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[Opinions] Re: Auburn
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This is literally the town I'm from, which is not a very good town. So, uh, I don't really like it.I think it can work as a middle name, with some stumpy conservative FN like Mary or George.My town was named after this poem:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173557Very maudlin!
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That's a long poem! I started to read it but gave up.
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Yeah, I've never finished it myself! I have to admire the teenage girl who loved a poem of that length enough to name her daddy's township after.
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I agree with you that it would make a wonderful mn. With a formal or classic sounding fn this would make it seem distinguished and almost historical.
I get the same feeling with other names that I think are more usable
Amber- f
Ambrose -m
Autumn-f
Amberly- f
Ember-fThey all kind of remind me of fall or golden leaves on trees and I love that
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