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Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?
by RB Constance (Constant)
2/10/2023, 9:40 AM
in reply to a message by ari.
I think the issue with Abel is that it sounds like "able." It's off putting and maybe weirdly ableist sounding?
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- ari.   +2
2/10/2023, 11:59 AM
Yeah, but I don't imagine that's an issue in Hebrew.
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- Ohad Yigal   +1
2/11/2023, 8:58 AM
it's because jews usually don't use names of people who died in unfortunate circumstances, unless they're martyrs like Samson. That's why Abner, Joab etc., while they were in use in some countries, were very uncommon up until the modern state of Israel (and the british mandate that proceeded it.
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- ari.
2/11/2023, 9:52 AM
Interesting, thank you!
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