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HelpRe: Have we talked about what Beyoncé named her twins yet?
in reply to a message by Perrine
Rumi is a name. It is not a name I like when used in an English-speaking context, though no doubt it's perfectly fine in Japan and does not sound like 'roomy' or part of 'ruminate'.
Sir is not a name, but a title. People who are not American find it odd when Americans use titles - Earl, Leroy, Prince etc - as names when America was specifically founded in the hope that titles would be inappropriate and therefore wither away.
Disliking Sir or Earl, etc, as names has got nothing to do with discriminating against or looking down upon people of a different race. Anyone who wants to can name their son Sir, or indeed Mister, and the majority of English-speaking child-namers from all cultures will not, because they like other names better and hope that they will choose a name that makes their child's life easier and more pleasant, and not attract the wrong kind of attention. Pretty much the same reason for not naming a child Adolf. If Adolf makes claims about racial supremacy, don't Sir and Earl make claims about social superiority? And might this not be construed as rejecting American values in general, and not just those of the white middle class, whether this is the parents' intention or not? Not being American, I don't know!
Sir is not a name, but a title. People who are not American find it odd when Americans use titles - Earl, Leroy, Prince etc - as names when America was specifically founded in the hope that titles would be inappropriate and therefore wither away.
Disliking Sir or Earl, etc, as names has got nothing to do with discriminating against or looking down upon people of a different race. Anyone who wants to can name their son Sir, or indeed Mister, and the majority of English-speaking child-namers from all cultures will not, because they like other names better and hope that they will choose a name that makes their child's life easier and more pleasant, and not attract the wrong kind of attention. Pretty much the same reason for not naming a child Adolf. If Adolf makes claims about racial supremacy, don't Sir and Earl make claims about social superiority? And might this not be construed as rejecting American values in general, and not just those of the white middle class, whether this is the parents' intention or not? Not being American, I don't know!
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