Opal

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your thoughts on the name Opal? I like it's vintage feel and the fact I've never met one

I have never met an Opal either, I don’t think it would be a popular choice as Opals are gem stone considered to be bad luck.

Pearl is also nice

Fruit.

I don't like it

The reason you haven't met one is that it isn't a name

Ive never met an Opal either. I like it.

Love love love Opal!

Steven Universe!

It's a pretty name, not too 'out there', more interesting than Pearl.

It's nice but all I know about opals is that they're meant to be bad luck.

Fruit

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Oh the old sweets from the 90s, yeah cause today's kids will pick up that reference 🙄

@coulditbecominghome Starburst sweets used to be called Opal Fruits back in the 90’s. It was the first thing I thought of too! I actually think Opal is quite pretty though, but I wouldn’t choose it if it’s associated with bad luck.

Opal Fruits.

Sorry @coulditbecominghome, I cross posted with you.

It's very nice.
And ridiculous to say the gemstone is bad luck

Older people will sing 'made to make your mouth water' everytvery time the child introduces themselves.

I like it op. Opal is my birth stone so I don't think of opal fruits at all in spite of being the right age

@Nitgel

Older people will sing 'made to make your mouth water' everytvery time the child introduces themselves.

Why would an adult behave that way?

Older people will sing 'made to make your mouth water' everytvery time the child introduces themselves.

why would older people do that?

I think it's nice, similar to Pearl. Gems are not my style, but nice enough.

I also think of Opal Fruits, but it's not as if that's bad really...

@QueenAdreena I was a kid then but I would just think of the Gem personally.

It's a car...

I think it's lovely and I've never met one either

The car is Opel.

I don't love it but I can't see a problem with it.

The number of people who would (a) know that very old advert and (b) think it was funny to sing the jingle* will be vanishingly few by the time a child born in 2021 or 2022 is growing up.

*My Dad, for example - sigh

Made to make your mouth water