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in reply to a message by Martha
I think it was cruel on a non-modern child, when the name was actually somewhat popular. It's just so heavy and there is not one attractive sound in it.
Winnie is whiny and too associated with Pooh bear and horse noises.
Winifred is even clumsy to say. Try to say an ordinary sentence like "Winifred went for a walk" and try to untwist your tongue.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
Winnie is whiny and too associated with Pooh bear and horse noises.
Winifred is even clumsy to say. Try to say an ordinary sentence like "Winifred went for a walk" and try to untwist your tongue.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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"Winifred went for a walk" flows way more smoothly than "Stacy slipped on the ice" or "Jessica kicked a rock." What's your point?
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worry about your own point ...
So I can't dislike a name even though it's claaaaassic and chahhhhming and Your Lordship likes it?
I guess so, since you basically have decided you can't like any name that has gotten even moderate use in the last hundred years.
Just because you have imposed those silly, self-congratulating rules on yourself, doesn't mean everyone else is bound by them.
So I can't dislike a name even though it's claaaaassic and chahhhhming and Your Lordship likes it?
I guess so, since you basically have decided you can't like any name that has gotten even moderate use in the last hundred years.
Just because you have imposed those silly, self-congratulating rules on yourself, doesn't mean everyone else is bound by them.
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