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Help[Opinions] Re: Origins and Meanings that parents insist upon
in reply to a message by Shenorai
I genuinely cannot remember what the exact names were except one (Charlotte)
You know those mugs and other things like hairbands and pens and stuff with names on? Always the most popular names of the era to appeal to the most people?
Well, I distinctly remember in the late 90s / early 2000s when I was a child some of these mugs and things with the names and their "meanings" on them. They likely existed much longer before, but as I was born in 1994 I couldn't tell you any further back
I had one (I'm a Charlotte) and although I cannot remember what the mug said, it was all completely bogus. You could say how could I remember it being bogus if I can't remember what was on the mug, well, my name is from Charles meaning "man" and "man" sure wasn't the description on that mug. It won't bloody sell if it were lmao
It had some elaborate description and a stupid cartoon depiction that I always hated and the word "Wicked" was used, so you truly know it was a 90s product
I remember many of them as a child, all for different names, all of them complete crap... and I remember many people believing them, too
I don't know if it was because most people I knew at the time were children like myself or because this was early days of the internet and people were not into whipping out ye olden baby name book on the fly
I get the feeling that a lot of people took these as face value before the internet was so widely available. I can see people in the 80s truly believing their name - which means "ankle" or something to mean "radical beauty"
Edit: Oh no wait people to this day do something similar. It was a few years ago (like 5 or 6) but I recall at least one website and various people on BtN insisting their.... interpretive description of a name was the "meaning" of the name, rather than it just being their personal opinion of the name. I remember a whole website like that and it was grating
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"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)
Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
You know those mugs and other things like hairbands and pens and stuff with names on? Always the most popular names of the era to appeal to the most people?
Well, I distinctly remember in the late 90s / early 2000s when I was a child some of these mugs and things with the names and their "meanings" on them. They likely existed much longer before, but as I was born in 1994 I couldn't tell you any further back
I had one (I'm a Charlotte) and although I cannot remember what the mug said, it was all completely bogus. You could say how could I remember it being bogus if I can't remember what was on the mug, well, my name is from Charles meaning "man" and "man" sure wasn't the description on that mug. It won't bloody sell if it were lmao
It had some elaborate description and a stupid cartoon depiction that I always hated and the word "Wicked" was used, so you truly know it was a 90s product
I remember many of them as a child, all for different names, all of them complete crap... and I remember many people believing them, too
I don't know if it was because most people I knew at the time were children like myself or because this was early days of the internet and people were not into whipping out ye olden baby name book on the fly
I get the feeling that a lot of people took these as face value before the internet was so widely available. I can see people in the 80s truly believing their name - which means "ankle" or something to mean "radical beauty"
Edit: Oh no wait people to this day do something similar. It was a few years ago (like 5 or 6) but I recall at least one website and various people on BtN insisting their.... interpretive description of a name was the "meaning" of the name, rather than it just being their personal opinion of the name. I remember a whole website like that and it was grating
---
"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)
Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
This message was edited 9/6/2023, 12:29 AM
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