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HelpRe: How can I measure the strength and current relevance of a name association?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
I think you've answered your own question! That kind of association is always going to be personal: sadly, some people regard Adolf as a suitable name for a person they admire. Some people would think naming a child Elvis would be close to sacrilege, but others would happily give the name to a chihuahua. Fanny and Dick are probably to be avoided, but you might easily meet someone with a distinguished Fanny or Dick ancestor whom they are proud and happy to be named after.
Also, I don't know where you live, but here in South Africa we do get some American TV shows etc, but I don't watch them, so a lot of the name associations that people identify on this site mean nothing at all to me. Which doesn't bother me one bit. And when people say something like 'I could never use the name Mary because there was a horrible character with that name in a radio serial in the 1930s', I can't take them seriously. Serial killers are different, but even they get forgotten.
Also, I don't know where you live, but here in South Africa we do get some American TV shows etc, but I don't watch them, so a lot of the name associations that people identify on this site mean nothing at all to me. Which doesn't bother me one bit. And when people say something like 'I could never use the name Mary because there was a horrible character with that name in a radio serial in the 1930s', I can't take them seriously. Serial killers are different, but even they get forgotten.
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If those serial killers have ordinary-sounding and common names, which lots of them do.
If those serial killers have ordinary-sounding and common names, which lots of them do.
True. The only one that sticks in my throat is the wife - Primrose! - of a notorious doctor in the UK who used to murder his elderly female patients, go through their possessions, steal their jewellery and take it home to Primrose, who didn't hesitate to wear it. But, I'd never in my right mind name anybody Primrose in the first place. Maybe a hamster.
I agree, Primrose is gross. I wouldn't even name a hamster that. (I wouldn't name a hamster anything, because I don't like them at all.)
Most serial killers are really only disstinctive name-wise when it comes to their last names anyway.
Most serial killers are really only disstinctive name-wise when it comes to their last names anyway.
Thank you. I'm in Korea.
This message was edited 4/9/2024, 5:15 AM
My daughter took a gap year and taught Grade 1 and 2 English in a South Korean school. She loved it!