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Help[Opinions] Re: Gustav
in reply to a message by Eden
Augustus Van Hook would be my choice by far. I like Augustus ten times more than I like Gustav and a million times more than I like Angus.
Gustav - I imediately prn. it GOO-stahf: the way BtN has it.
Angus - let's see, how can I get you to see how horrible this name is... Angus is a type of cow. A popular type of cow. If you were to walk into a McDonald's, Burger King, or Hardee's he would be on the menu. My grandfather use to have a farm where he raised mainly Black Angus cattle. I've helped birth them, I've helped feed them, I've had a ton of disgusting experiences around them. Angus is a cow.
I'm really not trying to be mean about Angus, it's just that it is a cow. It's not like a place name where it's like, "hey, I've been to Montana, it's beautiful there" or "Virginia, it's a state, but it was a name first!". This is like "you are a cow" or "come on guys, lets go to McDonald's and eat Angus, ha ha".
Besides, Augustus is a great name and Augustus Van Hook sounds like it's meant to be.
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
Mitakuye Oyasin
Gustav - I imediately prn. it GOO-stahf: the way BtN has it.
Angus - let's see, how can I get you to see how horrible this name is... Angus is a type of cow. A popular type of cow. If you were to walk into a McDonald's, Burger King, or Hardee's he would be on the menu. My grandfather use to have a farm where he raised mainly Black Angus cattle. I've helped birth them, I've helped feed them, I've had a ton of disgusting experiences around them. Angus is a cow.
I'm really not trying to be mean about Angus, it's just that it is a cow. It's not like a place name where it's like, "hey, I've been to Montana, it's beautiful there" or "Virginia, it's a state, but it was a name first!". This is like "you are a cow" or "come on guys, lets go to McDonald's and eat Angus, ha ha".
Besides, Augustus is a great name and Augustus Van Hook sounds like it's meant to be.
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
Mitakuye Oyasin
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Angus was a personal name before it was the name of beef
It is the beef which was named after a man, not the other way around.
Angus was the "Irish god of love and youth" and also the name of kings.
Do you really order "Angus" at McDonalds in USA?
I like the Celtic names Angus and Fergus, but I guess I don't understand your kind of humour.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
It is the beef which was named after a man, not the other way around.
Angus was the "Irish god of love and youth" and also the name of kings.
Do you really order "Angus" at McDonalds in USA?
I like the Celtic names Angus and Fergus, but I guess I don't understand your kind of humour.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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There are very few people (excluding namenerds) that would know that Angus started out as a name. Most (at least in the US) will think of the cow.
The new thing at McDonalds, Burger King and Hardee's is "Real Black Angus Beef"
I didn't mean to insult Celtic names, but in the US Angus is beef and that's just something to keep in mind when naming a child that lives here. Fergus (I didn't even touch on that name) is nmsaa, but not a bad name.
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
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The new thing at McDonalds, Burger King and Hardee's is "Real Black Angus Beef"
I didn't mean to insult Celtic names, but in the US Angus is beef and that's just something to keep in mind when naming a child that lives here. Fergus (I didn't even touch on that name) is nmsaa, but not a bad name.
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
Mitakuye Oyasin
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lol - to each their own
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
Mitakuye Oyasin
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
Mitakuye Oyasin
This message was edited 2/14/2006, 7:02 AM
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