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Help[Opinions] Re: Sigalit
in reply to a message by Caprice
oooH i just came across the related name Sigalia the other day, and was thinking of posting about it.
i really like Sigalit and all related names (Sigalia, Sigal, etc), and would use it irl if the kid had any connection to Jewish culture.
about it sounding like......."cigar lit"........or whatever: i think a LOT of the comments on this site about a name sounding like x random word(s) are ridiculous. even if Sigalit was pronounced that way*, who would mistake it for "cigar lit"? those words don't even make sense in that order! does anyone even use cigars nowadays???? i mean, seriously!! if i was a little kid with that name, and someone said that to me, i'd probably laugh. it's like saying, "Anthony sounds like 'ant knee', so i could never use it!"
* other problems on this site/with people in general: assuming non English names go by English pronunciation rules, despite them being very unique from other language's rules. and associating a non English name with English word(s), despite how random the words and vague the resemblance, because imagining that other languages exist is soooooo hard.
i really like Sigalit and all related names (Sigalia, Sigal, etc), and would use it irl if the kid had any connection to Jewish culture.
about it sounding like......."cigar lit"........or whatever: i think a LOT of the comments on this site about a name sounding like x random word(s) are ridiculous. even if Sigalit was pronounced that way*, who would mistake it for "cigar lit"? those words don't even make sense in that order! does anyone even use cigars nowadays???? i mean, seriously!! if i was a little kid with that name, and someone said that to me, i'd probably laugh. it's like saying, "Anthony sounds like 'ant knee', so i could never use it!"
* other problems on this site/with people in general: assuming non English names go by English pronunciation rules, despite them being very unique from other language's rules. and associating a non English name with English word(s), despite how random the words and vague the resemblance, because imagining that other languages exist is soooooo hard.
This message was edited 1/29/2018, 5:01 AM
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