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in reply to a message by RDNZL
It's extremely cutesy imo. I can't picture it seriously on a grown woman. Also it makes me think of Daisy from the Great Gatsby, and that's not exactly a good association.
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Given that authors choose names for their characters, whenever there's an association with a character that isn't wholly positive, I always wonder which came first. For instance, does Daisy seem like the name for a flighty, selfish, not-very-bright woman because of the Fitzgerald character, or did Fitzgerald choose the name for the character because Daisy already seemed like a name for that type of person?
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Now you reminded me of why I started to not like Daisy as much some time ago :O It was one of my favorites and I had seen the movie/read the novel as well but never really thought much about her name. Then someone told me that it reminded them of a superficial person and mentioned the character and I guess that is when I started to sound it was too childlike or empty. I am also wondering about that and I think it might be that the name was chosen because it is very cutesy, without too much weight to it.
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