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Baby names
Max alliteration
Wombat222 · 21/01/2023 19:16
I’m going in circles and returning here over and over again. I also sort of asked this a couple of months ago - sorry, didn’t quite get clarity.
Max Marshall - yes or no?
Feel free to give one word answers - I realise the alliteration is either loved or hated! I’m going to tot up the votes because I just cannot decide.
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 23/01/2023 17:36
And you’re saying that in your accent the name Max Marx would sound like the same word twice?
Pinkdafodils · 23/01/2023 17:44
Yes in my (European) accent the two 'a's are pronounced exactly the same.
DuchessOfSausage · 23/01/2023 17:50
@ZoyaTheDestroyer , Matins and Martins sound the same when we say it. It's regional.
pairofrollerskates · 23/01/2023 17:53
Love it! I'm all for a bit of alliteration: I have an illiterated (as opposed to illiterate!) DS myself!
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 23/01/2023 17:54
I’ll take your word for it. I grew up in Liverpool and spend a lot of time in Manchester and Bury so I’m more familiar than most with the accents and dialects of NW England but that’s a new one on me.
ShesThunderstorms · 23/01/2023 18:00
Absolutely yes. Why would it be a no? I don't understand!
DuchessOfSausage · 23/01/2023 18:16
@ZoyaTheDestroyer , but Liverpool and Manchester is not all of the NW.
They won't sound the same in many accents but they sound similar in mine.
ThomasinaLivesHere · 23/01/2023 19:05
Is Marshall the surname or middle name?
It’s a yes from me either way but just curious
oviraptor21 · 23/01/2023 19:08
I'm a no.
The x ending going on to the M surname is a bit of a mouthful.
CodewordRochambeau · 23/01/2023 19:13
DuchessOfSausage · 23/01/2023 17:50
@ZoyaTheDestroyer , Matins and Martins sound the same when we say it. It's regional.
I am NW born and bred and really struggling to hear this! Can you give me an example of someone famous with the same accent, please? I am driving myself mad!
Great name combo, OP.
DuchessOfSausage · 23/01/2023 19:37
I can't think of anyone famous with my accent. I don't particularly think I have one but am told I do. Max Marshall sounds a bit of a tongue twister and sounds like MacSmarshall.
If OP likes it then don't let me put her off. I know a few Mark Mc[surname]s but despite Mark and Mac sounding very similar - in my accent - I generally like the names.
hiredandsqueak · 23/01/2023 19:40
Max has always been a name I've loved but couldn't use because because of he M surname so for me it's a no.
ShesThunderstorms · 23/01/2023 20:10
hiredandsqueak · 23/01/2023 19:40
Max has always been a name I've loved but couldn't use because because of he M surname so for me it's a no.
But why couldn't you use it with an M surname? Genuinely curious! One of my kids has the same initial in their first and surname, and a few friends and friends kids do too. I've never heard this being a thing that you shouldn't do!
hiredandsqueak · 23/01/2023 20:16
Because it sounds clunky. Dsis has a son with an alliterative name as his Dad does and his Grandfather and none of them flow even though they all have different first names.
Pinkdafodils · 23/01/2023 20:48
The ending of Max runs into the M of Marshall - Mac Smarahall.
This happens less with names ending in consonants for example Reuben Marshall
Wombat222 · 23/01/2023 22:31
DuchessOfSausage · 23/01/2023 17:50
@ZoyaTheDestroyer , Matins and Martins sound the same when we say it. It's regional.
Oh interesting! I’m NW myself and haven’t heard this but gd to know
Wombat222 · 23/01/2023 22:31
everythingsapickle · 23/01/2023 21:06
Hmm I think I agree with
Agree with the poster above you?
Wombat222 · 23/01/2023 22:33
ThomasinaLivesHere · 23/01/2023 19:05
Is Marshall the surname or middle name?
It’s a yes from me either way but just curious
surname!
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