New Post
Search
HelpRe: BAs
in reply to a message by gigibee
Cameron reminds me of David Cameron so no, and Dwayne is okay. Neither are really my style.
Xavier stresses me out a lot. I only like Zay-vee-ur. It pains me that Ex-zay-vee-ur is a pronunciation, and it pains me more that it's because of X-Men. I actually hate saying Ex-zay-vee-ur, I have to call the character Charles, or the Professor. I'm not sure if there's a genuine, legitimate, non X-Men reason behind it, but I'd probably feel better if there was. It doesn't even make much sense in English, so differences in language or dialect or accent really can't be an excuse here. In some horrible paradox, I'd gladly use it for the character, but I hate how he says it, so I couldn't technically have the connection without it being the pronunciation I hate. It's all so irritating I've just put it in the middle for a few names, and left it in eternal limbo on my 'considering' list. Eh, I wouldn't have used it anyway.
TL:DR, love Xavier=Zay-vee-uh, hate Xavier=Ex-zay-vee-uh, love X-Men, hate what they did to Xavier.
Fangirl (18) Dreaming of...
✦ Pandora ✦ Evanthe ✦ Marigold ✦ Beatrix ✦ Demelza ✦ Fae ✦ Sally ✦ Clio ✦ Sybil ✦ Anna ✦
✧ Caspian ✧ Phoenix ✧ Ptolemy ✧ Horatio ✧ Nikolai ✧ Artemus ✧ Hamish ✧ Indigo ✧ August ✧ Lorenzo ✧ Prosper ✧
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/1396
Xavier stresses me out a lot. I only like Zay-vee-ur. It pains me that Ex-zay-vee-ur is a pronunciation, and it pains me more that it's because of X-Men. I actually hate saying Ex-zay-vee-ur, I have to call the character Charles, or the Professor. I'm not sure if there's a genuine, legitimate, non X-Men reason behind it, but I'd probably feel better if there was. It doesn't even make much sense in English, so differences in language or dialect or accent really can't be an excuse here. In some horrible paradox, I'd gladly use it for the character, but I hate how he says it, so I couldn't technically have the connection without it being the pronunciation I hate. It's all so irritating I've just put it in the middle for a few names, and left it in eternal limbo on my 'considering' list. Eh, I wouldn't have used it anyway.
TL:DR, love Xavier=Zay-vee-uh, hate Xavier=Ex-zay-vee-uh, love X-Men, hate what they did to Xavier.
✦ Pandora ✦ Evanthe ✦ Marigold ✦ Beatrix ✦ Demelza ✦ Fae ✦ Sally ✦ Clio ✦ Sybil ✦ Anna ✦
✧ Caspian ✧ Phoenix ✧ Ptolemy ✧ Horatio ✧ Nikolai ✧ Artemus ✧ Hamish ✧ Indigo ✧ August ✧ Lorenzo ✧ Prosper ✧
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/1396
This message was edited 2/23/2017, 12:42 PM
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1