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[petitpapillion.livejournal.com]

Tuscarora. What do you think? I personally am trying to talk my friend out of this name. It sounds to me like someone took the words Tuscany and Aurora and smashed them together.

Am I just off my rocker, or is it an awkward name? Any ideas on how to make it better?

Comments

[tableforfour.livejournal.com]

it's pretty horrible.
i dont see any way to make that better...sorry

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

it sounds like the cross between a car and a disease. Maybe just use Arora?

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's just...not good.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Um... Tuscarora is a Native American tribe. I would say, not a good choice for a person's name. :-\

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Depending on the part of the country where the friend lives versus where the tribe lives, this name could be both ugly and possibly culturally insensitive. A double bonus.

I only joke about naming my kids after Native American words. My favorites are rivers: Humptulips, Stillaguamish, Dosewallips, Duckabush. That would be a fun naming theme.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Awww, I love my baby Okefenokee.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

exactly.. though I did hatch a baby box turtle once and named it Tuscarora. heehee.

[xpaniic.livejournal.com]

Nope. Don't like it.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

It reminded me of Tuscany as well. And it just doesn't sound right. Talk her out of it! ;)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Haha sorry, but it's ridiculous, I hope you can get your friend to see that.
"Tusk" is a disgusting sound for the beginning of the word... and "tuscarora" sounds like Tusk-o-rama or something like that... it's just such a mishmash of unpleasantness

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It sounds to me like "Please try our famous tuscarora ribs!"

[silver05.livejournal.com]

There's a restaurant near me called Tuscarora grill. I forget how decent it is, but that's what it makes me think of.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

The "tusc" bit makes me think of walruses...and then I think that the Tuscarora could be a tribe of walrus-people in some weird fantasy/sci-fi thing.