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Help[Opinions] Re: Tempest
in reply to a message by irene
The sound is great, but the meaning isn’t. Storm isn’t the best, meaning-wise (and it’s awful, sound-wise) but at least “storm” can apply to a friendly summer shower as well as a dangerous weather phenomenon.
Temperance has a nice sound, too, but it sounds preachy. It’s like Chastity in that it also sets her up for almost inevitable “failure” in a society like ours, and susequent jokes about that failure. A strong personality will be able to see the jokes for what they are, but an insecure person could interpret it as ridicule.
Temperance has a nice sound, too, but it sounds preachy. It’s like Chastity in that it also sets her up for almost inevitable “failure” in a society like ours, and susequent jokes about that failure. A strong personality will be able to see the jokes for what they are, but an insecure person could interpret it as ridicule.
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that's very true. i wouldn't use Temperance for that reason- as great a virtue as it is, you have to get angry sometimes, and the bearer will inevitably have to put up with reminders about the irony. which might be extra annoying when it's in response to her being angry, and so feel very belittling. many people may not even realize what the word means, though.
Chastity though is a whole new level. that's not even a virtue you can explain to a little kid (or well, what most Christian moms would be willing to explain), so she'll have to wait what, 12 years to know what her own name means? and once she and her peers know, it's so embarrassing, it reminds everyone who meets her about exactly what the word warns against. she'll think about and hear about it far more than she would if she weren't named that.
Chastity though is a whole new level. that's not even a virtue you can explain to a little kid (or well, what most Christian moms would be willing to explain), so she'll have to wait what, 12 years to know what her own name means? and once she and her peers know, it's so embarrassing, it reminds everyone who meets her about exactly what the word warns against. she'll think about and hear about it far more than she would if she weren't named that.
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