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Re: Names you've wildly changed your opinion of
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Matilda - First I thought it was a bit too posh and pretentious but now I think it's quite sweet.Imogen - Seemed pretentious "oh look at me I'm referencing Shakespeare!" but then I just started liking the sound of it, I guess.Eleanor - Didn't like the -or ending, but then I changed the American pronunciation for an English or a Scottish one and those are both much more charming. I've also met someone who goes by this name and she was so lovely and touching I started liking it. Elinor is probably my favourite spelling.

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood - George Orwell, 1984
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My feelings about Eleanor are about the direct opposite. I love the -or pronunciation of Eleanor, and the -er and -uh vernacular pronunciations drive me up the wall. To each their own.
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