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Help[Opinions] Mazarine?
I landed on Mazarine last year.
1) I love the nn Mazzy. It reminds me of the band Mazzy Star, the ethereal loveliness of her voice.
2) the Echeveria Mazarine densely covered my mom's front garden; it was a carpet of blue-green succulents, lotus-blossom-shaped plants.
3) the Mazarine Blue, or Polyommatus semiargus, describes the blue butterfly tattoo on my sister's shoulder.
But I am puzzled because many people say it reminds them of "margarine." Why? I pronounce it "MAZ-uh-reen" which does not sound like "Margarine" to me. Why does it seem like "Margarine" to others?
1) I love the nn Mazzy. It reminds me of the band Mazzy Star, the ethereal loveliness of her voice.
2) the Echeveria Mazarine densely covered my mom's front garden; it was a carpet of blue-green succulents, lotus-blossom-shaped plants.
3) the Mazarine Blue, or Polyommatus semiargus, describes the blue butterfly tattoo on my sister's shoulder.
But I am puzzled because many people say it reminds them of "margarine." Why? I pronounce it "MAZ-uh-reen" which does not sound like "Margarine" to me. Why does it seem like "Margarine" to others?
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It has a pretty sound.
I have no idea why people might think it similar to margarine, it's not at all imo. It only makes me think of Nazarene.
I have no idea why people might think it similar to margarine, it's not at all imo. It only makes me think of Nazarene.
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Mazarin is a kind of cookie in Sweden, so it wouldn't be usable here.
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I think that the spelling is what makes people say that.
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It actually reminds me of magazines rather than margarine.
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THAT
is what was bugging me about it! Magazine. Yes. Thank you.
is what was bugging me about it! Magazine. Yes. Thank you.
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It rhymes with Nazarene. Not a fan.
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Nazarene. It sounds like Nazarene. It only *looks* a lot like margarine. It does! And besides Nazarene, it sounds more like margarine than it does like anything else.
When a name is unfamiliar, word associations generally determine people's response to it. You just have to deal with this when you invent new names. So, you know people will look at it and think "margarine," whether it reminds you of that or not - the only question is just whether you think that association matters, or if it'd be forgotten if it were a real person's name.
I personally think it'd be forgotten, and Mazarine wouldn't get any worse than the usual negative reactions to novel names. But if I loved it, the similar sound to Nazarene would probably put it on my "gp" list - because I think people would mishear it as Nazarene, and maybe even try to call her that. Also I just find Mazarine sort of harsh sounding - and Mazzy, too. It's sort of shabby chic... not ugly, just not my style. I think it's usable. People name little girls Saffron and Lavender and Paisley... surely Mazarine is okay, if those are.
When a name is unfamiliar, word associations generally determine people's response to it. You just have to deal with this when you invent new names. So, you know people will look at it and think "margarine," whether it reminds you of that or not - the only question is just whether you think that association matters, or if it'd be forgotten if it were a real person's name.
I personally think it'd be forgotten, and Mazarine wouldn't get any worse than the usual negative reactions to novel names. But if I loved it, the similar sound to Nazarene would probably put it on my "gp" list - because I think people would mishear it as Nazarene, and maybe even try to call her that. Also I just find Mazarine sort of harsh sounding - and Mazzy, too. It's sort of shabby chic... not ugly, just not my style. I think it's usable. People name little girls Saffron and Lavender and Paisley... surely Mazarine is okay, if those are.
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