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in reply to a message by EmilyKnowsBest
I prefer Emily, sorry.
Yes, Emily is popular, especially for your generation. But with Emily I get all sorts of wonderful associations: poet Emily Dickinson, Victorian beauty Lillie Langtry (nee Emilie Charlotte), suffragette Emily Davison, novelist Emily Bronte (Heathcliff! I can save you! Love me, not that stupid Cathy!)
My mind gets to play around with so many different ideas with a name like Emily. With the others it falls asleep. And may never wake up again. That's the problem with here-today-gone-tomorrow trendies like Shaylee, Maylee and Hayden (which sounds more masculine to me). They have no staying power.
Everyone goes through a name rut. It wouldn't have mattered if your parents gave you the most unique name in the world. You'd wonder what it would be like not to have to explain it or correct the spelling all the time. My name is Ann which was super popular when I was young. I wished that my parents had at least named me Anna, which would have been unusual. Now I'm glad I'm Ann. Plain, simple Ann. And what do you know? I rarely meet any so it almost feel unique. :-D
So one day, if you are selecting a name for your dd/ds, you can perhaps look for a name that is classic enough to have meaning / substance, that everyone knows how to spell, but not in the top ten for popularity (or whatever number you're comfortable with). Rediscovering forgotten classics is one of my favorite pursuits.
Yes, Emily is popular, especially for your generation. But with Emily I get all sorts of wonderful associations: poet Emily Dickinson, Victorian beauty Lillie Langtry (nee Emilie Charlotte), suffragette Emily Davison, novelist Emily Bronte (Heathcliff! I can save you! Love me, not that stupid Cathy!)
My mind gets to play around with so many different ideas with a name like Emily. With the others it falls asleep. And may never wake up again. That's the problem with here-today-gone-tomorrow trendies like Shaylee, Maylee and Hayden (which sounds more masculine to me). They have no staying power.
Everyone goes through a name rut. It wouldn't have mattered if your parents gave you the most unique name in the world. You'd wonder what it would be like not to have to explain it or correct the spelling all the time. My name is Ann which was super popular when I was young. I wished that my parents had at least named me Anna, which would have been unusual. Now I'm glad I'm Ann. Plain, simple Ann. And what do you know? I rarely meet any so it almost feel unique. :-D
So one day, if you are selecting a name for your dd/ds, you can perhaps look for a name that is classic enough to have meaning / substance, that everyone knows how to spell, but not in the top ten for popularity (or whatever number you're comfortable with). Rediscovering forgotten classics is one of my favorite pursuits.
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"Yes, Emily is popular, especially for your generation. But with Emily I get all sorts of wonderful associations: poet Emily Dickinson, Victorian beauty Lillie Langtry (nee Emilie Charlotte), suffragette Emily Davison, novelist Emily Bronte (Heathcliff! I can save you! Love me, not that stupid Cathy!)"
I thought this very thing myself! So many lovely namesakes.. and also, Cathy was a twit! A certified twit, lol! :-)
I thought this very thing myself! So many lovely namesakes.. and also, Cathy was a twit! A certified twit, lol! :-)
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Cathy was a twit, but Heathcliff was cruel and vengeful, so I'm not sure I'd want to be loved by him either, haha. ;)
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Yeah, Heathcliff turned out to be a pretty hot mess in the end didn't he?
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I know!
When I was in second grade I saw the old Hollywood version of "Wuthering Heights" as a re-run. I couldn't understand what Laurence Olivier saw in Merle Oberon (obvious beauty aside). She was awful. And it doesn't matter that he turned out to be so awful in the second half of the book to the next generation. She started it! :-P
When I was in second grade I saw the old Hollywood version of "Wuthering Heights" as a re-run. I couldn't understand what Laurence Olivier saw in Merle Oberon (obvious beauty aside). She was awful. And it doesn't matter that he turned out to be so awful in the second half of the book to the next generation. She started it! :-P
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LOL, I so agree!! Somehow the story depicts the shadow of his madness as reflecting the depth of love he had for Cathy and that's pretty deep love!! If she had just pulled up her bootstraps and stop being such a shallow ninny, none of that would have ever happened! hahaha!!
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