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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I must be peak DCUM because these are the best names I’ve seen on a thread. [/quote]

You’re just so used to them, they sound familiar and fine. That’s not the same as “liking” them to most people. You’ve just accepted them like we accept other cultural mainstays. These names are dull. They may be safe. But they’re the equivalent of khakis and a navy blazer.[/quote]

What clothing do you think people wear in law offices and country clubs?[/quote]

I go to both, and not that. And the segment that does isn’t classic or was oh, just stuck shopping at BB because it’s easy. It’s very DC. That’s the point. [/quote]

So people don't wear navy blazers and khakis at law firms and country clubs, except for the people who do, but they didn't mean to? Sorry you've lost the plot. It's ok to not like classic names [b]but they're classic for a reason. [/b][/quote]
Classic to whom?[/quote]

The millions and millions and millions and millions of people who chose them. 
Sorry but Braxleigh just isn't my cup of tea! You do you girl![/quote]

Your logic doesn’t run here. Millions of people chose to buy Ford Taurus cars. That does not make them classic cars. Sorry. It makes them cheap and common.

Also, as a heads up. 
Not everyone is a white anglo Saxon khaki pants lover. The world is a bit more diverse than that. [b]They’re classic to a subset of people.[/b] And not all of these names, at all. Elizabeth and Katherine, okay. They’re played out but sure, classic. [/quote]

How can they be classic to a subset of people and also ubiquitous, your other complaint? Either they are niche and only appealing to WASPs or they are dull because they are cultural mainstays. Which is it?[/quote]

Well, if you live in a waspy area, they’re the main names. That doesn’t make them the universally appreciated names. [/quote]

Except that these names are top 10. In the whole country. In all of America, these are the most popular names. So that would make them pretty universally appreciated names. That's how...math works.

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi[/quote]

I work at a school in an area with actual diversity. 1/3 of those names on the list aren’t in my school at all, and of the ones that are, there is only one kids with those names. There are maybe 5 pairs of kids in the entire school who share the same name, if that.

The universe is a lot bigger than WASP America, ya know. [/quote]

OMG. For the last time: when a name is in the top ten names that means that it appeals to many, many more people than "WASP America". Or you do think there are only two groups in this country: WASPS and the kids you teach? How many WASPS do you even think there are? Enough to account for all of the children of five of these top ten names? What planet are you on? [/quote]

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