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Help[Opinions] Re: Naming laws?
in reply to a message by LuzDeTuVida
All names start with a meaning, but the meaning becomes less obvious the more the name is used, and sometimes is lost on the way with very old names, as in the case of Mary.
The use of names, and what's seen as silly or not silly, acceptable or non acceptable, is culture-relative. In Japan most names have clearly recognizeable meanings and some Japanese people are surprized that in the West quite a few people don't really know what their name means.
The use of names, and what's seen as silly or not silly, acceptable or non acceptable, is culture-relative. In Japan most names have clearly recognizeable meanings and some Japanese people are surprized that in the West quite a few people don't really know what their name means.
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Kind of OT...
In the Arabic-speaking world most people have names with a clear meaning and when I tried to explain that my name didn't really have that they sometimes had a hard time to understand that. What one older woman found to be most surprising was the fact that if my parents had given me a name without a meaning how could they know that that name was suitable for me. In her opinion names reflect the personality or traits of the name carrier.
In the Arabic-speaking world most people have names with a clear meaning and when I tried to explain that my name didn't really have that they sometimes had a hard time to understand that. What one older woman found to be most surprising was the fact that if my parents had given me a name without a meaning how could they know that that name was suitable for me. In her opinion names reflect the personality or traits of the name carrier.
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