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Re: Hugh, Hugo and Hubert?
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These names are definitely not popular in the US. If I had to guess, I'd say only Hugh was ever what you might even call common, and that was quite some time ago.Hubert strikes me as comical for some reason. A big fat wise-cracking guy. I did used to think it would be fun to have some farmyard pet, like a pig or goat and call him Hubert.Hugo has sort of a sinister cast to it, like a villain.As for Hugh, I can see using it as a mn, but it just seems so thin and wispy, like blowing out a candle.Oh, the original Welsh spelling is Huw. I know a man named Huw. He's Canadian, not Welsh. But the funny part is that his last name is Hughes. Which brings to mind the following tongue-twister:In Huron, a hewer, Hugh Hughes, usually hewed a few new yews of unusual hues for you. lol
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