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Help[Opinions] Re: Crayton? WDYT?
in reply to a message by aquanoun
Creighton looks terribly pretentious to me, since it's the name of a college in Iowa--so naming a kid Creighton is no better than naming a kid Swarthmore or Wellesley, if on a smaller scale. (It could be worse--another Iowa college is Wartburg!)
The spelling Crayton brings to mind crayons and a stereotypical TV Asian character saying Clayton.
In either case, it sounds trendy (even if the names aren't popular, they're fashioned in the same trends) and not at all as though it'd be a respectable name for a boy.
Array
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
The spelling Crayton brings to mind crayons and a stereotypical TV Asian character saying Clayton.
In either case, it sounds trendy (even if the names aren't popular, they're fashioned in the same trends) and not at all as though it'd be a respectable name for a boy.
Array
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
This message was edited 6/30/2006, 8:28 AM
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I agree--I wouldn't use either spelling and that it's too trendy. It's actually a college in Nebraska, not Iowa, but it's easy to confuse all those middle red states. ;)
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Argh! So close!
The worst part is, the reason I know Creighton is because I know someone who went there--she remains the ultimate cool in my mind, because she lived next door to a member of the band Cursive and met Conor Oberst on more than one occasion.
Can we excuse it by the fact that she'd also considered Luther (which is in Iowa)? ;)
Array (thought there wasn't anything in Nebraska besides Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records ;D)
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
The worst part is, the reason I know Creighton is because I know someone who went there--she remains the ultimate cool in my mind, because she lived next door to a member of the band Cursive and met Conor Oberst on more than one occasion.
Can we excuse it by the fact that she'd also considered Luther (which is in Iowa)? ;)
Array (thought there wasn't anything in Nebraska besides Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records ;D)
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
This message was edited 6/30/2006, 12:14 PM
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Not for those of use who live there! :) Creighton University is in Omaha. It is a Jesuit school and is definitely the private university in Nebraska with the best academic reputation. It's the closest thing Nebraska has to a Harvard, Yale, or Duke. In Nebraska and Iowa Creighton therefore sounds like a somewhat upper-crust name, and lately it seems to have been more popular for boys born in Nebraska than elsewhere.
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