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Help[Opinions] I love it
in reply to a message by Amara L.
It's totally beautiful. Also I adore the meaning of Panteleimon, so maybe I'm biased. It's a mouthful to be sure, but a really nice mouthful.
I think Panteleimon would be ok on a pet. Extremely Pullman-esque, but if you like him, then it's all good.
I think Panteleimon would be ok on a pet. Extremely Pullman-esque, but if you like him, then it's all good.
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Speaking of pets, isn't this (or similar) the name of the girl's daemon in 'the Golden Compass'?
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Sorry, can't be bothered to log in. But yah, which was one of my problems with using it as a pet name in that it seems that people are going to automatically think any theoretical kitty is named after that and possibly go 'yeah, you know that that's a pet cat, not your familiar or something, right? *cough*' or something... I dunno...
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Ah. (ETA)
I wondered why Panteleon kept running through my head. I thought it was the surname of someone that I had met in the past. Thanks for clearing that up.
So Panteleimon makes more sense now. I love the meaning. It flows well with Anna (what doesn't?). But the masculine thing is tugging at me. (ETA: Strike that. I reread the OP and see that it was Anna Pantelejmona. Much better.)
I wondered why Panteleon kept running through my head. I thought it was the surname of someone that I had met in the past. Thanks for clearing that up.
So Panteleimon makes more sense now. I love the meaning. It flows well with Anna (what doesn't?). But the masculine thing is tugging at me. (ETA: Strike that. I reread the OP and see that it was Anna Pantelejmona. Much better.)
This message was edited 5/31/2011, 10:59 AM
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I think the thing that makes it feel mismatched to me is that it feels like it was chosen as something to add to Anna to make it more than just Anna (you know, like Anna + Name or Maria + Name) and they chose something religious and obscure and a little OTT. Or they liked Pantelejmona, thought it a little out there and added Anna in front to make it seem more normal. I guess it's a feeling I get more if it's seen as a double name rather than name and middle name and can't quite place it. I don't know the girl or the family, so I guess I should be less uppity.
The Pullman reference is a trilogy of books he wrote called His Dark Materials. It sticks in my mind as the first place I came across the name Panteleimon, which can't have helped matters, haha.
The Pullman reference is a trilogy of books he wrote called His Dark Materials. It sticks in my mind as the first place I came across the name Panteleimon, which can't have helped matters, haha.
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