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HelpRe: Percival / Percy / Pierce
in reply to a message by Felie
Percival is rather too snobbish, and Percy not really snobbish enough, if that makes sense.
I had a distant uncle Percival who was known as Percy; he died when I was a baby and I know nothing about him except his name. There have also been two South African international sportsmen called Percy: Percy Mansell played cricket in the 1950s and Percy Montgomery played rugby in the 1990s and 2000s. But because of them I'm more used to Percy, I think, and for that reason I prefer it though I wouldn't use it myself.
Pierce doesn't sound very close to Percy; I dislike it as a lnfn, and for its meaning as a dictionary word. I do like Piers, though - same sound, but with a terminal -z instead of an -s. Since I named my son Peter, I couldn't exactly use Piers IRL.
I had a distant uncle Percival who was known as Percy; he died when I was a baby and I know nothing about him except his name. There have also been two South African international sportsmen called Percy: Percy Mansell played cricket in the 1950s and Percy Montgomery played rugby in the 1990s and 2000s. But because of them I'm more used to Percy, I think, and for that reason I prefer it though I wouldn't use it myself.
Pierce doesn't sound very close to Percy; I dislike it as a lnfn, and for its meaning as a dictionary word. I do like Piers, though - same sound, but with a terminal -z instead of an -s. Since I named my son Peter, I couldn't exactly use Piers IRL.
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