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Help[Opinions] Like "burly"?
in reply to a message by eLLe
From M-W.Com:
1 : strongly and heavily built : HUSKY
2 : heartily direct and frank : BLUFF, FORTHRIGHT
How emabarrassing would that be? Burleigh also makes me think of the burlesque, which isn't a better association! I'd suggest something else instead, but I can't think of anything.
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
1 : strongly and heavily built : HUSKY
2 : heartily direct and frank : BLUFF, FORTHRIGHT
How emabarrassing would that be? Burleigh also makes me think of the burlesque, which isn't a better association! I'd suggest something else instead, but I can't think of anything.
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
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I also thought of "burly". I wouldn't use names like Burleigh and Manley. They seem too much like adjectives rather than names. They would be easy to tease (especially if a man named Burleigh was very thin and not strong by any means).
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Worse yet...
They would be easy to tease (especially if a man named Burleigh was very thin and not strong by any means).
I have the feeling that the discussion is Burleigh for a girl, rather than a boy. :/
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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
They would be easy to tease (especially if a man named Burleigh was very thin and not strong by any means).
I have the feeling that the discussion is Burleigh for a girl, rather than a boy. :/
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