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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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 Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:17 am Post subject: What name do you like better? |
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Just wondering what name you think is better. And why?
William is my first name, and Brent is my middle name. I've always gone by my middle name, but have been told that "William" is more marketable when it comes to being a musician or writer. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| Googled william got 318'000'000 results. Googled brent got 33'700'000 results. If the Internet is any measure of fame, go with "bill", it got 356'000'000 results. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| John - 934,000,000 |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| Call yourself "Brent and William" and get awesome photos taken by photo studios for both of your identities. It'll make yourself twice as attractive to women. Which, I believe, is the point of being a musician. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliam!
I like Brent better because it has a more pleasant sound (to my ear). I have a good friend called Will/William, though he was Bill/Billy years ago when I first met him. Nonetheless, I find William to be too Protestant sounding for my taste. Brent is a working class sounding name which is probably the reason you are being told that William is more marketable. |
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conrad2
Joined: 05 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Brent sounds like the past tense of an irregular verb. Somebody said it sounds working class but I think its more on the elitist side like Chad or Skip. Brent seems to be missing something. How about Brentwood or Brently. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Brent sounds like Bent.
It's one of those vacuous American names like Brad or Scott........William is much better. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I knew a redneck named Brent when I was in HS. He was a jerk and it's an awful name.
WB Surname is good too. |
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toniyellow
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Brent is redneck, but William is too old man. Will is the best I think.
If there is a good chance you will fail at writing, singing, whatever, I would go with Will/William because it is not what the people currently in your life know you as. If you crash and burn, you can go back to your backup career of english teacher, paper pusher, whatever, and noone will easily google your failed music career. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| I like the sound of Will(iam) Brent |
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Arthur Dent
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
Location: Kochu whirld
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:42 am Post subject: |
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Brent Spiner
William the Conqueror
Brent......Nope, can't think of anymore....
William Shakespeare |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
| I like the sound of Will(iam) Brent |
purely coincidental, but there's a character named William Brent in a book I just started reading. He's introduced as a poacher, and all around ne'er do well. |
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confucian
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave is good, because you could be included in the "These are the Daves I know" song. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| toniyellow wrote: |
| Will is the best I think. |
Will sounds like a gay guy. Willie sounds like a janitor. William sounds like a spoiled kid in short pants.
Brent sounds like a jock. Brentwood has a nice ring to it... for a suburb.
What kind of music is it? This is important. |
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