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Help[Opinions] I kinda think that's worse... [m]
in reply to a message by mirfak
At least if you're just named Seven, you know your parents thought it sounded cool or the number held some sort of significance to them. Romans by the name of Sextus or Septimus were just given that by way of convention/identification. Not so romantic.
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Doesn't have to be romantic or even specific, I just want it to be appropriate to a person. Sextus and Septimus meant sixth and seventh. Like, the seventh someone or something. Seven is just a number - an abstraction for manipulation by the mind. Creeps me out. Like naming someone "?" it has almost no meaning. IMO.
I think the only reasons people work with 7 as a name, and not so much other numbers (nobody's proposing naming kids Five or Nineteen - see what I mean? I hope), is because it sounds like Kevin and Evan and whatever, and because 7 is symbolic or a magic number. This latter reason also makes it creepy to me.
I think the only reasons people work with 7 as a name, and not so much other numbers (nobody's proposing naming kids Five or Nineteen - see what I mean? I hope), is because it sounds like Kevin and Evan and whatever, and because 7 is symbolic or a magic number. This latter reason also makes it creepy to me.
This message was edited 5/23/2012, 10:04 PM
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