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Help[Opinions] Re: Real-life Lancelot
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Lancelot doesn't come across as posh to me. It comes across as nerdy, kitschy, or wacky, a bit like Charlemagne, Anakin, Huckleberry, D'Artagnan.
Names that would be associated with local aristocracy - Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, King Cotton; I don't know any kids named those, thankfully. Though I know (historically) there have been a fair number of people named Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte in this area - probably also Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson and Finis and Ulysses Grant. I had a relative named Fillmore, even though he was one of the least notable US presidents ever. And another relative named Hotspur like Harry Hotspur. I wouldn't call any of these knightly.
I remember a couple of the Vanderbilts way back when were named Ethelinda and Consuelo, and they stand out to me in a fun way, but I wouldn't associate those with aristocracy or think "posh" if I heard them in a random context.
Names that would be associated with local aristocracy - Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, King Cotton; I don't know any kids named those, thankfully. Though I know (historically) there have been a fair number of people named Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte in this area - probably also Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson and Finis and Ulysses Grant. I had a relative named Fillmore, even though he was one of the least notable US presidents ever. And another relative named Hotspur like Harry Hotspur. I wouldn't call any of these knightly.
I remember a couple of the Vanderbilts way back when were named Ethelinda and Consuelo, and they stand out to me in a fun way, but I wouldn't associate those with aristocracy or think "posh" if I heard them in a random context.
This message was edited 3/26/2024, 7:51 PM
