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Help[Opinions] Re: British-Cypriot BA
in reply to a message by M.Catalina
I wonder if these names are used in modern Greek/Cyprus much today.
Archimedes is just awful. It's almost like a joke of a name, like some science-loving cartoon sloth or something on PBS.
Electra just makes me think of household appliances and incest.
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Archimedes is just awful. It's almost like a joke of a name, like some science-loving cartoon sloth or something on PBS.
Electra just makes me think of household appliances and incest.
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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I can’t speak for Cyprus, but these names are pretty uncommon in Greece. You might hear Persephone once or twice, but all three aren’t encountered that often. I would love to see Persephone used more, though.
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It's actually not a "joke" of a name -- it has history and substance. :)
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I know it's got a history ...
I know about Archimedes and his screw and his Eureka moment. It's a joke name anyway, the same as Socrates would be now, or Methuselah.
I know about Archimedes and his screw and his Eureka moment. It's a joke name anyway, the same as Socrates would be now, or Methuselah.
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I kind of like Archimedes. No joke. But I also like other strong, elaborate, historical names like Leonidas and Erasmus. And although I wouldn’t expect everyone I meet to LIKE those names, I’d hope nobody would think they were a joke.
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I guess I don't understand your unequivocal dismissal of it as a "joke name." For me, a "joke name" would be something like Twinkletoes or Rumpelstiltskin. Maybe Thumbelina?
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