The fact that it's the name of a place isn't what bothers me about it.
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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. ;)
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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. ;)
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"That was the thing about aliens that no one ever really expected. They're a bit dull."
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
This message was edited 8/24/2006, 11:44 PM