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Do you prefer the name Rhodes or Townes for a boy?
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Townes definitly!
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I don’t care for Rhodes. I can’t help but think of Cecil Rhodes and Rhodesia. It also sounds like a “ stuffed shirt” name. Maybe a haughty older man in a British mystery movie. Townes doesn’t have the negative connotations that Rhodes does but it still sounds like a “stuffed shirt” name. I might consider using these names for a character but not an actual person.
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I prefer the sound of Rhodes, but Townes gets me right in the heart, because I think of beautiful tragic Townes Van Zandt.
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If Rhodes were used as a first name in the English speaking world, I think it's natural to assume it's a surname-name, and to think (as I immediately would) of Cecil Rhodes and to be reminded of his more infamous aims.
Townes just seems like yet another British-surname name picked out to invoke the image that such names do.
It's not that I prefer it. I just think that the association with Rhodes makes Townes less bad than Rhodes.
Townes just seems like yet another British-surname name picked out to invoke the image that such names do.
It's not that I prefer it. I just think that the association with Rhodes makes Townes less bad than Rhodes.
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I dislike both almost equally. Random surnames have never appealed to me, but these are particularly bad. I suppose “Rhodey” is a better nn than “Towney”, so I guess I’d go with Rhodes.
Together they sound like a misspelled travel magazine.
Together they sound like a misspelled travel magazine.
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Rhodes isn't good, but it's so much better than Townes that it isn't even a contest
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Rhodes, famously, must fall. Although the Rhodes scholarships have been a great force for good, all over the world, especially now that they are open to women. As a name, though ... apart from the historical problem, there's the sound of it. Roads ... better than Avenues, but still not good.
Townes is just plain silly. Townley, if necessary: it's been used as a fn and it doesn't sound like a conurbation.
Townes is just plain silly. Townley, if necessary: it's been used as a fn and it doesn't sound like a conurbation.
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Given the option, neither.
Rhodes as a first name seems unwise; the legacy of the Rhodes family, namely Cecil, in the perpetuation of destructive imperialism makes this one an absolute non-starter, I believe.
Given that, I'd go with Townes.
But seriously, neither.
Rhodes as a first name seems unwise; the legacy of the Rhodes family, namely Cecil, in the perpetuation of destructive imperialism makes this one an absolute non-starter, I believe.
Given that, I'd go with Townes.
But seriously, neither.
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Rhodes, I don’t really like either though
This message was edited 7/13/2022, 7:34 AM
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