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HelpRe: I really feel I shouldn't like it, but...
in reply to a message by Mareasi
Sapphire... hmm, I think of the gem. Then I think of quaint little specialist jewel shops in London (my mum worked in one for most of my childhood), and then I think of Sappho / Sapphic.
I hate the word 'sapphic' cos the last phase I heard it in was pretty massively offensive to the LGBT community, but Sappho is bold. Possibly not a great name choice, but bold. Nobody named Sappho would thank you for the name, but it does grab the eye and the mind. It's a statement, if there ever were one. Maybe it shouldn't be one anymore, but, anyway...
I actually think Sappho is possibly prettier than Sapphire.
Buuuut... Sapphire looks pretty written down. It looks quite lovely. The sound is pretty. In fact, everything is lovely, but I hate it as a name. It's not that practical; probably more practical than Sappho, less practical than Seraphine.
I mean, it's a word.
I get the aesthetic appeal, but it's a word. It's rather nice, still a word. It's still like Emerald, Diamond and Amethyst. If I start liking Sapphire, maybe I'd start forgiving those godawful names. Ick.
So yeah, conflicted, leaning towards 'no', but conflicted all the same.
I hate the word 'sapphic' cos the last phase I heard it in was pretty massively offensive to the LGBT community, but Sappho is bold. Possibly not a great name choice, but bold. Nobody named Sappho would thank you for the name, but it does grab the eye and the mind. It's a statement, if there ever were one. Maybe it shouldn't be one anymore, but, anyway...
I actually think Sappho is possibly prettier than Sapphire.
Buuuut... Sapphire looks pretty written down. It looks quite lovely. The sound is pretty. In fact, everything is lovely, but I hate it as a name. It's not that practical; probably more practical than Sappho, less practical than Seraphine.
I mean, it's a word.
I get the aesthetic appeal, but it's a word. It's rather nice, still a word. It's still like Emerald, Diamond and Amethyst. If I start liking Sapphire, maybe I'd start forgiving those godawful names. Ick.
So yeah, conflicted, leaning towards 'no', but conflicted all the same.
This message was edited 3/24/2013, 1:30 PM
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