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in reply to a message by Coffee and Wildflowers
No kidding! I wonder why they used that name... I guess I'll have to check out the show.
I can see the appeal of using place names, I really can. It's very romantic, in a way. That being said, I was born and raised in Winnipeg and it is possibly the least romantic place on earth. The meaning of "muddy waters" is accurate because we have two major rivers in the city that are very cloudy and muddy. If I try to think of the name with some emotional distance, I guess the sound of the word could be a cute sorta country bumpkin name because the word aligns with the retro names "Winnie" and "Peg". But personally speaking I don't find the sound of the name appealing at all, and it conjures up rather lackluster associations. Sicily seems much prettier, and the place itself is much lovelier too.
I did once have a dream that I had children and wanted to name them after "my home" so I named them Winnifred Pegasus and Manfred Toby, aka "Winnipeg" and "Manitoba".
I can see the appeal of using place names, I really can. It's very romantic, in a way. That being said, I was born and raised in Winnipeg and it is possibly the least romantic place on earth. The meaning of "muddy waters" is accurate because we have two major rivers in the city that are very cloudy and muddy. If I try to think of the name with some emotional distance, I guess the sound of the word could be a cute sorta country bumpkin name because the word aligns with the retro names "Winnie" and "Peg". But personally speaking I don't find the sound of the name appealing at all, and it conjures up rather lackluster associations. Sicily seems much prettier, and the place itself is much lovelier too.
I did once have a dream that I had children and wanted to name them after "my home" so I named them Winnifred Pegasus and Manfred Toby, aka "Winnipeg" and "Manitoba".
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