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Help[Opinions] I don't see . . .
in reply to a message by Starla Roxanne
. . . that there's much one *needs* to know about Myrrh to be considered sufficiently informed to use it in a child's name. I'm sure they know that it's incense, that it was used in Biblical times for annointment, and that it's pronounced MER. I think anyone who's been exposed to the word in context would know that.
When you get down to it, most people know about that much, or even less, about the word names that they give their children.
How many parents of girls named Violet know how many petals a violet has, or what its Latin name is? How many kids named Drake have parents who are experts on ducks? How much, for that matter, do your parents know about the chemical composition of stars?
I don't see any need to get all elitist about their level of knowledge with so little evidence available.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
When you get down to it, most people know about that much, or even less, about the word names that they give their children.
How many parents of girls named Violet know how many petals a violet has, or what its Latin name is? How many kids named Drake have parents who are experts on ducks? How much, for that matter, do your parents know about the chemical composition of stars?
I don't see any need to get all elitist about their level of knowledge with so little evidence available.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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