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Help[Opinions] Re: Hallelujah
in reply to a message by Manipura
If you ever read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, she talks about her first job working as a maid. The family's cook was named Glory; she told Maya that her actual name was Hallelujah, but the white woman she was working for had changed it to Glory, but that she didn't mind. Maya, in spite of being resentful that the same white woman had changed her name from Marguerite to Mary just because, secretly agreed that Hallelujah was a stupid name.
So, yeah. It's a dumb name, like Whoopee or Hurray.
Hosanna at least sounds like an actual name with the Anna element. Those I'm not fond at all of the hose sound. Genesis reminds me of Phil Collins songs, and also there's a couple of assisted-living/nursing/rehab centers near here called Genesis. Miracle sounds like trying too hard. Like adopting a stray dog and naming it Lucky and thinking you're the first person who ever thought up something so meaningful.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
So, yeah. It's a dumb name, like Whoopee or Hurray.
Hosanna at least sounds like an actual name with the Anna element. Those I'm not fond at all of the hose sound. Genesis reminds me of Phil Collins songs, and also there's a couple of assisted-living/nursing/rehab centers near here called Genesis. Miracle sounds like trying too hard. Like adopting a stray dog and naming it Lucky and thinking you're the first person who ever thought up something so meaningful.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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