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in reply to a message by AshJ
I like the name alright, but I hear it a whole lot, so it seems pretty unremarkable to me. The John of the late 20th c.
I prefer it spelled Shawn, but that's probably because whenever I run into a Sean/Shawn/Shaun I think of the three guys named those spellings who were *all* in my sixth grade class... and Shawn was the cute, cool one. Sean is ultra preppy.
Sean Patrick is a great combo for that spelling.
- chazda
I prefer it spelled Shawn, but that's probably because whenever I run into a Sean/Shawn/Shaun I think of the three guys named those spellings who were *all* in my sixth grade class... and Shawn was the cute, cool one. Sean is ultra preppy.
Sean Patrick is a great combo for that spelling.
- chazda
This message was edited 4/19/2006, 12:27 AM
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Thanks for the feedback =). Do you think Sean Patrick is a bit too common?
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Depends what you mean by "common."
It doesn't sound mediocre, if that's what you mean. My image of Sean is that it's very sharp, suave, & preppy, but modest - doesn't "try too hard." Patrick fits with it as a middle name just right - by that I mean, it's not striking. It's predictable because it sounds good.
It does seem sort of generically Irish-English-popular-namey. I'm not sure that's any drawback, though - that's just a matter of preference. Of the names I think of as popular, I suppose Sean is one of the cooler-seeming ones. Not Hollywoody, but leaning slightly that direction. Much cooler, and less mediocre, than, say, Tyler or Joshua.
My impressions of it might not apply so much in New Zealand, I have no idea! Maybe the name Sean is not popular there, or has some totally different image for NZ'ers. But, for whatever it's worth, that's my view from here.
- chazda
It doesn't sound mediocre, if that's what you mean. My image of Sean is that it's very sharp, suave, & preppy, but modest - doesn't "try too hard." Patrick fits with it as a middle name just right - by that I mean, it's not striking. It's predictable because it sounds good.
It does seem sort of generically Irish-English-popular-namey. I'm not sure that's any drawback, though - that's just a matter of preference. Of the names I think of as popular, I suppose Sean is one of the cooler-seeming ones. Not Hollywoody, but leaning slightly that direction. Much cooler, and less mediocre, than, say, Tyler or Joshua.
My impressions of it might not apply so much in New Zealand, I have no idea! Maybe the name Sean is not popular there, or has some totally different image for NZ'ers. But, for whatever it's worth, that's my view from here.
- chazda
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