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As in, William Butler.
That's what I'd think of anyway.
Besides thinking it's surnamey-trendy. So many surname-trend names seem lame to me - ones with -ton, -son, -er, and ending in -s particularly - like they're trying to make the person seem like someone s/he's not, or trying to create an aura of "uppaclass" or "romantic oldtime manners" or "one of the good ol' boys" or somesuch. I can appreciate names with romantic, heroic, or theatrical associations, but surnames seem to do it so artificially.
Anyway, Yeats, a poet-name, okay - I think it's lame, but it's not unacceptable.
That's what I'd think of anyway.
Besides thinking it's surnamey-trendy. So many surname-trend names seem lame to me - ones with -ton, -son, -er, and ending in -s particularly - like they're trying to make the person seem like someone s/he's not, or trying to create an aura of "uppaclass" or "romantic oldtime manners" or "one of the good ol' boys" or somesuch. I can appreciate names with romantic, heroic, or theatrical associations, but surnames seem to do it so artificially.
Anyway, Yeats, a poet-name, okay - I think it's lame, but it's not unacceptable.
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I kept thinking of Yeats too
I'm glad I'm not the only one, heh.
I'm glad I'm not the only one, heh.
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I did think of Yeats, but it doesn't please me like Yates does for some reason. It's really straddling that fine line between GP and "would use" for me now.
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