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Re: Ivory
One of the less attractive gem names, I think. Calls to mind soap and elephant tusks. If I was Ivory I wouldn't like to hear about ivory bans and the illegal ivory trae.The one Ivory I ever knew was a guy, a black guy, and so Ivory on him seemed as silly as Ebony on a white girl.I think, therefore I judge.
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It seems weird to me to say that it's silly to name a black girl Ivory or a white girl Ebony. Sienna is sort of popular with white people and no one says, "how silly! her skin's not orange/red/brown enough for that name"...same goes for other popular color names like Violet or Gray. That said, it does make me think of soap.
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