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Any thoughts?
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It's pronounced SEE-fus, right? Meh, it's not terrible. It sounds better than it looks. I knew SAY-fus once.
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Hank William Jr.'s nn is Bocephus. I just looked it up, and he was given that after a ventriliquist dummy that was on the Opry around the same time as his dad. But, after seeing the other posts about what cephas means, I don't think it's usable.
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Cephas, like its Greek counterpart, Peter, means "stone" or "rock". "Ceph" means "head" or "brain", apparently, in medical terminology, but then it's part of a longer word. It's not like Cephas means "head" or "brain", but even if it did, I don't see how that meaning is so much worse than "stone" or "rock".
I don't see how the meaning renders it unusable. I think it's perfectly usable.
I don't see how the meaning renders it unusable. I think it's perfectly usable.
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I agree with queenv.
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All of the other posts seemed negative to me. Especially in ewwww. I don't see it as a name. That could be me.
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Many, though not all, of the other posts *were* negative, and you also are entitled to a negative opinion. That's not why I responded to you. I responded to you because you seemed to believe something that isn't true---that Cephas means "head" or "brain". True, I did then throw in my opinion that I think that Cephas is usable, but that was because you were saying that it isn't usable based upon a meaning that isn't correct.
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It didn't sit well with me for a large duration of the show... but as the minutes ticked on, I began to feel an attraction to it.
Cephas is very stately and intriguing.
- Francesca
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ewwww....
Look at that giant cephas on your chin! You need to get that lanced and drained!
Look at that giant cephas on your chin! You need to get that lanced and drained!
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as much as I hate to agree, I see what you are saying. It does have a vaguely...bodypart-ish feel. I'm not sure why, what it remind me of exactly, but I do get that vibe.
I know Brandon's not asking about Kephas but I like that that version too. No bodypart vibes from that one.
I know Brandon's not asking about Kephas but I like that that version too. No bodypart vibes from that one.
This message was edited 6/14/2012, 7:11 AM
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I was thinking the same thing.
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Consider the fact that the Greek form of this name, the popular Peter, is slang for a body part. So after you get that Cephas lanced and drained, you can stop waving your Peter at me!
I'm not sure how commonly used the term "peter" is any longer, but it's one reason that I can never warm up to the name.
I'm not sure how commonly used the term "peter" is any longer, but it's one reason that I can never warm up to the name.
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Am I the only one who thinks it's terrible?
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No...I think it sounds like a disease.
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Exactly...cephus entilitis, or something. :/
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encephalitis?
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It's alright, I'm not a huge fan of the sound though. It's a bit whiny sounding.
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I think it's cool and miles better than its translation, Peter. I'd like to meet a little Cephas.
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It's interesting and I don't dislike it but I much prefer Cepheus.
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Now Cepheus is sounds too much like syphilis to me...
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Sounds and somewhat looks like Ceefax, which was (is?) a running text information system on UK TV. I much prefer Peter, and even rather prefer Simon - which I actually don't like at all.
This message was edited 6/13/2012, 11:10 PM
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I think it's really neat. Old biblical name that feels really new and different imo. I like it.
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