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Help[Opinions] Re: Shalom
in reply to a message by Needaname
Shalom for anyone seems silly. Yes, the meaning is good, but it also has another, more everyday meaning, which is as a greeting (Hello and also Goodbye). I love it when my Jewish friends greet me with Shalom, but hearing it on a person would be odd.
And, it's unusual as a given name, and I'm willing to bet that people hearing it would think they were hearing the more familiar Sharon instead.
I could be wrong, of course. Do you know any Israelis you could check with?
And, it's unusual as a given name, and I'm willing to bet that people hearing it would think they were hearing the more familiar Sharon instead.
I could be wrong, of course. Do you know any Israelis you could check with?
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I agree
I haven't even heard the greeting in real life, but it's engrained in my mind as so, and the idea of it as a name has always sounded strange to me.
I haven't even heard the greeting in real life, but it's engrained in my mind as so, and the idea of it as a name has always sounded strange to me.
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