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[Opinions] Promise
Heard this word name at work the other day. I rather like it and think Missy would be a sweet nn. WDYT?
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Margarine!Promise was the brand of margarine my grammie always bought so I couldn't really use it as a name. I suppose it would be nice if it weren't for that.I don't like Missy though...
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This name and similar word names such as Destiny, Essence, Serenity, Magic, et al, are a group of names I find to be of an especial degree of distaste. They sound revoltingly over-sentimental and tawdry, like an image of a unicorn shaved onto a mirror. I think it would be an exceedingly poor choice.

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It's not my style, but it's nice. I wouldn't call her Missy, though.
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I had a doctor named this when I was a teenager. She was very cool and I always liked her name. I'm not sure that I like Missy, though - Promise is sweet enough.
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I'm not a fan of virtue-y names. For me, Promise fits in with Angel, Truth, Honor, Justice, Charity, and the like - all of which I find over-the-top and cheesy. Just my style, I guess. And while I'm being a poop :), Missy is too prissy-sounding for my liking. She sounds like she couldn't every possibly get in a canoe or sleep in a tent.
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Really?Just about every Missy I've known has been a total tom-boy.
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Go figure!
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Aha.You're in Canada, whereas I grew up in the US, close to the South. Missy is a very Southern / Country name around here, so that is what I picture.
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That does make more sense. Truth be told, I don't think I have ever known a single Missy, so it's just a stereotype absorbed from wwho-knows-where.
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I've known at least three. :-D
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With Missy as a full name or nickname? I've always assumed it was a nickname for Melissa.
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