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in reply to a message by Perrine
I don't watch TV so I don't get the reference, but I've liked Mildred my whole life. It was the name of my grandmother.
I did pick up on other people not liking it, that it sounds unfashionable ... so I wouldn't use it, but I do like it.
I like Drusilla, but mostly I like the Dru-part. I don't like the sill / ill part. I'd rather it were Drusia or Drusana or something else.
I dislike Ethel. It's like a cough. I like Ethelind okay though. I'd rather Ethel were Edel. And Mildred were Mildreth. the d/th thing seems so arbitrary!
I don't care much for Maud because it reminds me of "mod" and maudlin and maul and maw-maw (what my grandparents called their grandma). Not very appealing. But Harold and Maud made it seem namey, at least. It's not horrible.
I really don't like Enid. Just the sound of it - it makes me think of a maggot. ??
- mirfak
I did pick up on other people not liking it, that it sounds unfashionable ... so I wouldn't use it, but I do like it.
I like Drusilla, but mostly I like the Dru-part. I don't like the sill / ill part. I'd rather it were Drusia or Drusana or something else.
I dislike Ethel. It's like a cough. I like Ethelind okay though. I'd rather Ethel were Edel. And Mildred were Mildreth. the d/th thing seems so arbitrary!
I don't care much for Maud because it reminds me of "mod" and maudlin and maul and maw-maw (what my grandparents called their grandma). Not very appealing. But Harold and Maud made it seem namey, at least. It's not horrible.
I really don't like Enid. Just the sound of it - it makes me think of a maggot. ??
- mirfak
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