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Gethsemane
What do you think of the name Gethsemane? I realize that it is the name of a place. Maybe if you have any other thoughts on it, like how it could be made fun of or reasons why you like/dislike it. Thank-you.
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I personally like it, but the lack of a nickname could get cumbersome.
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I'm not really rooting for the name, but I think maybe Sam is a good nickname.
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I keep thinking it should be: "Get me sane!" as if an insane person was begging for sanity.
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Considering that at first glance I can't even pronounce it, I'd have to say I don't particularly care for it. And when I can say it I don't find its sound to be particularly flattering. That along with it just kind of being impractical--long, sort of un-name-ish, cumbersome--would make it a difficult name to carry.

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I don't like it at all sorry.:Marie:.
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I think it sounds nice, but I wouldn't put a child through the strain of that name :p
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I don't think it sounds particularly nice in pronounciation either.Very harsh first sylable
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I think I found that on a Baby Goth Names list. It made me laugh.~~~
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The fact that it's the name of a place isn't what bothers me about it.The fact that it's a place with a not-particularly-cheeful association makes me give it a downgrade--Jesus got arrested there, after all. That's, like, the beginning of all his miserable death-y stuff. It's not a happy place.I wouldn't want to be named for it. There aren't any good nicknames, there's the possibility of being called "Semen" (it's very nearly in the name itself--can't you hear "Get semen on me!" as a middle school taunt?), the name is unwieldy and long with an ambiguous pronunciation, and dude. They arrested Jesus in that garden. I mean, come on. ;)Array

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Ditto.
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Yah, I wasnt going to use the name for some of the reasons you mentioned, I was just wondering what other people thought of it.
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I don't like it. It's way too much name for one person. Rosemary.Pearl
August 11, 2006
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Thanks. Thats a good way to describe it...lol.
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