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Help[Opinions] Afton is a Scottish river, is it not?
in reply to a message by Arcadia
There is a poem by Robert Burns beginning:
"Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee
a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dream."
So to me, Afton sounds poetic and romantic. Also "afton" means "evening" in Swedish. So besides the river, I associate to sunset.
So I like this name. And though I find it unisex, it seems that uncommon names are safer for girls, at least in USA. I'd choose Afton any day before Madison, McKenzie, Taylor, Alexis, Sydney, Morgan, Riley and other popular "girl's names".
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
"Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee
a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dream."
So to me, Afton sounds poetic and romantic. Also "afton" means "evening" in Swedish. So besides the river, I associate to sunset.
So I like this name. And though I find it unisex, it seems that uncommon names are safer for girls, at least in USA. I'd choose Afton any day before Madison, McKenzie, Taylor, Alexis, Sydney, Morgan, Riley and other popular "girl's names".
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I take my hat off to you, Ylva. I wouldn't know a poem in another language to save my soul. And I've studied foreign languages. Your education system puts mine (U.S.) to shame. Universal health care, child care, . . . the list goes on and on. *sigh*
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Don't praise our educational system
Praise me ;)
We don't exactly learn poems by Robert Burns in school, it is just that I'm very interested in the old literature of England and Scotland.
But I agree with the universal health care and child care. I don't quite understand why most Americans don't want this. Of course, we pay by high taxes.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Praise me ;)
We don't exactly learn poems by Robert Burns in school, it is just that I'm very interested in the old literature of England and Scotland.
But I agree with the universal health care and child care. I don't quite understand why most Americans don't want this. Of course, we pay by high taxes.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I think you answered your own question re: why Americans don't want this. We don't want to pay high taxes. (Well, in my opinion we already do - I just don't want them any higher!)
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*snort* That was good!
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