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in reply to a message by Caroline
I like Susannah. Anne seems incomplete. "An" what? I like Anna more than either. Susannah with an H looks a tad overbaked to me ... I like it more with no H. I get a childish impression from Annie. It's like Ellie or Emmy or Timmy or Joey.
Louisa I dislike unless it's pronounced lew-ISS-a, which it's not. Stressed wee sound disagrees with me. I think it's a decent name though, nothing else wrong with it.
Eliza is nifty on paper - maybe a little slick or prissy in real life
Sally, just Sally, is nice, I like it. Sarah is nice also. Sarah nn Sally is artificial IMO.
Virginia is a name I really like. I would hesitate a little bit to use it for the same reason I would hesitate to use Peter. But there are great nicknames, and Virginia is assertively unmodern in a way that really appeals to me.
Alfred feels standard to me, like Richard. I fear the horrible nns Alf and Alfie enough to want to pass on Alfred. Fred is alright but a little unnatural
Arthur I can imagine being a nice dignified name, but it also seems to me like "the" name for a nerdy character that has no personality and gets picked on. I don't really care for it or its sounds.
Edwin is kinda cool! I like it.
William is maybe the third most generic and forgettable name in my experience. I don't like the way the sounds get sort of extruded like pasta rather than articulated. It's not bad of course, just nms.
James is so tweedy. It's a nice name, just nms
- mirfak
Louisa I dislike unless it's pronounced lew-ISS-a, which it's not. Stressed wee sound disagrees with me. I think it's a decent name though, nothing else wrong with it.
Eliza is nifty on paper - maybe a little slick or prissy in real life
Sally, just Sally, is nice, I like it. Sarah is nice also. Sarah nn Sally is artificial IMO.
Virginia is a name I really like. I would hesitate a little bit to use it for the same reason I would hesitate to use Peter. But there are great nicknames, and Virginia is assertively unmodern in a way that really appeals to me.
Alfred feels standard to me, like Richard. I fear the horrible nns Alf and Alfie enough to want to pass on Alfred. Fred is alright but a little unnatural
Arthur I can imagine being a nice dignified name, but it also seems to me like "the" name for a nerdy character that has no personality and gets picked on. I don't really care for it or its sounds.
Edwin is kinda cool! I like it.
William is maybe the third most generic and forgettable name in my experience. I don't like the way the sounds get sort of extruded like pasta rather than articulated. It's not bad of course, just nms.
James is so tweedy. It's a nice name, just nms
- mirfak
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