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Help[Opinions] Re: Griselda
in reply to a message by Allibeth
Poor Griselda.
It sounds too much like grizzled, and gristle. And somewhere, possibly Disney?, I've picked up an association of Griselda with a bad witch, the kind with warty greenish skin and a sadistic disposition towards small children.
So a nice girl named Griselda seems ironic, and that seems like the main appeal of the name. IMO being ironic would be a dumb reason to give a person a name, though.
I like the name Mildred. So I'm totally sympathetic to people who have a blind spot to the ugliness of Griselda. Regardless, I would not want to be named Griselda. It's a good name for a cat, or a good middle name. Both Griselda and Mildred should be as fine as Matilda or Bridget, but I think they're not - not at this time, anyway.
- mirfak
It sounds too much like grizzled, and gristle. And somewhere, possibly Disney?, I've picked up an association of Griselda with a bad witch, the kind with warty greenish skin and a sadistic disposition towards small children.
So a nice girl named Griselda seems ironic, and that seems like the main appeal of the name. IMO being ironic would be a dumb reason to give a person a name, though.
I like the name Mildred. So I'm totally sympathetic to people who have a blind spot to the ugliness of Griselda. Regardless, I would not want to be named Griselda. It's a good name for a cat, or a good middle name. Both Griselda and Mildred should be as fine as Matilda or Bridget, but I think they're not - not at this time, anyway.
- mirfak
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