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Help[Opinions] Re: Dixie?
in reply to a message by Kit
I had a childhood friend with a dog named Dixie, and my uncle & aunt currently have a dog named Dixie. So, it's a dog name to me (partly because some people see it as a sweet old name), comparable to Trixie, but it also seems like naming a pet Jefferson Davis or something.
I had a bluegrass/roots music teacher who called "Dixie" a fighting song. I wouldn't want to be named it, if only because of that...maybe I could argue it originated as satire of slavery, but that'd make it seem even weirder as a name. It's mostly just sad.
There also used to be a grocery chain called Winn-Dixie where I grew up. I think they've mostly gone out of business. And there's Dixie cups. I liked the Dixie Chicks when I was a preteen, but they've changed their name. With those as my neutral associations, it doesn't seem like a great name to me.
Plus, I tend not to like nation-derived names, in general. I guess it could be seen as a NN for Richardine, but I don't like Dick or Dix as a NN for Richard either.
Daisy, Delta, Roxie seem way better.
I had a bluegrass/roots music teacher who called "Dixie" a fighting song. I wouldn't want to be named it, if only because of that...maybe I could argue it originated as satire of slavery, but that'd make it seem even weirder as a name. It's mostly just sad.
There also used to be a grocery chain called Winn-Dixie where I grew up. I think they've mostly gone out of business. And there's Dixie cups. I liked the Dixie Chicks when I was a preteen, but they've changed their name. With those as my neutral associations, it doesn't seem like a great name to me.
Plus, I tend not to like nation-derived names, in general. I guess it could be seen as a NN for Richardine, but I don't like Dick or Dix as a NN for Richard either.
Daisy, Delta, Roxie seem way better.
This message was edited 6/2/2021, 12:47 PM
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