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I don't like to get into these dramas these days, so I will make this brief.
How dare you state that people who disagree with you can only be saying that because they're thoughtless and inexperienced?
Judgemental much? Elitist much?
Do you really believe that all these people would come around to your point of view if they stopped and thought about it? Do you really dare to presume that you must be right and they must be wrong? Really?
I have put a great deal of thought into my response, and it still remains: Charles is a boys' name. Not a girls' name. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the time-honoured tradition of using the male or female alternative of a name to honour an opposite-sex namesake. And while I love my father dearly, there's no way on earth I'd saddle my daughter with Roger as a middle name.
As for your suggestion that only actual parents deserve to have an opinion: bullsh!t. If anything, we childless namesnerds are more objective because we're not caught up in the emotions of parenthood when we think about names.
Your opinion is your opinion. Trash-talking other peoples' thoughtfulness and the legitimacy of their opinions because they disagree with you is pathetic.
How dare you state that people who disagree with you can only be saying that because they're thoughtless and inexperienced?
Judgemental much? Elitist much?
Do you really believe that all these people would come around to your point of view if they stopped and thought about it? Do you really dare to presume that you must be right and they must be wrong? Really?
I have put a great deal of thought into my response, and it still remains: Charles is a boys' name. Not a girls' name. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the time-honoured tradition of using the male or female alternative of a name to honour an opposite-sex namesake. And while I love my father dearly, there's no way on earth I'd saddle my daughter with Roger as a middle name.
As for your suggestion that only actual parents deserve to have an opinion: bullsh!t. If anything, we childless namesnerds are more objective because we're not caught up in the emotions of parenthood when we think about names.
Your opinion is your opinion. Trash-talking other peoples' thoughtfulness and the legitimacy of their opinions because they disagree with you is pathetic.
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lol @ Chrisell
Way to open fire. But hey, I don't like drama, so I'll keep this brief
My daughter's middle name is Claudia, for her great grandpa Claude.
- mirfak the drama queen, so caught up in the emotions of parenting that her opinion is, er, less objective than it should be
Way to open fire. But hey, I don't like drama, so I'll keep this brief
My daughter's middle name is Claudia, for her great grandpa Claude.
- mirfak the drama queen, so caught up in the emotions of parenting that her opinion is, er, less objective than it should be
This message was edited 12/12/2008, 12:58 AM
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Oh my god I'm so glad I'm leaving
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Please don't leave!
I like having you here :-)
I like having you here :-)
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Did you even read my other responses?
"Judgemental much? Elitist much?"
Pedantic much? And proud of it, I see. By the by, it's judgmental, teacher. No e.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judgmental
And no, I'm not, or I'd start threads like this daily.
"How dare you..."
It was very, very easy. You're all just words in a little black box on my desk. Honestly, Chrisell. Like it takes daring. Such overheated bluster.
"...state that people who disagree with you can only be saying that because they're thoughtless and inexperienced?"
I stated no such thing. You may feel I implied it. I say I didn't. You do know the verb to state, don't you? English is your first language, I thought?
"Do you really believe that all these people would come around to your point of view if they stopped and thought about it?"
Didn't say that at all, and no, I don't think that. I don't even hope that. What I do hope is that people think about it at all, not think about it and then agree with me (though, yes, some might, and plenty wouldn't, and that's fine), and not just fly off with kneejerk reactions. Like this one of yours, for example.
"Do you really dare..."
Again, it didn't take daring.
"...to presume that you must be right and they must be wrong?"
Isn't that what every single one of us humans does every time we say what we think? I don't say things I think are wrong on purpose. Usually. When I do I believe that's called lying. Have I asked you yet if English is your first language?
"As for your suggestion that only actual parents deserve to have an opinion..."
Specifically said the opposite of that.
"If anything, we childless namesnerds are more objective because we're not caught up in the emotions of parenthood when we think about names."
"Judgemental much? Elitist much?"
Pedantic much? And proud of it, I see. By the by, it's judgmental, teacher. No e.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judgmental
And no, I'm not, or I'd start threads like this daily.
"How dare you..."
It was very, very easy. You're all just words in a little black box on my desk. Honestly, Chrisell. Like it takes daring. Such overheated bluster.
"...state that people who disagree with you can only be saying that because they're thoughtless and inexperienced?"
I stated no such thing. You may feel I implied it. I say I didn't. You do know the verb to state, don't you? English is your first language, I thought?
"Do you really believe that all these people would come around to your point of view if they stopped and thought about it?"
Didn't say that at all, and no, I don't think that. I don't even hope that. What I do hope is that people think about it at all, not think about it and then agree with me (though, yes, some might, and plenty wouldn't, and that's fine), and not just fly off with kneejerk reactions. Like this one of yours, for example.
"Do you really dare..."
Again, it didn't take daring.
"...to presume that you must be right and they must be wrong?"
Isn't that what every single one of us humans does every time we say what we think? I don't say things I think are wrong on purpose. Usually. When I do I believe that's called lying. Have I asked you yet if English is your first language?
"As for your suggestion that only actual parents deserve to have an opinion..."
Specifically said the opposite of that.
"If anything, we childless namesnerds are more objective because we're not caught up in the emotions of parenthood when we think about names."
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Oh wow lol. Not even touching that. So much venom and denial . . . grow up!
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