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Help[Opinions] Sybil?
Well, I was just looking at some names that I had written down a long time ago when I came across the name Sybil. I'm not sure whether I like it or not, so I just wanted to get y'alls opinion on this name.
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I'll always think of Sybil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers when I hear that name so I wouldn't use it if you live in the UK. I don't think it's that nice a name either, especially for a baby nowadays.
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It's too Sally-Field-with-multiple-personalities for me. :b (Most of you are probably too young to remember the movie "Sybil" but anyway...) I also think of Cybil Shepherd, whom I find annoying. All in all, it's not a bad name, though. If I met a young girl with this name and she was happy & sweet, it could change my view of it, definitely. :)
~Heather~
~Heather~
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of that...(m)
Usually, when I mention the Sybil, of the Flora Rheta Schreiber book, I get blank stares. I've never seen the movie, though.
It's just reassuring to know that I'm not completely prematurely old or anything. :D
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Usually, when I mention the Sybil, of the Flora Rheta Schreiber book, I get blank stares. I've never seen the movie, though.
It's just reassuring to know that I'm not completely prematurely old or anything. :D
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All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
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Well, I'm quite a bit older than you and I only knew of the movie, not the book. :b Though, I think I did realize it was a true story so it doesn't surprise me that it was based on a book.
Don't worry about being prematurely old. I think knowing about popular culture of the past makes us more mature and knowledgable. :) I grew up in the 1980s, but my parents were in their 40s when they had me and I grew up around teenage siblings. So I still have tastes that are "way before my time". I can't tell you how many times I reference music, tv shows or movies from the 60s and 70s (yes, before my time) and people my age or close to it constantly say, 'Wuh?' It's annoying. LOL.
~Heather~
Don't worry about being prematurely old. I think knowing about popular culture of the past makes us more mature and knowledgable. :) I grew up in the 1980s, but my parents were in their 40s when they had me and I grew up around teenage siblings. So I still have tastes that are "way before my time". I can't tell you how many times I reference music, tv shows or movies from the 60s and 70s (yes, before my time) and people my age or close to it constantly say, 'Wuh?' It's annoying. LOL.
~Heather~
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I love Sybil. The only reason I probably wouldn't use it would be because of Sybil Isabelle Dorsett (real name Shirley Ardell Mason), the woman with 18 different personalities. However, the book Sybil apparently has dropped off the pop culture radar. (It's so weird to think of that--so many of the things that I just knew about as a child, children today won't know. Kind of depressing.)
Sybil is quite pretty--I like the combo Sybil Rowena.
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No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Sybil is quite pretty--I like the combo Sybil Rowena.
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All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
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