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Re: "Tryndee" and name nerds
But when you post about a name which isn't part of that crowd, do you at least get a decent number of responses, even though the responses may be mostly negative? If that's the case, that wouldn't deter me, personally, from posting. What I don't like is getting very few responses, which is why I stopped posting about very unusual and unique names.
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Yes, hearing mostly negative responses deters me from posting, or at least from posting as much as I used to. Makes me think people lack imagination. I know I sound like a douche right now, but that's how I feel.

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I agree with you about negative posting... to a point. It's probably because not liking a name on sight stirs more reason to respond than liking one. In general, I think that names with a Latin or English root tend to fare better on these boards than names with African or Asian heritage... It's probably just because the sounds are more familiar to our internal lexicon and therefore seem more appealing. In any case, I don't think it means that namenerds are being snotty... however, I do agree that the lack of discussion when I post really unique names makes me stick to those that are latin-based. However- when I find something rare or appealing to me... I will still likely post. the discussion boards are far more forgiving than the opinions polls (in which the opinion of almost any name list I post there is overwhelmingly negative).
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