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I'm not asking whether it has to be. When I hear the name Ned, I think of hillbillies. Ruth says it's just me. I think that at the very least, it's a stupid name.
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No. And I can say this, because I know a lot of hicks. Ned is more of an overweight businessman who vacations in Vegas.
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Probably not hick like Cletis; maybe only bordering on white trash. Lower middle class, maybe? Truck driver?
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Ned is the name of a turn of the century homeless boy who does a good deed for a millionare and ends up very rich, usually by marrying the millionare's daughter.
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Okay, here's the real crux of the argument: I'm reading A Game of Thrones right now, and I think that Ned is a stupid name for a hero. It's not a name that I associate with leadership and heroism. Ned is the name of a stablehand or kitchen scullion or something like that.
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I think it's just you. Edward is a great name for a hero, and Ned is a common nickname for Edward.
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quote: Edward is a great name for a hero, and Ned is a common nickname for Edward.
Oh, Edward (or Eddard, in the book) is a great name for a hero, but the nickname just sounds dumb to me. Would anyone have respected King Richard if he had gone by Dick?
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Oh dang, I thought you and Ruth were trying to decide on some names that you both liked *cough* and you got in a huge argument over Ned because Ruth is madly in love with the name and has childhood dreams of bestowing that name on a son. *sigh* But, 'twas not to be. You were just reading a stupid book.
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Actually, what I think of when I hear Ned is Mr. Stark. A Song of Ice and Fire has changed any view of the name I might have had before Posts: 3636 | Registered: Oct 2001
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See, I think "Ned" as the name of one of the kids in Louisa May Alcott's book "Jo's Boys", so I think of a well-mannered boy who may be overcoming difficulty with the help of a Professor and his wife.
I read a lot of Victorian children's books in the sixth grade.
I think I may need to read some R.L. Stine to make myself mainstream. *shudder*
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jexx- That was the first thing that came to mind for me too. Sort of the stereotypical Louisa May Alcott male character.
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quote: Okay, here's the real crux of the argument: I'm reading A Game of Thrones right now, and I think that Ned is a stupid name for a hero. It's not a name that I associate with leadership and heroism. Ned is the name of a stablehand or kitchen scullion or something like that.
I have the same feeling about my name. Nathaniel, perhaps as a tragic hero, but I loathe that name too much. Nathan, or Nate, just sounds like some dude filling up space.
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Ned is the name of a guy who dated a girl who dated a guy that I dated and then my sister dated a guy who dated that same girl. That's the main person I think of as Ned. The idea that it's a hick name is off the wall, to me. But then, I picked three different names for my daughter and my husband shot them all down because he thought they sounded "loose".
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He seems to be loveable and jovial. 
