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Help[Opinions] Re: Hunter
in reply to a message by Lily
I think it's fine. It doesn't sound pretentious like most surname names do (Chase, Maddox), and doesn't sound doggy-eager like most occupational surname names do (Cooper, Sawyer). To me it sounds sort of rustic, and makes me think of a person who is at least not overfed.
The thing I don't like is that the T tends to get dropped. People don't say Hun-Ter. They say Hun'er. It comes off sounding sorta slick. IMO. I don't think Hunt makes a good name at all. But if Hunter were a name I wanted to use, I couldn't care less if animal rights softies were bothered by the mere idea of people hunting. Animals are hunters too, ffs.
The thing I don't like is that the T tends to get dropped. People don't say Hun-Ter. They say Hun'er. It comes off sounding sorta slick. IMO. I don't think Hunt makes a good name at all. But if Hunter were a name I wanted to use, I couldn't care less if animal rights softies were bothered by the mere idea of people hunting. Animals are hunters too, ffs.
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My impression of Hunter is at least as pretentious, well-fed, and doggy-eater as all of the other popular surname names down here, but that's subjective, I guess. I also hate the way it sounds, which is also subjective, T or not, and since it's as unappealing to me as all of the other surnamey names I find myself rolling my eyes at the choice of hunting as imagery for it.
My comment is supposed to be about the friggin T sound, which is impossible to deal with. Hunner is just how you would say Hunter in my dialect. Any other way is a falsehood. But: Hunner sounds awful. I can't bring myself to do it. It just sounds terrible! and incorrect to boot. So whenever I talk about people I know in my life named Hunter, I go out of my way to artificially pronounce the T, and I sound artificial and ridiculous. I hate being coerced into making that stupid choice! Just because someone chose to give their kid a dumb name and I have to interact with that dumb-named kid however many years later!
My 2c, worth not much more than that.
My comment is supposed to be about the friggin T sound, which is impossible to deal with. Hunner is just how you would say Hunter in my dialect. Any other way is a falsehood. But: Hunner sounds awful. I can't bring myself to do it. It just sounds terrible! and incorrect to boot. So whenever I talk about people I know in my life named Hunter, I go out of my way to artificially pronounce the T, and I sound artificial and ridiculous. I hate being coerced into making that stupid choice! Just because someone chose to give their kid a dumb name and I have to interact with that dumb-named kid however many years later!
My 2c, worth not much more than that.
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I met one Hunter in Texas and he was probably the biggest influence on what I think of the name. He was supposed to be taking care of a house I was renting, for my asshole invisible landlord. He was a handyman living paycheck to paycheck ... a cool guy, not unattractive, but possibly had mental health or drug issues? lol. So, to me the name doesn't seem pretentious. It suited him somehow. He wore flannels.
Hunner... yep. BUUT, it's almost distinguishable from if the name were actually "Hunner," right? It doesn't exactly rhyme with "runner." There's a teeny tiny stop, it feels a wee bit different to say ... uh ... okay, maybe not. ugh
It still bugs me though, and so does every other damned surnamey name that has a stop instead of a T sound. Peyton, Trenton, Bentley, Quentin, Quinton. Somehow, Martin does not bug me ... because it's not surnamey to me, it doesn't have that slick vibe.
And don't get me started on Carder and Porder. =P
Hunner... yep. BUUT, it's almost distinguishable from if the name were actually "Hunner," right? It doesn't exactly rhyme with "runner." There's a teeny tiny stop, it feels a wee bit different to say ... uh ... okay, maybe not. ugh
It still bugs me though, and so does every other damned surnamey name that has a stop instead of a T sound. Peyton, Trenton, Bentley, Quentin, Quinton. Somehow, Martin does not bug me ... because it's not surnamey to me, it doesn't have that slick vibe.
And don't get me started on Carder and Porder. =P
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I've been muttering to myself, and the T is still there for me.And I wasn't trying. A different accent, must be. (extreme east-coast Canada.)
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Same here
T's I usually say, though other things manage to escape me.
Hunter is alright. I don't find it offensive, or overly endearing. It's better than a lot of names I've seen recently. Along the same line, however, I love Gunnar. I love it for its place in Norse legend and its meaning. The gun sound just so happens to be there.
T's I usually say, though other things manage to escape me.
Hunter is alright. I don't find it offensive, or overly endearing. It's better than a lot of names I've seen recently. Along the same line, however, I love Gunnar. I love it for its place in Norse legend and its meaning. The gun sound just so happens to be there.
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I agree about Gunnar. Spelled with an A. It doesn't make me think of guns. It just sounds like a heroic old Scandinavian name. It bugs me to see "Gunner" though.
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