the name Barbara

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

Apologies to people who might be offended but I really mean no harm, this hate only goes name-deep.

I was wondering if there are any redeeming qualities to the name Barbara but I couldn't come up with any. It's close to barbaric, barbarism, the french word 'barbarie' etc. and it doesn't even lend itself to nice nicknames. Barb reminds me of barbed wire, for example. Ouch. It doesn't sound nice (in my opinion) and sounds even worse with an American/Canadian accent when you pronounce the 'r'. Okay, so those last points were pretty subjective but you get the idea about the connotations.

Can anyone convince me?

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[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

I had an awesome grandmother and a terrible grandmother. The terrible one was named Barbara.