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in reply to a message by Flash
I cannot *stand* Roger! I've seen it a few times on the boards -- many people here are attracted to über-British names -- but I think it's dreadful. And you never see it now, in England at least, probably because the slang "to rodger" is the same as "to sodomise". (Sorry ...)
OK, Roger rant over ... Time for some more venting ;-)
Sebastian - God I hate this. It's so yuppie trendy, and so flailingly desperate to be upper class. And now that everyone and their brother has it on their list, it's even more annoying. Oh, and the sound is vile imo.
John - Well, it's just the most boring name on the planet. How could anyone possibly choose it, when there are thousands of options? John is generic, the cheap cop-out name, it has no character whatsoever.
Isabella - I didn't used to mind this. But lately I've been consumed with hatred for it. If I ever hear this called "classic" again, I will scream. It's been utterly destroyed by trendoids. In the 80s, it didn't make the top 1000. And now, number 7?! That is TRENDY all the way, not classic.
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OK, Roger rant over ... Time for some more venting ;-)
Sebastian - God I hate this. It's so yuppie trendy, and so flailingly desperate to be upper class. And now that everyone and their brother has it on their list, it's even more annoying. Oh, and the sound is vile imo.
John - Well, it's just the most boring name on the planet. How could anyone possibly choose it, when there are thousands of options? John is generic, the cheap cop-out name, it has no character whatsoever.
Isabella - I didn't used to mind this. But lately I've been consumed with hatred for it. If I ever hear this called "classic" again, I will scream. It's been utterly destroyed by trendoids. In the 80s, it didn't make the top 1000. And now, number 7?! That is TRENDY all the way, not classic.
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♥Elinor♥
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
~ Douglas Adams
This message was edited 1/3/2006, 4:43 PM
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I agree with you on Isabella, but not on John. For many people John has religious significance as well as being a common name in families that is often handed down. It is very common, but not like Isabella, which reappeared on the scene after decades. John has been a constant classic over time. Although, nowadays you hardly ever hear it. My nephew is Derek John, John for his father.
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Agree with all of these. Completely.
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Hm, agree on Sebastian. [m]
It's a romance-novel name.
Roger, on the other hand, is only British seeming in the US if you are Anglophile enough to expose yourself to British trends... either that or I'm out of touch out here in Texas. Roger's just a name used a lot in the 50s & 60s in the US and is a bit dated, in my world. My sister's seeing a guy named Roger. Very butch, very suitable for a normal white guy in his late 30s or older. I agree with you, though, Elinor, about the "rodger" thing .. that word is heard ever so rarely here, but it does taint the name just a tiny tad. "Roger" as it is used for radio communications is a more immediate association.
- chazda
It's a romance-novel name.
Roger, on the other hand, is only British seeming in the US if you are Anglophile enough to expose yourself to British trends... either that or I'm out of touch out here in Texas. Roger's just a name used a lot in the 50s & 60s in the US and is a bit dated, in my world. My sister's seeing a guy named Roger. Very butch, very suitable for a normal white guy in his late 30s or older. I agree with you, though, Elinor, about the "rodger" thing .. that word is heard ever so rarely here, but it does taint the name just a tiny tad. "Roger" as it is used for radio communications is a more immediate association.
- chazda
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I don't think that Roger is necessarily an uber- British name. It's not my favorite name, but it is my grandfather's name, and he is of entirely Swedish stock, though he, and his mother were born in the US.
Sebastian has been one of my favorites for years, but you are right it's climbing the charts like crazy. However, I don't think its restricted to yuppies.
Even classic names have gone through periods of intense popularity and trendiness. The test of a classic name is whether or not it endures beyond the trends. Names that were trendy in the 70's and 80's like Tiffany, Stephanie and Kimberly probably won't see a revival for a long time.
Sebastian has been one of my favorites for years, but you are right it's climbing the charts like crazy. However, I don't think its restricted to yuppies.
Even classic names have gone through periods of intense popularity and trendiness. The test of a classic name is whether or not it endures beyond the trends. Names that were trendy in the 70's and 80's like Tiffany, Stephanie and Kimberly probably won't see a revival for a long time.
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Sebastian makes me think of a little, singing, red crab! The name has actually started growing on me though. The fact that it was in The Little Mermaid, one of my favorite Disney movies, would completely dissuade me from ever using it though.
I am completely opposite from you in regards to Isabella. I used to really dislike it but then all of a sudden one day, I liked it. It was odd. The same thing happened with Lucy.
~*~Tara Elizabeth~*~
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking."--H.L. Mencken
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I am completely opposite from you in regards to Isabella. I used to really dislike it but then all of a sudden one day, I liked it. It was odd. The same thing happened with Lucy.
~*~Tara Elizabeth~*~
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking."--H.L. Mencken
Some people are like slinkies. They're not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs!
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