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Re: English names with unfortunate meanings

by Anneza

8/1/2020, 12:00 AM

It could work in two ways. Familiar to Victorian people, certainly; and also some people really used to just open their family Bible at random and use the first name they found of the right gender. Which might have been on Melville's mind too ...

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English names with unfortunate meanings (Edit: thank you for the replies!) · erb816 · 7/30/2020, 4:59 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Theodora'sMommy · 7/31/2020, 5:53 AM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · PrincessZ · 7/31/2020, 5:40 AM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · AhaRememo · 7/31/2020, 2:52 AM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Anneza · 7/31/2020, 12:56 AM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · erb816 · 7/31/2020, 6:14 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Anneza · 8/1/2020, 12:00 AM

•Agree (m) · Janan · 7/31/2020, 7:08 AM

•Re: Agree (m) · Anneza · 7/31/2020, 8:56 AM

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•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Ora (hufflepuffer) · 7/30/2020, 7:47 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Jamie · 7/30/2020, 7:34 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · erb816 · 7/31/2020, 6:29 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Higuma Kanora · 7/30/2020, 6:07 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · Somebody random · 7/30/2020, 5:24 PM

•Re: English names with unfortunate meanings · erb816 · 7/31/2020, 6:16 PM

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