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in reply to a message by Adelle
I figured you meant in a general sense, but I doubt the fact that anyone who has a problem with Pleasant as a boys name is doing it because they are sexist in a way that their thinking says females can have masculine names but males cant have feminine names. Its simply we like names to be on their original/traditional gender or we simply dont like word names in general.
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That may be true for you (liking traditional gender and not word names), and it may be partly true for Tota, but s/he makes it pretty clear that there is a sexist issue going on with the comment about dignity and manhood being robbed by, horror of horrors, Pleasant as a MN. Even if s/he also dislikes boys names on girls, it is still ass backwards to assume that one's dignity and manhood lie in the balance over a MN that as a word would be considered ungendered but the poster perceived as not masculine enough for a locker room discussion (and we all know that locker room discussions define the man).
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The locker room was an example. In my opinion, the name Pleasant is a word, and not one I would immeidately associate with use on a male. I am also sure it is not a name the general population would find appealing as name for either gender. It is moreso a word than name, and as ridiculous as the words Jolly or Charming being used.
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You are continuously referring to this man with the word Pleasant as a name. Has it occurred to you or anyone that perhaps his parents enjoyed random words? This does not automatically make it a legit name. Let's take Nevaeh for example. Pleasant is not even listed on this site. What is this to say of its legitimacy?
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Actually Pleasant is a surname as well as a word and at one time it was very common for children to be given their mothers maiden name or other family surnames as middle names or even as first names.
Many of the names were use today started out as surnames.
Many of the names were use today started out as surnames.
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You are continuously referring to this man with the word Pleasant as a name. Has it occurred to you or anyone that perhaps his parents enjoyed random words?
LN: Carter
DH: Robert
DW: Mollie Bays
DS: Alvin Pleasant (Pleasant or A.P.)
DS: Jim
DS/DD: Ezra "Eck", Virgie
DS: Grant
DD: Ettaleen
DS: Ermine
DD: Sylvia
I'm going to say no, his parents weren't all out on random words, based on his family. BTW, I enjoy the way you refer to him as "this man," as though he's some random footnote in a genealogy. "This man" changed the face of popular music forever.
And Nevaeh is now a name, whether you like it or not. I don't like it, but that fact doesn't mean it isn't "real".
Besides that, quite a few legitimate names aren't listed on this site. Is Galatea no longer a name? (We'd better inform Pygmalion.) How about Hanorah? (All those 19th century Irishwomen just had dumbasses for parents.) Lisetta? (That's one of my ancestors, right there.) Bendicht? (And another one.) Langston? (Mr. Hughes would likely be disappointed if you told us his name was a lie.) So, sorry, that argument doesn't hold up. Please try again.
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LN: Carter
DH: Robert
DW: Mollie Bays
DS: Alvin Pleasant (Pleasant or A.P.)
DS: Jim
DS/DD: Ezra "Eck", Virgie
DS: Grant
DD: Ettaleen
DS: Ermine
DD: Sylvia
I'm going to say no, his parents weren't all out on random words, based on his family. BTW, I enjoy the way you refer to him as "this man," as though he's some random footnote in a genealogy. "This man" changed the face of popular music forever.
And Nevaeh is now a name, whether you like it or not. I don't like it, but that fact doesn't mean it isn't "real".
Besides that, quite a few legitimate names aren't listed on this site. Is Galatea no longer a name? (We'd better inform Pygmalion.) How about Hanorah? (All those 19th century Irishwomen just had dumbasses for parents.) Lisetta? (That's one of my ancestors, right there.) Bendicht? (And another one.) Langston? (Mr. Hughes would likely be disappointed if you told us his name was a lie.) So, sorry, that argument doesn't hold up. Please try again.
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