Message: "Re: "Old man names" ... Is a resurrection in order?"

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Re: "Old man names" ... Is a resurrection in order?

by New_Chloe

9/12/2014, 8:36 AM

Oh my goodness. This...this is my THING. One summer, I worked in an archive where I looked at nothing but old man names, and by the end of the gig I had learned to see the beauty in names like Ralph, Roger, and Douglas. So names like these give me the most beautiful nostalgia. I loved that job and I love these names. I think they are definitely revival-worthy.

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- Joiya +1

9/12/2014, 9:56 AM

crushing on Roger these days.

Ralph I would love, but for the vomit connotation. And, I knew a very creepy kid named Douglas (nn Dougie, no lie), so I cannot picture it is good conscience.

But, I too love the dusty names and wish they would be brushed and shined again in popular society.

- New_Chloe

9/12/2014, 10:25 AM

Ralph is just so awful that my disgust turns to pity and then tenderness and then love. Douglas I always hated, but I had to write these names down so many times over the summer, I fell in love with how the "Douglas" flowed from my pen; it became so beautiful, so rounded and smooth and gentle. That's the summer I realized I loved Douglas and hated Alexander, which I also had to write a million times.

Dougie is THE perfect name for a creepy kid. Like Hollywood perfect.

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