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in reply to a message by Isabel
1. Pretty, but too wierd. It's long and has a lot of baggage with the name. I think it sounds too stuffy on a person today, and I loathe the nickname Cleo.
2. Not for me. I'd think her parents were weird, to tell the truth. And I want to name a child Delphine! Celopatra has a ton of history attached to it, and I wouldn't like it on a child. I can't see it on any person, any age, so I don't know how it would age!
3. No ideas, I could never use it. The only time I'd consider it would be as a middle name.
Sorry if that post sounded harsh, but I read a book in which Cleopatra was portrayed as a bad person, and I couldn't bear to name someone after her.
Julia Keelan
"I don't mean to be rude-" he began in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.
"-yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often."
~ From Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Vernon Dursley to Albus Dumbledore.
2. Not for me. I'd think her parents were weird, to tell the truth. And I want to name a child Delphine! Celopatra has a ton of history attached to it, and I wouldn't like it on a child. I can't see it on any person, any age, so I don't know how it would age!
3. No ideas, I could never use it. The only time I'd consider it would be as a middle name.
Sorry if that post sounded harsh, but I read a book in which Cleopatra was portrayed as a bad person, and I couldn't bear to name someone after her.
"I don't mean to be rude-" he began in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.
"-yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often."
~ From Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Vernon Dursley to Albus Dumbledore.
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No it didn't sound harsh, just well thought-out criticism, which was what I was after, thanks!
Just curious, what was the name of the book in which Cleopatra was portrayed as a bad person?
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Just curious, what was the name of the book in which Cleopatra was portrayed as a bad person?
~Smile at the world and the world will smile back at you!~ :-)
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