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HelpOver-Ambitious Names (And an Over-Ambitious sibset) :')
Today I came across a really interesting sibset.
Adonis, Cleopatra "Cleo", Zeus, and Rhiannon. I thought it was really cool. I mean, who would mess with a dude named Zeus?
Anyways, what do you think exactly classifies as an "Over-Ambitious" name, and would you ever use one yourself? How do you feel about it?
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Adonis, Cleopatra "Cleo", Zeus, and Rhiannon. I thought it was really cool. I mean, who would mess with a dude named Zeus?
Anyways, what do you think exactly classifies as an "Over-Ambitious" name, and would you ever use one yourself? How do you feel about it?
Rate my PNL or I will boil your teeth.
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I almost feel a bit bad for Rhiannon in that set! Compared to Adonis, Cleopatra and Zeus, Rhiannon is like a little brown wren.
I love over-ambitious names, especially on unassuming people. Similarly, I love humble, clunky or unassuming names on outrageous people.
Anything opulent or grand, especially when it's from history or mythology, is an over-ambitious name to me. Also long strings of elaborate names.
I would definitely use one myself.
I love over-ambitious names, especially on unassuming people. Similarly, I love humble, clunky or unassuming names on outrageous people.
Anything opulent or grand, especially when it's from history or mythology, is an over-ambitious name to me. Also long strings of elaborate names.
I would definitely use one myself.
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I know of a Zeus who has an adult daughter Athena.
I don't really think there are "over-ambitious" names (although any deity name intrinsically implies consideration of power), just awkward ones from my perspective, like I think I'd actually feel marginally uncomfortable calling someone Adonis, the same way I did when I met someone named Honey. Lucifer is another one that seems like it'd be awkward, but I feel like I could adjust to that if it were popular.
Country names seem unappealingly ambitious (or inhumanly grandiose yet too generic) to me, I guess, like Ireland and China.
I don't really think there are "over-ambitious" names (although any deity name intrinsically implies consideration of power), just awkward ones from my perspective, like I think I'd actually feel marginally uncomfortable calling someone Adonis, the same way I did when I met someone named Honey. Lucifer is another one that seems like it'd be awkward, but I feel like I could adjust to that if it were popular.
Country names seem unappealingly ambitious (or inhumanly grandiose yet too generic) to me, I guess, like Ireland and China.
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