[ SECRET POST #2359 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2359 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Except that Jaime, like Joffrey, is a real name?

Your point is interesting, but for anyone living in the US, have you seen what American parents are calling their kids nowadays? Even when they choose normal first names, they often spell it differently than you'd expect (eg, Alysse?! What's wrong with Alice, so the kid doesn't end up spending half her life spelling it each time she gets asked, to the badly hidden amusement of whomever is filling in a form?)

They are not Mary Sues or Gary Stus for God's sake, they are real people: just give them innocuous names so they don't get bullied!

When it comes to first names, the key is NOT to choose anything too original - unless you are writing fiction.

I have no real problem with GRRM using a well-known fantasy naming convention in his fiction, but I admit it irritates me to see the same IRL.

Don't get me wrong, I am fine with people renaming themselves whatever they want - it can make make them look ridiculous, but it's their own choice. But I hate to see parents doing it to innocent kids - and you'd be surprised how difficult it is to try to rectify your legal first name or even simply shorten it to initials when you are an adult and realize what the problem is.