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in reply to a message by Sadie-Janae
Ugly and kind of sinister (the Pied Piper). It's Pippi with a surnamey spin on it.
Makes me think of smoking and plumbing ... and TBH, I get an anatomical metaphor from it, like windpipe (trachea) which feels icky to me.
All those things would very likely fade into unconsciousness, if I met a person named Piper in real life. I haven't. But I still would not really like the name.
I like the basic sound idea - the stressed long I, the -er ending, it's hip, it's sayable. But the double P wrecks it for me. I don't like the sound. I'd rather the sound of Spider - although of course that would be an unfortunate name, if the word didn't mean spider, it would be a more pleasant sound than Piper.
I'd pair it with something lilty. Piper Laurie sounded so good... if you always say the full name, anyway.
Piper Livia
Piper Emilia
- mirfak
Makes me think of smoking and plumbing ... and TBH, I get an anatomical metaphor from it, like windpipe (trachea) which feels icky to me.
All those things would very likely fade into unconsciousness, if I met a person named Piper in real life. I haven't. But I still would not really like the name.
I like the basic sound idea - the stressed long I, the -er ending, it's hip, it's sayable. But the double P wrecks it for me. I don't like the sound. I'd rather the sound of Spider - although of course that would be an unfortunate name, if the word didn't mean spider, it would be a more pleasant sound than Piper.
I'd pair it with something lilty. Piper Laurie sounded so good... if you always say the full name, anyway.
Piper Livia
Piper Emilia
- mirfak
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