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Help[Opinions] Umm...San Francisco is named after a person
in reply to a message by Justina
You do realise that, right? San is the Spanish for Saint and Francisco is the Spanish for Francis. San Francisco = Saint Francis.
And I'm not saying that people shouldn't use place names for their children. If you look a little closer you'll see I'm named for both an American state and a country: Georgia. What I don't think they should use is names of places like Las Vegas and Ibiza which are associated with clubbing and gambling. It seems strange to me.
And I'm not saying that people shouldn't use place names for their children. If you look a little closer you'll see I'm named for both an American state and a country: Georgia. What I don't think they should use is names of places like Las Vegas and Ibiza which are associated with clubbing and gambling. It seems strange to me.
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I think you missed her point? (maybe)
This message was edited 6/1/2009, 8:33 PM
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I'm pretty certain she was suggesting that my point was somehting to do with the gay connotation. That isn't at all what I was meaning. San Francisco was named after a person: Francisco was a legitimate name before the city ever existed. Brighton on the other hand, doesn't have the same history and seems like another trendy placename. Therefore the association isn't with the name, it is with the place.
I'm in Scotland where naming your child Francisco would be perfectly normal. Naming your child Brighton would be decidedly odd. I suppose that is different in the US as Brighton isn't so well-known there but it would still be an association for a lot of people. Francisco doesn't have as strong connotations with San Francisco as a gay capital. In fact, the first San Francisco I think of is a small village in Italy that I visited with my family once - there are hundreds of San Franciscos there. I'm only aware of one Brighton.
I'm in Scotland where naming your child Francisco would be perfectly normal. Naming your child Brighton would be decidedly odd. I suppose that is different in the US as Brighton isn't so well-known there but it would still be an association for a lot of people. Francisco doesn't have as strong connotations with San Francisco as a gay capital. In fact, the first San Francisco I think of is a small village in Italy that I visited with my family once - there are hundreds of San Franciscos there. I'm only aware of one Brighton.
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ah I see, yeah it must be different [US vs. Oversea] like I said I [m]
only have heard of Brighton, Colorado, and that's where I got the name from.
only have heard of Brighton, Colorado, and that's where I got the name from.
This message was edited 6/1/2009, 8:51 PM
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Fair enough
A lot of placenames in American/Canada/Australia have their origins in countries like Britain. For example, whenever people mention Perth it takes me a second to realise they're referring to Australia not the tiny nothing of a city in Scotland which Perth, Australia derived its name from!
A lot of placenames in American/Canada/Australia have their origins in countries like Britain. For example, whenever people mention Perth it takes me a second to realise they're referring to Australia not the tiny nothing of a city in Scotland which Perth, Australia derived its name from!
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Lol I wouldn't call the Perth in Scotland a city!
This message was edited 6/2/2009, 12:12 AM
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