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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
Or at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.  |
I think you're trying to find an excuse so you don't need to think up names
For me, names are important. If a name is stupid (IMHO), then it can completely wreck the entire story for me. You're not going to name the immortal, greatest wizard of all time "Peter Herring" when writing a fantasy story set in a medieval time. I think I'll instantly burn your book. Or worse.
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
The world is full of adults who were given "cute" names when they were infants. It's one thing to have a cute toddler named (and these are real names of people I went to school with once) Holly Berry or her brother Christmas Berry. It's another thing to have to put those names on a professional resume or CV.
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One strange thing I'm seeing in many languages seems to be the irresistible urge to give people a first name that is almost the same as their last name as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Like so:
"Peter Peters"
"Jan Jansen"
"Ivan Ivanov"
"Thomas Thomason"
And so on... I think it's stupid.
Doing something like this is even stupiderderder.
Calling your son "Jack", when your last name is "Goff"? Then you're not funny. You're an idiot.