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Help[Opinions] Re: Aubergine
in reply to a message by lilah
I don't think it's too bad, though I associate it with the food before the colour. For that reason, I might confine it to a middle name--because I can't stand the taste of eggplant!
That said, the root of the word means "a kind of peach," according to the Oxford English Dictionary, so I must respectfully disagree with Julia's statement that Aubergine is unacceptable because Eggplant is. "Eggplant" might be the English equivalent to "Aubergine," but that's not what the name means at all.
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That said, the root of the word means "a kind of peach," according to the Oxford English Dictionary, so I must respectfully disagree with Julia's statement that Aubergine is unacceptable because Eggplant is. "Eggplant" might be the English equivalent to "Aubergine," but that's not what the name means at all.
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Except that aubergine does mean eggplant today, in England as well as the French-speaking world. Nobody will ever use aubergine to refer to a kind of peach, just to refer to an eggplant. The root of the word makes no difference. I would bet that there are very, very few people who know that the root refers to peaches, and it doesn't really matter.
That's like saying it's a great idea to name your son Adolph because it means "noble wolf", when really the name has come to be synonymous with evil.
That's like saying it's a great idea to name your son Adolph because it means "noble wolf", when really the name has come to be synonymous with evil.
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So "kind of a peach" is an acceptable name? Or is Aubergine acceptable because it means that?
I think, regardless of the meaning, it is a Very Bad Name.
I think, regardless of the meaning, it is a Very Bad Name.
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