skeevy rat.
I think it's just an ugly name. That's all. Something about the combination of the "b" and "er" sounds really turn me off. Pity because I do love Will and have been playing around with different ways to achieve it as a nn. I settled on liking the idea of Wilmer or Wilby, better than Wilbur
I mean, I don't see why making such an association is "lame." It's no different that any other movie/character related connection and I personally wouldn't even view it as BAD per say. I mean, I love plenty of "cow" names like Bessie and Annabelle. They are just animals, and as you said, endearing ones at that. I like the name Templeton a million times better than Wilbur and he's the skeevy rat.
I think it's just an ugly name. That's all. Something about the combination of the "b" and "er" sounds really turn me off. Pity because I do love Will and have been playing around with different ways to achieve it as a nn. I settled on liking the idea of Wilmer or Wilby, better than Wilbur
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I think she just means its lame because its overused. Everytime you bring up a name with a connection 20 people will chime in with, "Harry makes me think of Hairy." Well, duh. Obviously, the poster knows that, and they are looking for opinions beyond the obvious.
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Then he could just say that. No one has to be "lame" for it.
And judging by the responses not everyone does think of the pig, so it could be valuable knowing just how strong the association still is- because it seems like maybe it's not as obvious as he initially thought.
And judging by the responses not everyone does think of the pig, so it could be valuable knowing just how strong the association still is- because it seems like maybe it's not as obvious as he initially thought.
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