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Help[Opinions] Reginald
What do you think of the name Reginald? Even just as a name in general (so it doesn't have to be your impression on someone named Reginald in this century or whatever, but just as a whole - if you want to share that too, feel free!)
It's a name I've been considering for a character, but I'm sort of on the fence about it. I do like how it sort of reminds me of Archibald and Ichabod, though.
It's a name I've been considering for a character, but I'm sort of on the fence about it. I do like how it sort of reminds me of Archibald and Ichabod, though.
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Reginald is a perfect example of a P.G. Wodehouse name: so stuffy it's cute. And I love the idea of Rex as a nn for it. Win-win.
Archilbald is another Wodehouse-esque name. Ichabod is silly and fun as well, although I get more of a colonial American vibe, as in Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow. The potential nn Icky is what keeps me from embracing the name Ichabod fully.
Archilbald is another Wodehouse-esque name. Ichabod is silly and fun as well, although I get more of a colonial American vibe, as in Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow. The potential nn Icky is what keeps me from embracing the name Ichabod fully.
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It's not bad, and I like. It's got a handsome sound to it, and I love the nn Reggie. :)
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Reginald is very stuffy to me. Reggie softens it a bit for me, and makes me like it a bit more. It's one of those names I'd expect to see either on a nobleman or a business tycoon in the past, someone wealthy and perhaps powerful, and but now I'd picture it more on a teenage kid playing basketball, I guess because I can't see anyone using Reginald now, and I get that impression more from Reggie.
Archibald is a somewhat similar feel to me, though a bit more of a military vibe, whereas Ichabod to me is completely different, more obscure.
Archibald is a somewhat similar feel to me, though a bit more of a military vibe, whereas Ichabod to me is completely different, more obscure.
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I think it's the most foppish name there is.
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That sounds like a fun thread: Name the most foppish name you can think of. :-)
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I wouldn't expect to meet a living Reginald! But I enjoy the kind of 1920s novels in which pleasant but dim young Reginald people play golf in plus-fours and finally get engaged to the heroine, who has seen their potential and will make something of them.
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My great Grandad was called Reginald. I always thought it sounded a bit stuffy and pompous. He went by Reg which I don't like because it makes me think of cars. I do think Reggie is quite cute, though, and would fit in with the trend of nicknames for old fashioned names, e.g., Freddie, Archie, Alfie
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I really don't like it.
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Yuck. It's like a typical nerd name that people would make fun of here. If they introduced a character on The Big Bang Theory named Reginald (unless one already exists, IDK) it would fit in easily.
Regggggggggggggiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaalddddddddddd. Yeah, it doesn't have a pleasant sound to me. It fits nicely with Archibald, which I don't like either, though it is fun to say. I do like the nn Reggie. It's cute, even if it's ripe for "wedgie" jokes.
I love Ichabod!
Regggggggggggggiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaalddddddddddd. Yeah, it doesn't have a pleasant sound to me. It fits nicely with Archibald, which I don't like either, though it is fun to say. I do like the nn Reggie. It's cute, even if it's ripe for "wedgie" jokes.
I love Ichabod!
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