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Help[Opinions] Bartleby!
I don't think I'd ever use it, but I think it's a cool name. It's definitely surname territory though. This is the name of the protagonist in the movie Accepted, which I saw last night, which put the name in my head. :P What do you think?
Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella
"You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."
Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella
"You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."
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The Scrivener!
...At least, that's who I hear. Bartleby the Scrivener chooses not to do anything--and in the end, chooses not to live. It's not a particularly cheerful association.
("Bartleby the Scrivener" is a short story by Herman Melville. Pretty good, too--slog through it sometime, friends. :D)
Otherwise, I'd really like the name. Even so, I rather like the name--but I think I'd recommend Bartholomew (Tolly!) instead. I'd rather a son made hundreds of hats than waste away in a prison. ;)
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"That was the thing about aliens that no one ever really expected. They're a bit dull."
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
...At least, that's who I hear. Bartleby the Scrivener chooses not to do anything--and in the end, chooses not to live. It's not a particularly cheerful association.
("Bartleby the Scrivener" is a short story by Herman Melville. Pretty good, too--slog through it sometime, friends. :D)
Otherwise, I'd really like the name. Even so, I rather like the name--but I think I'd recommend Bartholomew (Tolly!) instead. I'd rather a son made hundreds of hats than waste away in a prison. ;)
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"That was the thing about aliens that no one ever really expected. They're a bit dull."
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Bartleby the Scrivener is one of my favorite
short stories!
The name is ok, though I prefer Barnaby.
I wanna go to the crappy town where I'm a hero.
short stories!
The name is ok, though I prefer Barnaby.
I wanna go to the crappy town where I'm a hero.
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I think of the Scrivener, too, but I think of him more positively. I think he is an almost tragic hero; he didn't ask to be saved, and the lawyer should not have presumed that he needed help. They were the choices he made. I mean, yeah, the death is prison isn't such a great thing, but anyway . . .
I do also like the sound and look of Bartleby, but I would be afraid for the NN Bart with this, too, and I don't like that at all.
I do also like the sound and look of Bartleby, but I would be afraid for the NN Bart with this, too, and I don't like that at all.
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haha. I do like Bartholomew but I dread the inevitable nn Bart :P
Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella "You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."
But I'm not the only one."
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Barto
was the nn of a Bartholomew I knew...I'm not sure which is worse!
was the nn of a Bartholomew I knew...I'm not sure which is worse!
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How coincidental - I watched "Dogma" two days ago, where there is a fallen angel named Bartleby (played by Ben Affleck). I prefer it as a middle name, but not as a first name.
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