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[Opinions] Interesting BA
NZ rugby player Cory Jane (Jane is the Surname) and wife Amie along with older brothers Cassius and Tennyson welcomed a daughter/sister this week:Prisseis AmeliaCory explained that the name was a, and I quote, "play on "Briseis" - a character from the movie Troy and the love interest of Achilles". Very very interesting in my opinion - why couldn't they have just used Briseis if they liked it, although a bit unusual and maybe hard to pronounce, it is much better than Prisseis which I presume is said like Precise and also the obvious teasing potential of Priss is not exactly nice.ETA: Siblings names

This message was edited 4/15/2011, 12:45 AM

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I love Briseis, but I'm with you on the "Priss" thing. Maybe not the best. Amelia is nice in the mn spot, though!
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Ick.Briseis would have been so much better.
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Prisseis reminds me of "precise" and Princess.Why couldn't they have used Briseis? That would have been better. (Although I personally prefer the Spanish form Briseida.)

This message was edited 4/15/2011, 2:59 PM

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Yeah, wow, after Cassius and Tennyson I would've expected something more cool-offbeat not odd-offbeat. Hmm.
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That whole "Priss" teasing potential is definitely too much. Upon first glance, I actually thought it said "Priss Amelia". Still regardless, I think it looks overall too prissy.
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At first glance I thought it was a butchered spelling of Princess.
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Prisseis is the worst name I've seen in a long time. It looks like it ought to be prn Prissy-us.
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Briseis Amelia would have been beautiful and wonderfully complementary to Cassius and Tennyson. Failure!
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I agree, not a bad name, and I like the association, but they should have gone with the original spelling to avoid the "priss" thing.
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That's just... wrong.Amelia, Cassius and Tennyson are amazing. Prisseis sounds something an uneducated and really stupid twelve-year-old would come up with.Briseis Amelia would have been so gorgeous.
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