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Do you think that you can get used to almost any name?

112 replies

Sparring · 17/07/2021 14:51

No matter how strange it may appear at first?

Just thinking of people I've known with unusual names. It didn't take more than a day or two to get used to them.

Examples being a man called Fudge. Another called Elton. (I thought of Elton John for a day or two then it was just his name.) A girl called Sunday. One called London.

Does it take you long to get used to unusual names?

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MrsJones92 · 19/07/2021 17:47

Yes I think pretty much any name you can get used to and just associate with that person although I think there are some exceptions to the rule when they are a bit too 'out there'

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 18/07/2021 17:37

Yes, if you see someone regularly enough you don't really think about their name anymore imo - even if it's something very unusual, it's just a word you associate with them . To me it's like the names of anything - say a "table" or "chair", you don't think about it at all imo unless it is new to you because it's a foreign language, but after regularly using the word you soon get used to it.

PaulaPetunia · 18/07/2021 12:07

Pretty much.

KirstenBlest · 18/07/2021 12:06

No.Some names just say 'WTF were the parents thinking?'

Violetlavenders · 17/07/2021 23:42

Once I associate a name with a person it becomes that person. A name simply identifies a person. Not the other way round!

Figgygal · 17/07/2021 16:09

Nope to me if a names ridiculous it always will be

Kanaloa · 17/07/2021 16:07

Although now I think of it I used to look after a little girl named after a game of thrones character and although I got used to it I still had occasional moments where I thought what a name to be stuck with.

BillyRaywasapreachersson · 17/07/2021 16:06

Mostly, although I taught a King David and that took more than a bit of getting used to.

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2021 16:06

I've known LOADS of people with very unusual names and I've always gotten used to it very quickly. It's their name and that's it, surprise over.

Woolywolf · 17/07/2021 16:04

Some I can never get used to and grate on me every time. Some I do get used to, but would still hate to be called/wouldn’t call a child one because although people may get used to it quickly it could always be awkward everytime they introduced themselves to someone new.

Kanaloa · 17/07/2021 16:00

Probably. I knew a girl named Gold, and although we did keep singing the Spandau Ballet song it didn’t seem an odd name once I’d know her a few weeks.

Hellocatshome · 17/07/2021 14:57

Nope once I've used it a few times it just becomes their name.