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Help[Opinions] Re: Ireland
in reply to a message by Billina
I don't hate it.
A name that ends in land and literally means a land, bothers me a little because it seems so passive. But if I imagine being named Ireland, it doesn't bother me that much. I wouldn't actually mind being named Ireland. Mostly what I don't like about it is that it evokes the country, and I have no connection to the country at all. If my parents at least had been there and named me after the region, that'd be okay.
What would bother me most about being named Ireland, besides the incredulous sneers, would be how much it sounds like it ends in "lynn." The name Irelynn annoys me a little, although it sounds alright, because it makes me think - if you want to name your kid Ireland just freaking do it. Changing it to Irelynn doesn't make it better.
I feel similarly about Holland too. I just think the sound of them as names, is appealing.
It doesn't really bother me when people are named after countries. China, India, whatever... as long as the person who uses the name for another person, has personally been to the country in question, I think it's fine.
- mirfak
A name that ends in land and literally means a land, bothers me a little because it seems so passive. But if I imagine being named Ireland, it doesn't bother me that much. I wouldn't actually mind being named Ireland. Mostly what I don't like about it is that it evokes the country, and I have no connection to the country at all. If my parents at least had been there and named me after the region, that'd be okay.
What would bother me most about being named Ireland, besides the incredulous sneers, would be how much it sounds like it ends in "lynn." The name Irelynn annoys me a little, although it sounds alright, because it makes me think - if you want to name your kid Ireland just freaking do it. Changing it to Irelynn doesn't make it better.
I feel similarly about Holland too. I just think the sound of them as names, is appealing.
It doesn't really bother me when people are named after countries. China, India, whatever... as long as the person who uses the name for another person, has personally been to the country in question, I think it's fine.
- mirfak
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