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Help[Opinions] Re: Anastasia
in reply to a message by Jagoda
I slightly dislike it. I don't want to make you hate it, though. I'd instinctively pronounce it AN-ə-STAYZ-yə.
Here's all my vague associations...
1. The "stasi" reminds me of "stasis", probably because I'm already associating it with flat characters (the animated Anastasia and Anastasia Steele).
2. It reminds me of kids being killed by terrorists.
3. The 'stayz' sound reminds me of "blaze", "craze", "Purple Haze", and Dazed and Confused.
4. The 'nast' reminds me of "nasty" (which has mixed connotations to me) and canasta (a card game that my grandparents loved).
5. The 'tasi' reminds me of "fantasy", probably because I'm already thinking of it in conjunction with "princess".
6. My overall impression of it is mixed/contradictory: on one hand, it comes across as delicate, refined, and maybe repressed; on the other, I sorta get a "kicking ass and taking names" vibe from it.
I think it has a lot of potential, regardless of pronunciation. If I met an Anastasia IRL (I haven't yet, as far as I know), she'd be my #1 association with it. Plus if someone named Anastasia decides it's too much, there's a perfectly ordinary built-in NN she could use instead (Ana), so I wouldn't say it's too "out there" or risky or anything.
Here's all my vague associations...
1. The "stasi" reminds me of "stasis", probably because I'm already associating it with flat characters (the animated Anastasia and Anastasia Steele).
2. It reminds me of kids being killed by terrorists.
3. The 'stayz' sound reminds me of "blaze", "craze", "Purple Haze", and Dazed and Confused.
4. The 'nast' reminds me of "nasty" (which has mixed connotations to me) and canasta (a card game that my grandparents loved).
5. The 'tasi' reminds me of "fantasy", probably because I'm already thinking of it in conjunction with "princess".
6. My overall impression of it is mixed/contradictory: on one hand, it comes across as delicate, refined, and maybe repressed; on the other, I sorta get a "kicking ass and taking names" vibe from it.
I think it has a lot of potential, regardless of pronunciation. If I met an Anastasia IRL (I haven't yet, as far as I know), she'd be my #1 association with it. Plus if someone named Anastasia decides it's too much, there's a perfectly ordinary built-in NN she could use instead (Ana), so I wouldn't say it's too "out there" or risky or anything.
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