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HelpRe: Amos or Hugh?
in reply to a message by Sparrow
I don't like the sound of Amos, and it's what I think of as a fringe-biblical name, probably most used by people who read their Bibles with focused intensity. So I'd never consider considering it.
I like Hugh a lot. Good vibrations - intelligent, thoughtful, diligent.
Trouble is, in South Africa (some) Afrikaans-speaking people (sometimes) have great difficulty with the letter H. They often insert it where it doesn't belong, like pihano instead of piano, and/or they can't hear it when it is present. I had a colleague once named Hugh who was a notorious gossip; I mentioned something to an Afrikaans colleague once, and she was startled and asked me how I knew. I said "Hugh told me" and she looked even more astonished and said "No, I didn't!". Her English was very good, close to mother-tongue proficiency, but it let her down at that point. Hugo doesn't seem to have the same effect, for some reason, but I prefer Hugh.
I like Hugh a lot. Good vibrations - intelligent, thoughtful, diligent.
Trouble is, in South Africa (some) Afrikaans-speaking people (sometimes) have great difficulty with the letter H. They often insert it where it doesn't belong, like pihano instead of piano, and/or they can't hear it when it is present. I had a colleague once named Hugh who was a notorious gossip; I mentioned something to an Afrikaans colleague once, and she was startled and asked me how I knew. I said "Hugh told me" and she looked even more astonished and said "No, I didn't!". Her English was very good, close to mother-tongue proficiency, but it let her down at that point. Hugo doesn't seem to have the same effect, for some reason, but I prefer Hugh.
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