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Help[Opinions] Re: Franklyn for a girl?
in reply to a message by chazda
1. "basically classic-styled, but definitely has been subject to trends and alterations"
(The name is a classic with a long usage history, but is either new to your language, or has had significant popularity ups & downs where you live. People around you could guess your age accurately to within ~30 to 50 years, if they knew your name and where you were born.)
My name is Amy. It's a name that's been used for a long time, but there was definitely a point in time when Amy was hugely in vogue. I was born at the end of that time period; up until going to college, I'd never had another Amy in my grade. Most of the other Amys I know are my mother's age. It's kind of weird, having a name that dates to a slightly different time period (I was born in 1987, and the name's peak was late-70s early-80s ish, right?).
2. I'm not sure, honestly. I think I'd probably prefer to have an unusual name. I got so irritated with the idea that there were other Amys out there that I started going by both my first and middle names in high school. I'm glad I did, because there are quite a few girls named Amy at my college (two others on my floor), but I'm the only Amy Rae.
Also, my mum picked my name because she liked the sound of it. Valid as that may be, I would've loved it if my name was something like Hazel (my great-grandma's name) or Solveig (a name from my heritage).
But what would happen if I'd been given a name from a different category, assuming my personality remained as it is now? As a, Katherine (classic), I think I would be utterly bored with my name and insisted people call me something really different, like Kitty (Kitty Rae!) or Kix. As a Stephanie (if my parents gave me a different classic-but-dateable name), I'd likely call myself Steve or Stevie, or go by my middle name. As an Ashleigh (modern), I most certainly would go by my middle name--I'd feel that Ashleigh was dumb. And as a Faustina (unusual), I think I'd go by a vaguely related nickname, like Tinny or Fossie, since I'd be a bit uncomfortable with something so stately.
Does that answer your question satisfactorily?
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(The name is a classic with a long usage history, but is either new to your language, or has had significant popularity ups & downs where you live. People around you could guess your age accurately to within ~30 to 50 years, if they knew your name and where you were born.)
My name is Amy. It's a name that's been used for a long time, but there was definitely a point in time when Amy was hugely in vogue. I was born at the end of that time period; up until going to college, I'd never had another Amy in my grade. Most of the other Amys I know are my mother's age. It's kind of weird, having a name that dates to a slightly different time period (I was born in 1987, and the name's peak was late-70s early-80s ish, right?).
2. I'm not sure, honestly. I think I'd probably prefer to have an unusual name. I got so irritated with the idea that there were other Amys out there that I started going by both my first and middle names in high school. I'm glad I did, because there are quite a few girls named Amy at my college (two others on my floor), but I'm the only Amy Rae.
Also, my mum picked my name because she liked the sound of it. Valid as that may be, I would've loved it if my name was something like Hazel (my great-grandma's name) or Solveig (a name from my heritage).
But what would happen if I'd been given a name from a different category, assuming my personality remained as it is now? As a, Katherine (classic), I think I would be utterly bored with my name and insisted people call me something really different, like Kitty (Kitty Rae!) or Kix. As a Stephanie (if my parents gave me a different classic-but-dateable name), I'd likely call myself Steve or Stevie, or go by my middle name. As an Ashleigh (modern), I most certainly would go by my middle name--I'd feel that Ashleigh was dumb. And as a Faustina (unusual), I think I'd go by a vaguely related nickname, like Tinny or Fossie, since I'd be a bit uncomfortable with something so stately.
Does that answer your question satisfactorily?
Array
No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
...
I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
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