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[Opinions] Re: Imogen
I don't like it mainly because it sounds like "imaging." So it seems vaguely superficial or vain?I think maybe there is some confusion about how it's pronounced, too. It just hasn't been heard enough.It also sounds like a name for an institution or corporation selling some kind of genetic technology. I googled it and there is such a thing as Innogen Pharma.And because it sounds snobbish/stuckup & sheltered to me. I do not know where I got that association but it might just come from the Shakespeare and the sound-similarity to imaging and innocent.

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I think Imogen is lovely, very endearing. Not sure why it hasn't caught on, but in a land where the -aydyn's rule, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised..
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When I first came across the name a couple years ago, I assumed that it was pronounced uh-MO-gen, with a hard g, so I agree that there is likely some confusion about the pronunciation. I guess that's because the name is practically unheard of over here, and I don't understand why.
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