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Help[Opinions] Re: Millicent
in reply to a message by Jagoda
I think it's a good name, and usable. Refreshing - maybe, if it didn't become Millie so readily.
Also it's not a favorite for me because it just doesn't strike me the right way aesthetically. I don't like how it reminds of milli- words like millipede and millimeter, and I don't like the "lis" sound when it is spelled with a C like in delicious or license, and I don't like the resemblance to -cent adjectives like magnificent, decent, liquescent.
Since its spelling is the problem for me, and the things I don't like about the spelling have no connection to its etymology, I like to "fix" it into a name I do like: Mellisant or Melisant (I like the double L because it dissociates it from Melissa better). There! no Millie / Milly, no thousandths, no malice or license, and no quality of "millicence." And it just seems warmer, less stiff and prissy to me, too.
- mirfak
Also it's not a favorite for me because it just doesn't strike me the right way aesthetically. I don't like how it reminds of milli- words like millipede and millimeter, and I don't like the "lis" sound when it is spelled with a C like in delicious or license, and I don't like the resemblance to -cent adjectives like magnificent, decent, liquescent.
Since its spelling is the problem for me, and the things I don't like about the spelling have no connection to its etymology, I like to "fix" it into a name I do like: Mellisant or Melisant (I like the double L because it dissociates it from Melissa better). There! no Millie / Milly, no thousandths, no malice or license, and no quality of "millicence." And it just seems warmer, less stiff and prissy to me, too.
- mirfak
This message was edited 4/20/2018, 10:33 AM
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Mellisant is so medieval looking, I love it! Millicent reminds me of a lot of things too and I think that’s why I could never really get behind it, but I think that’s changing now.
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