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Help[Opinions] Re: Male sibsets
in reply to a message by Frappuccino
Theodore and Sebastian (Theo and Seb) - a good sibset; convincing.
Tyler and Calix - means nothing to me; doesn't stay in my memory for a moment.
Roberto and Olivier - neither is English, but they aren't from the same language. Robert and Oliver would be fine; not these.
Joseph and Isaac - very good; rather too biblical for me to use.
Elijah and Cyrus - neither sounds pleasant; also very biblical.
Levi and Ezra - Levi is too denim, Ezra is too Pound. Not a good set, in spite of the biblical theme.
Dakota and Atlas - well, they're both geographical I suppose! Both seem silly to me, and worse when they're together.
Alistair and Clement - don't really go together, but Clement doesn't go with anything really! I like Clemency for a girl.
Hugo and Oscar - Oscar is very Wilde; Hugo and Oswald would please me better.
I like Sebastian, Joseph, Alistair and Hugo. I gave my son Alastair as his second mn. I might have used Joseph and Hugo, given enough sons; I wouldn't have used Sebastian, because there are so many names I like better.
Tyler and Calix - means nothing to me; doesn't stay in my memory for a moment.
Roberto and Olivier - neither is English, but they aren't from the same language. Robert and Oliver would be fine; not these.
Joseph and Isaac - very good; rather too biblical for me to use.
Elijah and Cyrus - neither sounds pleasant; also very biblical.
Levi and Ezra - Levi is too denim, Ezra is too Pound. Not a good set, in spite of the biblical theme.
Dakota and Atlas - well, they're both geographical I suppose! Both seem silly to me, and worse when they're together.
Alistair and Clement - don't really go together, but Clement doesn't go with anything really! I like Clemency for a girl.
Hugo and Oscar - Oscar is very Wilde; Hugo and Oswald would please me better.
I like Sebastian, Joseph, Alistair and Hugo. I gave my son Alastair as his second mn. I might have used Joseph and Hugo, given enough sons; I wouldn't have used Sebastian, because there are so many names I like better.
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Denim is the fabric that blue jeans are made of. Levi jeans are a brand that became so famous that instead of saying 'jeans' one could say 'Levis', just as instead of saying 'vacuum cleaner' we say 'Hoover' even if it's a different brand.
Ezra Pound was an American poet om the first half of the 20th century, and a friend of TS Eliot. He later developed political opinions that were unpopular and was assumed to be mentally ill; perhaps he was. But his best poetry is really good.
Ezra Pound was an American poet om the first half of the 20th century, and a friend of TS Eliot. He later developed political opinions that were unpopular and was assumed to be mentally ill; perhaps he was. But his best poetry is really good.
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Pound is difficult, and he wrote in ways that were very modern a century ago, so his work doesn't have the meaning or the shock value it once did. Try this:
In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
The style is called Imagist; you can see it's like a photograph - just a single moment without any context.
In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
The style is called Imagist; you can see it's like a photograph - just a single moment without any context.
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