[Opinions] Re: Amos or Hugh?
I don't like the sound of Amos, and it's what I think of as a fringe-biblical name, probably most used by people who read their Bibles with focused intensity. So I'd never consider considering it.I like Hugh a lot. Good vibrations - intelligent, thoughtful, diligent.Trouble is, in South Africa (some) Afrikaans-speaking people (sometimes) have great difficulty with the letter H. They often insert it where it doesn't belong, like pihano instead of piano, and/or they can't hear it when it is present. I had a colleague once named Hugh who was a notorious gossip; I mentioned something to an Afrikaans colleague once, and she was startled and asked me how I knew. I said "Hugh told me" and she looked even more astonished and said "No, I didn't!". Her English was very good, close to mother-tongue proficiency, but it let her down at that point. Hugo doesn't seem to have the same effect, for some reason, but I prefer Hugh.
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Amos or Hugh?  ·  Sparrow  ·  10/28/2020, 12:40 PM
Amos  ·  Zsófia  ·  10/29/2020, 1:50 AM
Re: Amos  ·  Sparrow  ·  10/29/2020, 1:10 PM
Hugh  ·  ari.  ·  10/28/2020, 10:52 PM
Re: Amos or Hugh?  ·  gigibee  ·  10/28/2020, 5:10 PM
Amos. (m)  ·  Raya  ·  10/28/2020, 4:52 PM
Re: Amos or Hugh?  ·  Pink Princess  ·  10/28/2020, 3:40 PM
Re: Amos or Hugh?  ·  Anneza  ·  10/28/2020, 2:15 PM
Amos (m)  ·  Wordsmith  ·  10/28/2020, 2:14 PM
Re: Amos (m)  ·  PrincessZ  ·  10/28/2020, 2:37 PM
Hugh  ·  Charlie Blue  ·  10/28/2020, 1:44 PM
Re: Amos or Hugh?  ·  Perrine  ·  10/28/2020, 1:17 PM
I don't know about aristocratic...  ·  noisynora  ·  10/28/2020, 1:37 PM
Actually...  ·  Pink Princess  ·  10/28/2020, 3:36 PM
Re: Actually...  ·  PrincessZ  ·  10/28/2020, 3:39 PM
Re: Amos or Hugh?  ·  Kerilyntaryn21  ·  10/28/2020, 1:05 PM
Hugh  ·  noisynora  ·  10/28/2020, 12:47 PM
Amos. Hugh sounds dated.  ·  guasguendi  ·  10/28/2020, 12:43 PM
I think both sound dated, but Amos is better imo nt  ·  PrincessZ  ·  10/28/2020, 12:47 PM