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Jude is one of my least favourite names of all time. Partly because I find the sound really unattractive - Rude Jude, lewd Jude, Jude the prude, crude Jude, Jude pooed.
But mainly because Jude is the German word for Jew. Even though it is pronounced differently (in German J=Y, and the e isn't silent) I've been to Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. The word Jude was everywhere, and as a result is forever tied in my mind with the horrific things that happened there. Things that I couldn't even imagine happened until I was there where they actually did. I still have nightmares about what I saw and learnt. I can't separate the word Jude from that.
So I really can't stand Jude. Which is funny, because I love Judah. But I'd never use it, because of the chance it would be shortened to Jude.
Aussie au pair in Switzerland to my French-Italian girls
Sass (Feb '08), Boof (Jan '10) & Pixie (Dec '11)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
But mainly because Jude is the German word for Jew. Even though it is pronounced differently (in German J=Y, and the e isn't silent) I've been to Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. The word Jude was everywhere, and as a result is forever tied in my mind with the horrific things that happened there. Things that I couldn't even imagine happened until I was there where they actually did. I still have nightmares about what I saw and learnt. I can't separate the word Jude from that.
So I really can't stand Jude. Which is funny, because I love Judah. But I'd never use it, because of the chance it would be shortened to Jude.
Sass (Feb '08), Boof (Jan '10) & Pixie (Dec '11)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
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