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in reply to a message by Lily
Prim rose. PRIM ROWS. For godsake, "prim rows." Primrose of What? Teeth? Tulips?
If the prim part suggested its etymology better (first), it might work. But it doesn't. This rose is prim, and primness is small and thwarts things.
I still love to hate it! Thanks for another chance! I'm shouting out with glee!
What I said back in March before seeing/reading Hunger Games:
... Primrose is too cutesy for me. I think it sounds twee and stuckup.
Prim is annoying. Rosie is fine. Rose is better.
I think Primula (genus name of the flower) or Primarosa would be nicer by about a factor of ten.
I think the second worst thing about Primrose (after the word prim in it and the sound of "prim rows") is the sound, the feeling of saying it - the "pr" plus "mr" is so ... pursed-lippy. Like a word a boudoir photographer would tell the subject to say, to get a big fat pout in the picture. Primrose. Mwah!
.... is still how I feel. Only now, I feel even more negatively about it, because of the images in the book and film. The character is completely angelic - it's like she is already dead! - and exists for the sole purpose of buffing and masculinizing the protagonist's role. The name makes a gross cliche even grosser. Not that I didn't think the book was yummy in its way, but naming a real person Primrose is ... uh. I'm sorry. I really think it is not namey enough, not even close. I would HATE to be named Primrose (mwah).
I'm sure a few people will get infatuated with it and name their babies it, and there are worse names. Whatever. I can accept that but I don't have to like it.
If the prim part suggested its etymology better (first), it might work. But it doesn't. This rose is prim, and primness is small and thwarts things.
I still love to hate it! Thanks for another chance! I'm shouting out with glee!
What I said back in March before seeing/reading Hunger Games:
... Primrose is too cutesy for me. I think it sounds twee and stuckup.
Prim is annoying. Rosie is fine. Rose is better.
I think Primula (genus name of the flower) or Primarosa would be nicer by about a factor of ten.
I think the second worst thing about Primrose (after the word prim in it and the sound of "prim rows") is the sound, the feeling of saying it - the "pr" plus "mr" is so ... pursed-lippy. Like a word a boudoir photographer would tell the subject to say, to get a big fat pout in the picture. Primrose. Mwah!
.... is still how I feel. Only now, I feel even more negatively about it, because of the images in the book and film. The character is completely angelic - it's like she is already dead! - and exists for the sole purpose of buffing and masculinizing the protagonist's role. The name makes a gross cliche even grosser. Not that I didn't think the book was yummy in its way, but naming a real person Primrose is ... uh. I'm sorry. I really think it is not namey enough, not even close. I would HATE to be named Primrose (mwah).
I'm sure a few people will get infatuated with it and name their babies it, and there are worse names. Whatever. I can accept that but I don't have to like it.
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