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I met a guy mid 20's named Princeston, I can't lie I live when I come across a name that makes me do a double take. Apparently this is a name and a town though but I didn't know that until now.
Wdyt about it?
Wdyt about it?
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Sounds like a yuppie name.
And s not-nice six-letter word is in it.
And s not-nice six-letter word is in it.
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Is it pronounced like Princeton? It looks more like Princess-ton. If it's the former, I prefer the more streamlined Princeton, although I don't like it much. In general, I don't like any name that contains a royal title, like Princeton, Princess, Queenie, Kingston, etc., even though I have this weird ongoing fascination with Royal and Noble.
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Not appealing... A lot of people will think of the Ivy League school Princeton... Works fine as a town name and maybe even a surname, but unappealing as a fn.
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I've heard of Princeton (also an Ivy League school here) before, but not Princeston.
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Princeton, NJ is the town. (Jersey girl here!) So I automatically think of the town, which is only about 25 minutes from where I live (I actually work in Princeton), and the university. It's a gorgeous little town, fun to visit, but rather expensive and pretentious. Because I have such a strong association, I never really consider it as a name. And spelling it Princeston is hilarious considering what Princeton implies to me.
This message was edited 3/1/2012, 4:27 PM
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I don't like it. As much as I adore Princeton University and the town of Princeton, I don't think parents should name their kids after the school since it only has a 7 or 8% undergraduate acceptance rate. It's a way of setting someone up for failure because it's setting the bar too high.
Spelling it wrong is even worse.
Spelling it wrong is even worse.
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It was PrinCESton not Princeton
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I saw - like I said in my first comment, I feel variants of it make it even worse.
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Not a variant, a separate name.
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I have to disagree with you on the point of setting the bar too high. 7-8% of undergrads are accepted, no one can say the bar is set too high when a child is an infant, the bar can only be set high with the hopes that the child tries to reach. Only time will prove if the bar was set too high,
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I hate this spelling, but in general I love the name Princeton.
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Princeston? And not Princeton? Either one sounds super pretentious. And Princeston sounds like Princesston, which isn't so great. And Princeton only makes me think of Avenue Q. Ha.
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