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Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 year agoNobody’s saying that it’s a made-up name. Just that it’s really stupid. It’s the name of a housewife during the Great depression
Holzkohlen@feddit.de 1 year ago
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I don’t see what’s wrong with the name. What’s bad about housewifes¹ during the Great Depression? Those people have had their lives we could respect like we do Billies or Gretas today too.
¹Apart from gendered division of unpaid labour and care
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It was just a way of saying its an old persons name.
sorter_plainview@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Since I am not from the western hemisphere, I find it difficult to understand what is wrong with the name. Is it just that it sounds bad? Or any other reason?
bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It has several negative sound associations to me: mildew, dread, mild. It sounds stale and bland.