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Mythological names - pretentious?
I've noticed that in the comments section, a lot of mythological names seem to be considered pretentious by a lot of people. (I don't mean common ones which have plenty of other associations, like Jason, Diana, Iris, Helen, Daphne, Cassandra, etc. - I mean ones that aren't that common and are primarily thought of as mythological, such as Niobe, Ismene, Castor, Pollux, Briseis, Apollo, Aglaia, etc.) I actually used to be one of those people who thought so, but now I'm more laid-back about them. I even like a number of them.Do you think that using a mythological name that's uncommon in real life is pretentious?

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Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Buneary  ·  8/1/2015, 4:38 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Myosotis  ·  8/11/2015, 4:37 AM
Is it prententious to use names from the Bible?  ·  Flora  ·  8/4/2015, 12:49 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Andromache  ·  8/2/2015, 11:31 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  jennifer  ·  8/2/2015, 3:34 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Andromache  ·  8/3/2015, 3:05 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Fiammetta  ·  8/2/2015, 8:57 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Flora  ·  8/4/2015, 12:53 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Quill  ·  8/2/2015, 8:54 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Astrid  ·  8/2/2015, 7:06 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Barbra  ·  8/2/2015, 3:41 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  8/2/2015, 7:37 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Feorsteorra  ·  8/1/2015, 10:38 PM
Depends on the name (m)  ·  Julia  ·  8/1/2015, 8:29 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Constant  ·  8/1/2015, 8:24 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  8/1/2015, 7:28 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Ew_Chloe  ·  8/1/2015, 6:20 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Moirrey  ·  8/1/2015, 6:06 PM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  jennifer  ·  8/2/2015, 6:02 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Moirrey  ·  8/2/2015, 6:18 AM
Re: Mythological names - pretentious?  ·  Guest  ·  8/1/2015, 5:59 PM