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in reply to a message by RoxStar
I agree somewhat with the "slave name" connotation.
However, I think that is a great reason to use the name. Kids nowadays will not get the reference and we could stymie the cycle.
In any case - Araminta (a def. "slave name") is one of my favorites and pretty trendy in the UK, so I hear.
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Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
However, I think that is a great reason to use the name. Kids nowadays will not get the reference and we could stymie the cycle.
In any case - Araminta (a def. "slave name") is one of my favorites and pretty trendy in the UK, so I hear.
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"How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve upon the world." -Ann Frank
Mama to my "bright star" Clarisse Bituin and Wife to Julius. Mahal na mahal from our little family to yours!
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Araminta definitely doesn't give off a slave-name vibe to me. It sounds like mouthwash, first and foremost. If I try to picture a human named Araminta, I picture some irritatingly "spunky" Victorian kid pulling less "spunky" girls' hair and then acting all innocent and who-me? when caught.
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Harriet Tubman was named Araminta - so I guess that association is ingrained in my memory.
Your description is humorous though.
I have a totally different picture, except when the nickname Minty is used. Then I picture Nellie Oleson (Little House on the Prairie) for some reason. She could technically fit your character description if you swap out victorian garb with upper-class prairie-girl frocks.
Your description is humorous though.
I have a totally different picture, except when the nickname Minty is used. Then I picture Nellie Oleson (Little House on the Prairie) for some reason. She could technically fit your character description if you swap out victorian garb with upper-class prairie-girl frocks.
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