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Help[Opinions] Re: Imlac & Nekayah
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And do you recommend the read? :-)
Imlac reminds me too much of Similac, the baby formula. Normally I'm all over "i" names because they sound so exotic and cool. But I can't get into Imlac, sorry. It's very over-the-counter.
Nekayah? The sound is pretty but that spelling looks very juvenile. I realize you didn't make it up -- in fact having Samuel Johnson as the origin of a name is usually cat nip for me. But Nekayah just looks so, . . . so, . . . so, . . . bad. I'm sorry. I really want to like it. I'm just not there yet.
What were some of the other names?
Imlac reminds me too much of Similac, the baby formula. Normally I'm all over "i" names because they sound so exotic and cool. But I can't get into Imlac, sorry. It's very over-the-counter.
Nekayah? The sound is pretty but that spelling looks very juvenile. I realize you didn't make it up -- in fact having Samuel Johnson as the origin of a name is usually cat nip for me. But Nekayah just looks so, . . . so, . . . so, . . . bad. I'm sorry. I really want to like it. I'm just not there yet.
What were some of the other names?
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I'm currently in a literature class on the works of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell (really loving both authors), and Johnson has a knack for assigning memorable names to characters. Some of the "writers" of letters to his periodical(s) have interesting names like Mirella, Tranquilla, etc. (usually symbolize the subject matter).
The other main character in "Rasselas" besides the title character, Imlac, and Nekayah, is Nekayah's attendant Pekuah - whose story arc is the most interesting, imo (she gets kidnapped), but whose name I'm not feeling. :-)
The other main character in "Rasselas" besides the title character, Imlac, and Nekayah, is Nekayah's attendant Pekuah - whose story arc is the most interesting, imo (she gets kidnapped), but whose name I'm not feeling. :-)
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Thanks.
Rasselas is reminding me of Roslindis. I doubt they are related, but I now have a mental note to keep Roslindis in mind more. :-)
I wonder if Rasselas is an anagram for another name / surname. I wouldn't put it past clever minds like Johnson and Boswell to weave in contemporaries as an inside joke.
Rasselas is reminding me of Roslindis. I doubt they are related, but I now have a mental note to keep Roslindis in mind more. :-)
I wonder if Rasselas is an anagram for another name / surname. I wouldn't put it past clever minds like Johnson and Boswell to weave in contemporaries as an inside joke.
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