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in reply to a message by Belphoebe
I think it's still usable in a very grandma-name-turned-stylish-again way. It's on the top 1000 anyway. It fits in with stuff like Hazel and Ruby and Gracie.
It's okay but it feels too much like a pet's name. I think I've known of a couple dogs named Dixie. But only one person. She was a friend of my grandmother's; a white woman from Oklahoma, though I think she might have originally been from someplace farther south. She was such a sweet lady; the name fitted her well.
I'm not sure if people not *from* Dixie use it much. The song "Dixie" is pretty much frowned upon now, and has been so for long enough that the expression "whistling Dixie" means fooling around or wasting time.
I wouldn't want the dick sound in my name in any case.
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
It's okay but it feels too much like a pet's name. I think I've known of a couple dogs named Dixie. But only one person. She was a friend of my grandmother's; a white woman from Oklahoma, though I think she might have originally been from someplace farther south. She was such a sweet lady; the name fitted her well.
I'm not sure if people not *from* Dixie use it much. The song "Dixie" is pretty much frowned upon now, and has been so for long enough that the expression "whistling Dixie" means fooling around or wasting time.
I wouldn't want the dick sound in my name in any case.
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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