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Help[Opinions] Re: Arthur
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I like it too - because it has a certain old-fashioned dignity and historical weight about it - and is severe/almost ugly. I know that sounds like a negative thing, but to me it's not! There are so many cutesy, breezy boy names these days that I appreciate the counterbalance of a name like Arthur. LOVE Arthur James. Do agree that the Artie/Art nns are awful.
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About what you said about it being severe/ugly...maybe, compared to the general taste of the population--but these tables tend to turn mercurially. I agree with you.
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Hmmm, I see what you mean! I mean, who would have predicted (well, I certainly wouldn't) that a name like Oscar would have become so popular in the last few years! Ugly was perhaps the wrong qualifier for me to use...I think it has to do with the transition from the first "r" to the "th" to the "ur" in the name, which to me bucks the trend of names ending on the upswing, so to speak!
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