Re: that kind of begs the question ...
I can't speak for anyone else, but I wanted to make the point to Rox, that buffering other people's feelings is *not* what I'm doing if I say a name is decent but I hate it. The words "I think" are the acknowledgement that my opinion is just one opinion. "but it's a fine name" is only meant to distinguish my aesthetic response from my opinion of the name as a name.Rox's analogy to pears is no good, because an emotional reaction to pears won't imply judgment of whether pears are edible food. That'd be over the top. It's like if I say the Kia Soul is an eyesore, that doesn't imply I think it's not adequate as a car. Of course it's fine as a car, and of course canned pears are food.But if I say Braelyn is ugly, that does imply I think it's bad *as a name.* Because we talk about names here as if one of their functions is to make a subjective impression.I know I'm taking it too far apart - but I got an impression that Rox was wondering if it's some kind of weasel words to avoid offending people, and I wanted to say it isn't.- mirfak
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not trying to start something ...  ·  RoxStar  ·  4/9/2018, 3:13 PM
Re: not trying to start something ...  ·  mirfak  ·  4/9/2018, 4:58 PM
Yep (m)  ·  Julia  ·  4/9/2018, 5:52 PM
that kind of begs the question ...  ·  RoxStar  ·  4/9/2018, 5:51 PM
Re: that kind of begs the question ...  ·  Jagoda  ·  4/10/2018, 1:30 PM
Re: that kind of begs the question ...  ·  mirfak  ·  4/10/2018, 1:59 PM
Re: that kind of begs the question ...  ·  Jagoda  ·  4/10/2018, 2:09 PM
Re: that kind of begs the question ...  ·  noel  ·  4/10/2018, 9:32 AM
Re: that kind of begs the question ...  ·  mirfak  ·  4/9/2018, 11:05 PM
Agreed.  ·  Aine  ·  4/14/2018, 9:04 AM
Re: not trying to start something ...  ·  peonini  ·  4/9/2018, 4:29 PM
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