Urban is a name, so what about

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Rural?

I was writing the word rural down for something, and it occurred to me that it sounds like [name_u]Rory[/name_u] and [name_u]Earl[/name_u] put together. It’s kind of a hard word for me to pronounce, and I imagine it wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but what do you think? Could it be used as a name?

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[name_f]My[/name_f] mom had a friend as a kid whose dad was named Rural (though with our accent it sounds a lot like Rule), so for me it is 100% a name if a tongue-twisty one to say. I’ve never thought about it much, but I actually like the sound and meaning of it. I definitely think it could work, and it fits in with a lot of the Cowboy/Western Chic names popular right now.

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[name_m]Way[/name_m] too hard for some people to pronounce (at least where I am from).

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I actually like it more than [name_u]Urban[/name_u], but there are many accents that pronounce it in a way that I just can’t stand lol.

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I think it could definitely work, but it’s not especially easy to pronounce :slight_smile:

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Not sure about it as a name :woman_shrugging: I guess since I’m from a rural area. Maybe as a middle it would work more imo :purple_heart: [name_u]Jasper[/name_u] rural? Rural [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]?

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] it straight away x

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I kind of like it you know. It has a rugged, kind of appealing sound

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Definitely works but I don’t really like it. Suburb is off limits though :stuck_out_tongue:

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You’re right, Suburb is not gonna work. :laughing:

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Pronouncing it [name_m]Rule[/name_m] sounds so much better than Roar-Rule imo

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I see the appeal - I like [name_m]Rurik[/name_m]. It is hard to say though, a bit of a drawly tongue twister!

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People make jokes about the word “rural” being hard to pronounce. These are often native [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers.

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Didn’t know that, but that makes sense.

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I think too many people will mispronounce it, sorry. Those websites above list different extremely hard to pronounce words, and rural is there.
What about [name_u]Rory[/name_u]?

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I love the look of it on paper but I don’t think it would work well as a name. I very much struggle to say this word, to the point of just avoiding it as much as possible.

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I’ve seen people say things like “I’ll say ‘in the country’ or ‘non-urban’ to avoid this word when possible.”

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I love it.

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It does sound like a name, kind of like [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. Both of those are really hard for me to pronounce, though.

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Same with me and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. Double Rs trip me up, even though they can sound beautiful (like when the singer AURORA pronounces her name). Double Ls, too. I love the name [name_f]Lily[/name_f] but it’s hard for me to say.

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