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I've noticed that in the comments section, a lot of mythological names seem to be considered pretentious by a lot of people. (I don't mean common ones which have plenty of other associations, like Jason, Diana, Iris, Helen, Daphne, Cassandra, etc. - I mean ones that aren't that common and are primarily thought of as mythological, such as Niobe, Ismene, Castor, Pollux, Briseis, Apollo, Aglaia, etc.) I actually used to be one of those people who thought so, but now I'm more laid-back about them. I even like a number of them.

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Do you think that using a mythological name that's uncommon in real life is pretentious?

This message was edited 8/1/2015, 4:39 PM