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Help[Opinions] Re: Amanda, Amber, Amy
in reply to a message by Billina
It would have to be Amanda. Amber is too bodice-ripper and I don't enjoy jewel names anyway; and Amy was so ubiquitous here about 35 to 15 years ago that if you shouted it, every second head would turn. I exaggerate, but only slightly, and it was never a name I enjoyed, popular or not.
Amanda is good. Mandy isn't. IRL it wouldn't be worth taking the risk. In a Noel Coward play, a silly character is trying to ingratiate herself with the central character, a very elegant Amanda, and says "I shall call you Mandy!". Amanda murmurs acidly "Yes, I suppose you will", a sublime put-down wasted on the other woman!
Amanda is good. Mandy isn't. IRL it wouldn't be worth taking the risk. In a Noel Coward play, a silly character is trying to ingratiate herself with the central character, a very elegant Amanda, and says "I shall call you Mandy!". Amanda murmurs acidly "Yes, I suppose you will", a sublime put-down wasted on the other woman!
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