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in reply to a message by RDNZL
I don't love Reuben but I don't like Riley at all. In this scenario I tend to default to the more established or classic name, so there you go. Reuben.
And honestly, I'd be more amused to introduce a Reuben "...like the sandwich" than I would be embarassed. I'd rather my kid share a name with a sandwich than have a name I don't like.
"He was healthy to the point of heathendom and he acknowledged no power but his own."
Joseph Roth, Hotel Savoy
And honestly, I'd be more amused to introduce a Reuben "...like the sandwich" than I would be embarassed. I'd rather my kid share a name with a sandwich than have a name I don't like.
Joseph Roth, Hotel Savoy
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It is kind of annoying when a first name is used to name an object and then it's shied away from for that reason. Like Mercedes -- you always hear, "It's a car." And then when you point out that it was a name before it was a car, and in fact the car was named after a person who had the name Mercedes, you hear, "Well yes I know that but what difference does that make? Now the car is well-known so that's what people think of."
However, I don't think the car has rendered Mercedes unusable because I have known two young women named Mercedes. My reason for disliking the name Reuben have nothing to do with the sandwich, and if I liked the name I wouldn't allow the existence of the sandwich to deter me.
However, I don't think the car has rendered Mercedes unusable because I have known two young women named Mercedes. My reason for disliking the name Reuben have nothing to do with the sandwich, and if I liked the name I wouldn't allow the existence of the sandwich to deter me.
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