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WDYT of Bartleby?
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I don’t really have anything nice to say, so I’m not going to share my honest opinions.
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I feel like if I randomly encountered it in use, I wouldn't pay any special attention; it's like...Digby or Sherwood or Wentworth, which seem only a small degree weirder than Colby or Wendell. I could call someone those and not care.
I like it more than Bart, Bartholomew, Higsby, Stanley but less than Bard, Barnaby, Bertram, Starling. Whatever that tells you.
I like it more than Bart, Bartholomew, Higsby, Stanley but less than Bard, Barnaby, Bertram, Starling. Whatever that tells you.
This message was edited 6/15/2022, 3:43 PM
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It sounds like the name of a plump, insipid, yes-man-type manservant to a rich jerk.
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Reminds me of Melville ‘s Bartleby the Scrivner, and that’s a depressing character.
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Not for a real human
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I'd prefer not.
(imo the name is forever bound to Melville's character Bartleby, the Scrivener and all uses of it would seem to refer to that)
(imo the name is forever bound to Melville's character Bartleby, the Scrivener and all uses of it would seem to refer to that)
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I love the sound of it, in. a certain way, but I'd never be able to take it seriously. Good for a fictional character.
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Lead character in movie Accepted, named for comic effect.
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I don't care for it. It's too quirky and a bit bizarre for my taste. It reminds me of a character in the last book series that I've read, called "The Tunnels" (much more interesting than the title might suggest, I promise you. Very intense.) Anyway, Bartleby was the name of an abnormally large sphinx-related cat who often went by 'Bart'
That's what I think of right away. Mostly because it's my first and only association that I have with the name. I don't know if it's because of that, but it doesn't seem like a very usual name for a human. Maybe unless it was a whimsical character set in a fantasy storyline or something.
That's what I think of right away. Mostly because it's my first and only association that I have with the name. I don't know if it's because of that, but it doesn't seem like a very usual name for a human. Maybe unless it was a whimsical character set in a fantasy storyline or something.
This message was edited 6/12/2022, 6:35 PM
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No thanks.
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I love it, but wouldn't use it. Barnaby or Barnabas are my faves
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My first thought is a children’s storybook character Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent.
I also have a vague recollection of Bartleby being a very wealthy family hit by the financial crash in an episode of the tv series Cold Case.
Sounds like part of the last name first name trend but in a public school boy setting where Bartleby is friends with Guildford, Ambrose and Farquharson
I also have a vague recollection of Bartleby being a very wealthy family hit by the financial crash in an episode of the tv series Cold Case.
Sounds like part of the last name first name trend but in a public school boy setting where Bartleby is friends with Guildford, Ambrose and Farquharson
This message was edited 6/12/2022, 1:42 AM
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More complicated than Barnaby, which I prefer. Bartleby has an uncomfortable echo of barter in it!
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Sounds like a portly fellow (with one impressive mustache!) from a medieval classic.
Amusing, but not usable today.
Amusing, but not usable today.
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