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[gaspardgroupie.livejournal.com]

A little boy in my shop today: Nero.

I think I saw a documentary which said that Nero was not really as bad as everyone thinks...but how many people will think 'omg the guy who had his mother murdered'. Or the the emperor who 'fiddled while Rome burned'?

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[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

pronounced NAY-ro it also means "black" (masculine version) in italian.
But it's not a name in italian, while Neri is (NEH-ree).
Anyhoo, Nero used to be a legit name for the Romans, so I can't really say it's a bad name, despite its bad connotations. I associate it mostly with Jesus.

[gaspardgroupie.livejournal.com]

I'm learning Italian at the moment so I did consider that. However, it's not pronounced like that at all, so that pretty much cancls it out. It's the Roman emperor for sure.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think "Nero? isn't that the guy from the Matrix? Oh wait, no."

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

hahaha that's exactly what I thought too.

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

I associate it with the emperor too! Mainly cos I used to think it was a cute name but then I looked it up.

And yes, like retrodancekitty said, it's also the adjective black in Italian.

[gaspardgroupie.livejournal.com]

Yep, it does mean 'black', but definitely not the way they pronounced it! I remember studying Nero in primary school and I think it's safe to say that he wasn' the nicest guy. He did have his mother murdered, after all!

[sanjam.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're Finnish? It means genius in Finnish ;P

[gaspardgroupie.livejournal.com]

That would be a pretty good name! They had english accents though, and all of the other children had typically english sounding names so I'm not so sure.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of the bad guy in Star Trek (2009). "Hi Christopher, I'm Nero" lol.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Me too! I think it is possible that we are dorks. :)

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Yay! =]

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

That is the first thing I thought of too. :P

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

me toooooo (but instead of that line, i think of the gag reel~ "NERO SHRIMP")

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Nero shrimp! Yes! XD