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Help[Opinions] Re: Helena "Hel"
in reply to a message by Perrine
I get the obvious hell association, but for some reason it doesn’t bother me, maybe because I’ve never been religious (though I understand that in a society as religious as it is it might be an issue to people and therefor the child). To me, it just feels like a cute shortening of a name
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Hmmm I am also not religious but "hell" is a word even non-religious people associate with something really negative and that is used when you curse. So I would really not want to say that to my daughter's face on a regular basis, it just seems kind of mean, even if you don't do it with bad intentions. She might also repeat "Hel" at school or kindergarten. Might even end up being her first word if you always call her that. Helena is pretty, I'd just leave it at that.
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