[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?
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With the French pronunciation, unless one is a Catholic, it's just another geographical name. If one is Catholic, presumably it gets the French pronunciation. And that's fine. But taking a name that is not only in a foreign language but also has remarkable amounts of religious significance and then using a somewhat English pronunciation seems disrespectful to me, like cultural appropriation without regard to the culture. And I'm neither French nor Catholic.
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Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  Guest  ·  10/17/2022, 7:35 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  Anneza  ·  10/18/2022, 1:40 AM
It's also a Spanish name.  ·  erb816  ·  10/18/2022, 6:39 AM
Re: It's also a Spanish name.  ·  Fiammetta  ·  10/19/2022, 11:15 AM
Re: It's also a Spanish name.  ·  Anneza  ·  10/19/2022, 1:43 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  writing_wrote_and_written  ·  10/18/2022, 1:14 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  erb816  ·  10/17/2022, 10:58 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  Belphoebe  ·  10/17/2022, 11:30 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  Kerilyntaryn21  ·  10/17/2022, 8:49 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  RoxStar  ·  10/17/2022, 7:56 AM
Re: Thoughts on the name Lourdes?  ·  Fiammetta  ·  10/19/2022, 11:11 AM