Hot Takes? 🤭

[aiksx]

i can’t get on board with -ox ending names at all i always picture some toxic chemical or pharmaceutical drug when i hear them

[Kathweenie]

I can’t stand animal names on people

Names like [name_f]Wren[/name_f], [name_f]Lark[/name_f], [name_m]Bear[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m], and (especially) [name_m]Fox[/name_m] just don’t do it for me

[Mary_Rose]

I really like some animal names, especially [name_f]Wren[/name_f], but I also get this. Like whenever my friend [name_f]Wren[/name_f] says ‘I’m Wren’ to someone there’s always a tiny part of my brain that thinks ‘…no you’re not you’re a human?!’

[tallemaja]

I think it really depends on the name? I know more people named Robin/Robyn than the number of times I’ve ever had to discuss the bird named robin Same with Wren!

[Kathweenie]

That’s a really good point! I think it’s the reason why I forgot about [name_m]Robin[/name_m] when I was making this post haha

[Unice9729]

Thanks for making my [name_f]Lynnox[/name_f] [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f] sound like toxins (Lynnox is more toxic chemical that pharmeceutical drug)

[aiksx]

oh gosh i’m sorry, no hate whatsoever if you like these names !

[Unice9729]

It’s fine because as far as I know, [name_f]Lynnox[/name_f] is the only one I like.

[emeraldsea]

maybe this is just because i’ve always been kind of a stinker, but when i know someone (whether they be a family member, friend, or stranger on the internet) doesn’t like one of my name choices, it makes me like it even more!

[Inlakesh]

I don’t understand plural noun names
“This boy is not a singular well, he is two or more wells.”

[Youssarian]

Hot take: [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] really isn’t that difficult to say…

[lucy_halo1]

I think names like [name_m]Wells[/name_m], [name_m]Rivers[/name_m], [name_m]Banks[/name_m], etc are supposed to be named after the last names, not the plural nouns. It does sound kind of weird after you mentioned it though

[oakbelle]

i found this funny as one of my favourite names is banks and i have never looked at it like that! i see what you mean though

[tallemaja]

i mean, this very much depends on your accent, i couldn’t pronounce aurora correctly if my life depended on it

[Archer27]

It really is if you have rhotacism / Jonathan Ross type speech impairment like me lol! Awarwa has entered the chat…

[marigold.solstice]

@Archer27

Awarwa has entered the chat…

Argh so real

[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] is definitely one of the hardest names out there to say. But seriously, why do so many names have to be so difficult to pronounce with a speech impediment!! (I’m looking at you, [name_f]Fern[/name_f]! …and my own name too–thanks so much mom and dad)

[Youssarian]

As an American, I tend to have a preference for American pronunciations of names (when there are regional differences) as that’s what I’m most familiar with. However, I have to say that I never understood the name [name_m]Harry[/name_m] until I heard it in a [name_f]British[/name_f] accent, and then I was like “ooooh, it actually sounds nice that way!” It’s so harsh and unappealing in an American accent but say it in a [name_f]British[/name_f] accent and it’s quite charming

[Care]

I hate [name_m]Junior[/name_m]! Keep the first name, keep the middle initial, but change SOMETHING. [name_f]Do[/name_f] like [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] [name_m]Bush[/name_m] when she named [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Walker[/name_m] [name_m]Bush[/name_m] after [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Herbert[/name_m] [name_m]Walker[/name_m] Bush… change something! Give the new baby at least a little something that makes him unique and lets you avoid tacking on that [name_m]Jr[/name_m].
It’s proper to drop the [name_m]Jr[/name_m]. once the Sr. dies, but how many actually do this? Who wants to change every legal document at such a sad time?
If your husband is [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Luke[/name_m], name your son [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Liam[/name_m] or even [name_m]Luke[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m].

[lateaugust]

It bugs me when people give their pets animal names. For example, I know dogs named [name_m]Goose[/name_m] and [name_m]Bear[/name_m]. They’re not geese or bears, they’re dogs! But for some reason I don’t feel as strongly about when the same thing happens with human babies

[Kipperbo1]

@lateaugust

It bugs me when people give their pets animal names.

These are actually some of my favorite kind of pet names. [name_f]My[/name_f] dog is [name_f]Raven[/name_f], and my list of future cat names include [name_m]Wolfie[/name_m], [name_f]Cricket[/name_f], [name_f]Minnow[/name_f], etc! A friend of mine has a cat named [name_m]Fish[/name_m] which I find hilarious.