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in reply to a message by Genevieve
Elphaba is a GP of mine, and if the little girl doesn't like it she can always go by Ellie, so I don;t see it as being too tragic. That being said, I have two main problems with Elphaba:
First, it sounds like elephant and alphabet, which has already been mentioned. That doesn't bother me, but I suspect a lot of girls won't like the connection.
Second, giving kids bizarre names after characters you like always seems like a mistake to me. What happens when your interest in this fictional world inevitably wanes? Will you still like the name? Will it sound even more ridiculous over time? For example, I feel like a lot of people who have named their daughter Khaleesi are going to regret it someday.
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“Violence, in truth, recoils upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit he has dug for another." - Sherlock Holmes, The Speckled Band
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First, it sounds like elephant and alphabet, which has already been mentioned. That doesn't bother me, but I suspect a lot of girls won't like the connection.
Second, giving kids bizarre names after characters you like always seems like a mistake to me. What happens when your interest in this fictional world inevitably wanes? Will you still like the name? Will it sound even more ridiculous over time? For example, I feel like a lot of people who have named their daughter Khaleesi are going to regret it someday.
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“Violence, in truth, recoils upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit he has dug for another." - Sherlock Holmes, The Speckled Band
BTN's Resident Historian
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