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HelpRe: Deciding between two character names
in reply to a message by Amphelise
Dimity to me sounds very antebellum South or else Victorian England. Also too much like dippety or dimwitted.
So I guess Kirraly, which is even less familiar in American English. I'm assuming it's a native Australian word/name?
You could switch it up a bit if you wanted it to be more broadly known as a name, to not just Australian readers, by say, making her name Kira-Lee or Karlee.
But bottom line is I'd avoid Dimity. (There is also a mystery series for adults called the Aunt Dimity mysteries. I don't know for sure but I think the character of Aunt Dimity is actually a ghost.)
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
So I guess Kirraly, which is even less familiar in American English. I'm assuming it's a native Australian word/name?
You could switch it up a bit if you wanted it to be more broadly known as a name, to not just Australian readers, by say, making her name Kira-Lee or Karlee.
But bottom line is I'd avoid Dimity. (There is also a mystery series for adults called the Aunt Dimity mysteries. I don't know for sure but I think the character of Aunt Dimity is actually a ghost.)
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
