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Help[Opinions] Alphonse/Anatole/Ambrose
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Alphonse
then Anatole. Alphonse I find very stately and gruffy, and I'm really drawn to the Alph sound in any name. Anatole is cool, it's very blonde and clipped and introverted and glasses-wearing, but I simply don't find it namey enough to work with. I don't really like Ambrose, although I can see the appeal - like a warm cup of tea and some intellectual discussion. I just can't ever make myself like "mbr" all together. I'm all for consonant clusters, but not that one.
then Anatole. Alphonse I find very stately and gruffy, and I'm really drawn to the Alph sound in any name. Anatole is cool, it's very blonde and clipped and introverted and glasses-wearing, but I simply don't find it namey enough to work with. I don't really like Ambrose, although I can see the appeal - like a warm cup of tea and some intellectual discussion. I just can't ever make myself like "mbr" all together. I'm all for consonant clusters, but not that one.
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consonant clusters
What's your favourite consonant cluster?
I think I used to have an aversion to clustery names like that when I was younger - I like vowels in between everything to make it sound like a Babylonia princess of some such thing - something like "Alamina" would have been sooo pretty to my 12 year old self. But the older I get the crunchier I seem to like my names.
What's your favourite consonant cluster?
I think I used to have an aversion to clustery names like that when I was younger - I like vowels in between everything to make it sound like a Babylonia princess of some such thing - something like "Alamina" would have been sooo pretty to my 12 year old self. But the older I get the crunchier I seem to like my names.
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I think of 3+ ones, LFR is my absolutely favorite. I also really like fr, fl, ct, lf, gl, cht, sw, st, ng, lg, ld, lm, lv, rn.
Yeah I used to be that way too, and then I started getting crunchier - now I find myself embracing lots of non-crunchy names. Like I really like the names Aline and Alina, isn't that awful?
Yeah I used to be that way too, and then I started getting crunchier - now I find myself embracing lots of non-crunchy names. Like I really like the names Aline and Alina, isn't that awful?
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Ambrose. It just sounds so...elegant.
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Ambrose
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Ditto
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Anatole
I woke up in his arms a year ago.
I woke up in his arms a year ago.
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Ambrose
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Ambrose
most definitely.
most definitely.
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Alphonse
Because it is different and I am enjoying it. :-D I just used Alphonsine in a combo not long ago (did that happen today?) and am tickled by the idea of it making my semi-permanent list.
Ambrose is kind of tired in the context of this board. I'm definitely less thrilled with it than I might have been at one point. I did meet one in real life and I have to admit, as boring as it is here it was kind of delightful then. His surname was Tappy, which made it sound whimsical and fictional. But I think Ambrose has a lot of potential to sound self-conscious and pretentious as well, if not done right. Whatever "right" may be.
I've never been big on Anatole. For one I'm a bit unclear on its pronunciation. For another it always brings to mind anoles. You could do worse, but still. Unsure pronunciation plus lizards makes it more "thing" than "name" to me, unfortunately.
Because it is different and I am enjoying it. :-D I just used Alphonsine in a combo not long ago (did that happen today?) and am tickled by the idea of it making my semi-permanent list.
Ambrose is kind of tired in the context of this board. I'm definitely less thrilled with it than I might have been at one point. I did meet one in real life and I have to admit, as boring as it is here it was kind of delightful then. His surname was Tappy, which made it sound whimsical and fictional. But I think Ambrose has a lot of potential to sound self-conscious and pretentious as well, if not done right. Whatever "right" may be.
I've never been big on Anatole. For one I'm a bit unclear on its pronunciation. For another it always brings to mind anoles. You could do worse, but still. Unsure pronunciation plus lizards makes it more "thing" than "name" to me, unfortunately.
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Anatole
I picture a hot young man from the 1930s, with dark hair and eyes. And a moustache.
Alphonse is too old man-ish and I am unable to imagine someone called Ambrose. It's weird, it almost doesn't feel like a name for a person to me. I find Ambroise more appealing, partly because I am used to it I guess.
I picture a hot young man from the 1930s, with dark hair and eyes. And a moustache.
Alphonse is too old man-ish and I am unable to imagine someone called Ambrose. It's weird, it almost doesn't feel like a name for a person to me. I find Ambroise more appealing, partly because I am used to it I guess.
This message was edited 12/7/2009, 7:38 PM
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