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HelpRe: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?
in reply to a message by erb816
Cain and other spellings of it seems to be, if not popular, at least fashionable. Kind of gos along with Kayden and Cade, and the whole last-name trend.
Jezebel isn't just the name of the one Biblical character; it's become a generic and unflattering common noun, and I'd be surprised if anyone knowing their Bible would use it. There's nothing but the Biblical association and more recently, the Cosmopolitan-type Internet magazine to associate the name with. It would be different if there was some famous person or even a whole lot of un famous people who bore that name.
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
Jezebel isn't just the name of the one Biblical character; it's become a generic and unflattering common noun, and I'd be surprised if anyone knowing their Bible would use it. There's nothing but the Biblical association and more recently, the Cosmopolitan-type Internet magazine to associate the name with. It would be different if there was some famous person or even a whole lot of un famous people who bore that name.
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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