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HelpRe: Thoughts on these old-school boy names?
in reply to a message by Rainya
Angus: Doesn't seem to be much of a thing in the US, ever. It always puts me in mind of either a farm dog (I think Angus actually would make a good name for a working dog) or an old cranky Scottish man smoking a pipe and hacking his lungs up. Or a burger.
Billy: This is okay, a friendly, boy-next-door kind of name.
Casper: A Friendly Ghost name now becoming a trendy fan-fic sort of name.
Chester: I've known too many pets named Chester.
Clarence: I would never use it, but it's a pleasant, mild sort of name. I actually know a young Clarence. He's actually Joshua Clarence, Clarence after his grandfather. He was called Josh when he was little but once he got to school he started going by Clarence, probably because there were so many other Joshes.
Cornelius: I really hate the sound of this. LLike a gross, healthy cereal, or like callused, corned feet or the product to fix them.
Floyd: Too dorky to be charmingly dorky. I did once know someone with a parakeet named Floyd. Because, he said, everybody calls parakeets Pretty Boy and he wanted to be a little different. (Non-Americans: Pretty Boy Floyd was the name of a famous bank robber and fugitive in the 1930s.)
Lucius: Sinister, fanfic-y. Sick of Harry Potter et al. names.
Lyle: My SIL once ha a boyfriend named Lyle. He was very nice. But the name is kind of goofy sounding.
Ollie: Sounds kind of cartoonish, like a Dennis the Menace type. I like it better than Oliver but that's not saying very much.
Vernon: "Hey, Vern!" No thank you.
Wilbur: A pig.
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
Billy: This is okay, a friendly, boy-next-door kind of name.
Casper: A Friendly Ghost name now becoming a trendy fan-fic sort of name.
Chester: I've known too many pets named Chester.
Clarence: I would never use it, but it's a pleasant, mild sort of name. I actually know a young Clarence. He's actually Joshua Clarence, Clarence after his grandfather. He was called Josh when he was little but once he got to school he started going by Clarence, probably because there were so many other Joshes.
Cornelius: I really hate the sound of this. LLike a gross, healthy cereal, or like callused, corned feet or the product to fix them.
Floyd: Too dorky to be charmingly dorky. I did once know someone with a parakeet named Floyd. Because, he said, everybody calls parakeets Pretty Boy and he wanted to be a little different. (Non-Americans: Pretty Boy Floyd was the name of a famous bank robber and fugitive in the 1930s.)
Lucius: Sinister, fanfic-y. Sick of Harry Potter et al. names.
Lyle: My SIL once ha a boyfriend named Lyle. He was very nice. But the name is kind of goofy sounding.
Ollie: Sounds kind of cartoonish, like a Dennis the Menace type. I like it better than Oliver but that's not saying very much.
Vernon: "Hey, Vern!" No thank you.
Wilbur: A pig.
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
