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[Opinions] Erised?
I'm going through the submitted names to find a name for a character, and came across this. It looks like people are naming kids after items in Harry Potter (the Mirror of Erised). But then, I suppose it would fall under the same category of literary names/ titles as Khaleesi. Are there any other names like this?
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It sounds okay, I suppose. But Harry Potter has so many awesome real names to choose from!
I'd prefer a variant like Eriseth though, so it isn't literally just desire backwards.
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How do you think it would be pronounced?
eri-SED or eh-rised (like erased)?
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I always said AIR-iss-ehd in the books. Like Eris and then Ed.
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Well, in the movie, Dumbledore said 'eh rih SED'.
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Erised is "desire" spelled backwards, if that wasn't clear already:http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/devices/devices-m.html#mirror_of_erised
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Yes, I'm well versed in Harry Potter, too. That's why I was so surprised to see it in the user submitted names as one that presumably was used.
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Yeah, it looks like someone misspelled "erased".
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lol you just made my day!
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I don't think Erised or Khaleesi count as literary names. Literary names, to me, are ACTUAL names used by characters. Erised and Khaleesi don't fit the bill.Anyway, they both sound incredibly stupid. I can't imagine introducing myself as Erised, OR Khaleesi. Ugh.
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I see your point, but they are words that were created for literature that were later used as names. Maybe quasi-literary would be a better term.
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I'd call those literary word names. They're words used as names, but the words are from literature.
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It's more like Nevaeh than Khaleesi or Katniss. A "meaningful" word spelled backward.
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