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Help[Opinions] Re: Fawn?
in reply to a message by Felie
The only place I've seen it used as a name is in a John le Carré novel where it's the ironical name of a security guard whose main job is to beat people up!
In real life, it's the kind of sweet, cute word that makes people think of pretty young animals with huge pleading eyes, and would therefore be used for a girl if at all. I have met a woman, in her 60s I would guess, whose given name is Bambi, no doubt for the same reasons though in the Disney movie Bambi was a male.
Oh, and I once knew a dog named Tawny (because of the colour of his fur) who sired a litter of pups on the pooch next door, and the puppy they kept was named Fawny in his honour. I never knew the gender of the puppy.
My words would be sentimental, non-human and unsuitable!
In real life, it's the kind of sweet, cute word that makes people think of pretty young animals with huge pleading eyes, and would therefore be used for a girl if at all. I have met a woman, in her 60s I would guess, whose given name is Bambi, no doubt for the same reasons though in the Disney movie Bambi was a male.
Oh, and I once knew a dog named Tawny (because of the colour of his fur) who sired a litter of pups on the pooch next door, and the puppy they kept was named Fawny in his honour. I never knew the gender of the puppy.
My words would be sentimental, non-human and unsuitable!
This message was edited 2/11/2017, 11:04 PM
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