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Help[Opinions] Re: Spring
in reply to a message by Millie
It is a name, though. There was an actress named Spring Byington, who was given the name when she was born in 1886. It's in the BtN database, and it was in the US top thousand from 1975 through 1979, though granted no higher than #624.
Will, Tad, Frank, Chad, Nick, Mark, Grant, Don, and Bob are all words, also, and the last five are verbs.
I understand not liking it because it just makes you think of the meaning of the verb. That's one of the reasons I hate Frank--it makes me think of unappetizing boiled hot dogs. But that's different than saying it doesn't work as a name. I can see saying that if someone asked about a word that has no history of being a name, but Spring does.
Will, Tad, Frank, Chad, Nick, Mark, Grant, Don, and Bob are all words, also, and the last five are verbs.
I understand not liking it because it just makes you think of the meaning of the verb. That's one of the reasons I hate Frank--it makes me think of unappetizing boiled hot dogs. But that's different than saying it doesn't work as a name. I can see saying that if someone asked about a word that has no history of being a name, but Spring does.
This message was edited 12/16/2017, 12:24 PM
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