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HelpRe: Insults people should stop using for names
in reply to a message by ShioTanbo1
Lol my older sister was 3/4 when I was born and she was very adamant that I be named Chandelier because it was the prettiest word she knew, and was genuinely heartbroken when my parents didn't go with her name idea and threw a fit. Kids are funny. She grew up into likely relatively mainstream and short names later.
Yes racist & classist remarks should be avoided but sometimes we shouldnt be so quick to judge in general in names. Worth noting: I have a professor at my university that will remain nameless but she has a very naturey and "hippy" sounding FN & LN. I actually quit like it. It has signifance to her family and heritage. Though some classmates joke about her name and that is inappropriate. It really depends on context. The joke names that may or may not exist (the internet is not always accurate as you know) aren't usually cool but some names have a cultural significance to them you are not aware of. Beautiful Existence for instance, if real, I can totally see being used by someone that had a cultural background of Word names and have no qualms with it.
Just because something is inordinarily for me personally doesn't make it necessarily a "bad" name, just not a name of my background. Some things seem inappropriate in one culture but totally acceptable in another. Most parents aren't researching meanings and context across the globe for their name idea and tbh that's valid. Corona was a name and a beverage before the pandemic for instance. It really isn't my place to judge a parents pick unless it's just inherently harmful.
Idk just something to keep in mind.
Yes racist & classist remarks should be avoided but sometimes we shouldnt be so quick to judge in general in names. Worth noting: I have a professor at my university that will remain nameless but she has a very naturey and "hippy" sounding FN & LN. I actually quit like it. It has signifance to her family and heritage. Though some classmates joke about her name and that is inappropriate. It really depends on context. The joke names that may or may not exist (the internet is not always accurate as you know) aren't usually cool but some names have a cultural significance to them you are not aware of. Beautiful Existence for instance, if real, I can totally see being used by someone that had a cultural background of Word names and have no qualms with it.
Just because something is inordinarily for me personally doesn't make it necessarily a "bad" name, just not a name of my background. Some things seem inappropriate in one culture but totally acceptable in another. Most parents aren't researching meanings and context across the globe for their name idea and tbh that's valid. Corona was a name and a beverage before the pandemic for instance. It really isn't my place to judge a parents pick unless it's just inherently harmful.
Idk just something to keep in mind.
This message was edited 9/13/2021, 10:43 AM
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