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HelpRe: What are some names you cant stand.
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Bella. I hate it viscerally, it makes me physically recoil. I tried to make myself like it or at least not loathe it as much but so far it hasn't really worked. Hearing or seeing this name is still a zero out of ten stars experience for me, would not recommend.
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Do you know why that is?
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My guess would be that I generally prefer "kiki" sounds and shapes and Bella is more "bouba". Both "b" and "l" sound heavy and weak to me. If I take a kind of similar name, such as Beulah, I like it better because the "eu" is a crisper sound than the "e" in Bella, and I also dislike Becca because the "k" sound is also weak and breathy but I tolerate it a bit better probably because "k" is lighter than "l".
Then there's also the unfortunate fact the "bela" is a word in my native language meaning "log" and I had the misfortune of watching a skit about this when I was younger. So even my associations are unpleasant (the skit was extremely unfunny).
Then there's also the unfortunate fact the "bela" is a word in my native language meaning "log" and I had the misfortune of watching a skit about this when I was younger. So even my associations are unpleasant (the skit was extremely unfunny).
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Ohhh, yeah, it does suck sometimes when names are words in other languages.
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