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I kind of like Shore as a nature name for a boy. What do you think?
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I actually really like it. A lot. I'm from the Jersey Shore (about an hour north of Sea Isle City, which is all tourists) I'd like to use it as my reminder of home.
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I really like the sound of it but not the look which is why I have Siôr on my PNL. It's pronounced like shore but it is a Welsh form of George. It could be a good alternative to just Shore.
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my gp.
I love it. would use it as a mn but not as a fn
I love it. would use it as a mn but not as a fn
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I think it sounds silly as a given name... and a lot of people will prob'ly think of Jersey Shore. Somehow the sound just doesn't work for me as a name... However, in Jpns., Migiwa (water's edge) works on a girl.
This message was edited 2/27/2012, 8:13 PM
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Just wondering, why is Shore inacceptable because it is an English word but Migiwa isn't because it is a Japanese word? I mean I guess that Migiwa is a word? Just curious.
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It's more a matter of usage for names... Shore is not typically used as a name and doesn't really sound very namey... Migiwa has been used by a number of people and has more of a name feel... It's not SUPER common, but it's around... Kind of like just calling someone Bee (spelt this way) would seem strange in En., but we would have no problem calling someone Deborah or Melissa even though the meaning is exactly the same. I've never met anyone named Friend (though have heard of some named Bud, though I wouldn't use it), but Ruth and Dakota are accepted as real names. They have more of a name feel than Bee or Friend do.
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The word isn't namey enough to me - a shore is just a boundary or edge. It could be a cliff, or a beach, or no feature in particular. Not enough of an imagey concept, for some reason - I guess because the word isn't normally used to bring an image to mind. I think of maps, shorelines; and things washing up on shore, shorebirds, and artificial surfer-speak like "let's go to the shore."
And there's the facetiously-pronounced-"sure" / show-er / Pauly / Jersey thing. Not shore that'd stop me from liking it if it clearly meant "beach." But it doesn't mean beach, so, nay.
I think it's usable, I just don't like it.
And there's the facetiously-pronounced-"sure" / show-er / Pauly / Jersey thing. Not shore that'd stop me from liking it if it clearly meant "beach." But it doesn't mean beach, so, nay.
I think it's usable, I just don't like it.
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Jersey Shore
Sorry, that was the first thing I thought of. Definitely not usable in today's time.
Sorry, that was the first thing I thought of. Definitely not usable in today's time.
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Ewww yuck
but it's a common word so I think most people don't associate it with the show. I don't. Kind of like I wouldn't associate the name Beverly with Beverly Hills, 90210 or Peyton Place with the name Peyton or Barbara with Santa Barbara.
but it's a common word so I think most people don't associate it with the show. I don't. Kind of like I wouldn't associate the name Beverly with Beverly Hills, 90210 or Peyton Place with the name Peyton or Barbara with Santa Barbara.
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Thing is that while it might not bring Jersey Shore to mind when used as a regular word in conversation, it probably would in the name context. Beverly has been around AS A NAME longer than Beverly Hills... Likewise with Barbara and Santa Barbara. Peyton I just think sounds awful as a fn regardless of any place associations or lack thereof.
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Yeah but it's just a common word. I mean if I named my son Hill or Tree would people think of One Tree Hill? I mean maybe some would but I doubt it would be a huge problem because you mainly associate word names with uhm the word.
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Depends what's common in pop-culture at the time... I've never even heard of One Tree Hill, but despite having never seen Jersey Shore, it's out there enough that that would be my first thought.
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Agreed
My first thought was Jersey Shore. I don't watch it but it is everywhere. No matter where you turn, it's staring you in the face.
My first thought was Jersey Shore. I don't watch it but it is everywhere. No matter where you turn, it's staring you in the face.
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ditto Amphelise & PantheraVirgo.
I'm just not Shore it works s a name.
I'm just not Shore it works s a name.
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hmm I still hear a pretty huge difference between sure and shore. Ocean is cool but I like Shore better :P
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I hear the difference too, but I think it's close enough that people will tease.
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Yeah but I think you can tease kids for pretty much anything and "sure" isn't a horrible thing or word so it wouldn't be that bad. There is more teasing potential in names like Madison (mad) or Amanda (a man, duh) and they are common. Not saying that he couldn't get teased but if he was teased with the "sure" thing I guess it would be because he wasn't popular anyway and they would do it regardless and not because it is a name with a huge teasing potential.
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I'm not sure...
Well, actually I am. I wouldn't want to be called a name that was the homophone of a commonly used word. The "are you Shore?" puns would get old before the kid left primary school.
Nice imagery, but... no.
Well, actually I am. I wouldn't want to be called a name that was the homophone of a commonly used word. The "are you Shore?" puns would get old before the kid left primary school.
Nice imagery, but... no.
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Hmm, I don't think that would be a problem in the US. Or at least in my part of it. Shore and sure don't sound alike. Unless you're singing, then they're supposed to. :)
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Shore, Shaw and sure all sound the same in my accent and I think in most English accents as well. I've just been saying "shore" and "sure" to myself in a variety of accents to test it out!
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Haha!
I can imagine you sitting there doing that. :)
In my accent sure might as well not have a u in it. It's like shr. And shore is a tall vowel, with a long o. In sure my jaw doesn't ever move, in shore it goes down. Use your lips a lot more too. Ha, now I've been sitting here saying them over and over!
I can imagine you sitting there doing that. :)
In my accent sure might as well not have a u in it. It's like shr. And shore is a tall vowel, with a long o. In sure my jaw doesn't ever move, in shore it goes down. Use your lips a lot more too. Ha, now I've been sitting here saying them over and over!
This message was edited 2/28/2012, 7:53 AM
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I'm here muttering to myself.."shore".."Sure"...they sound alike to me, in my accent.
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I've seen shore used in ocean puns.
What did one ocean say to the other?
Nothing, they just waved.
Do you sea what I did there? Are you shore?
Water you saying?
Don't be such a beach. I fish you weren't so mean.
(sure and shore don't sound the same but they're close enough to create the puns)
What did one ocean say to the other?
Nothing, they just waved.
Do you sea what I did there? Are you shore?
Water you saying?
Don't be such a beach. I fish you weren't so mean.
(sure and shore don't sound the same but they're close enough to create the puns)
This message was edited 2/27/2012, 5:18 PM
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hahaha I like that :)
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They also don't really sound alike to me...
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They don't sound a like, but they are close enough for people to over emphasize certain sounds and use it as a running pun. I definitely can see Amphelise's point.
They don't sound a like, but they are close enough for people to over emphasize certain sounds and use it as a running pun. I definitely can see Amphelise's point.
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And people will sometimes prn. that way on purpose in a slang context.
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