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Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on January 28, 2021, 12:01:59 AMQuote from: LordBlumiere on January 27, 2021, 07:13:00 PMSpeaking of names--poor Gypsy! D: I've taken to calling her Tambourine; it might not be original, but at least it's not terrible. And someone should have told the naming team at Hasbro that Pillow Talk is a bad name for a pony...I don't think kids would necessarily think those names mean anything bad or inappropriate but Floater maybe...I didn't think anything was inappropriate about Pillow Talk as a kid, but I did think it was a stupid name. I remember a vague conversation with my mom about it, with her explaining something to the effect of it meaning when friends talk after lights out at a slumber party. Considering she comes as part of a slumber party set, this was a believable enough explanation to me, but as an adult looking back, I find it amusing that she felt the need to explain it to me out of the blue.As for Gypsy, well, we didn't have her here in the states, but as a kid I only had positive associations with the word Gypsy; I loved the Fleetwood Mac song 'Gypsy' as a kid and to me the word brought up images of a beautiful dancing woman with long hair, beads, flowing clothes and a tambourine; colorful travelling wagons that were portrayed on TV. I suppose here in the states, only the glamorous parts of the culture are what translated over, at least to me. I can't speak for all American children of course, but the name would have seemed innocent enough. I'm not even sure when the cultural shift happened to where it became an unacceptable word; I know as recently as a decade ago my stepdaughter dressed as a gypsy for Halloween with social impunity, and my stepson has a friend who is actually named Gypsy...she is only 18 or 19...I imagine things might be rough going for her in the future.
Quote from: LordBlumiere on January 27, 2021, 07:13:00 PMSpeaking of names--poor Gypsy! D: I've taken to calling her Tambourine; it might not be original, but at least it's not terrible. And someone should have told the naming team at Hasbro that Pillow Talk is a bad name for a pony...I don't think kids would necessarily think those names mean anything bad or inappropriate but Floater maybe...
Speaking of names--poor Gypsy! D: I've taken to calling her Tambourine; it might not be original, but at least it's not terrible. And someone should have told the naming team at Hasbro that Pillow Talk is a bad name for a pony...
Quote from: kingluke on January 27, 2021, 03:06:58 AMI already answered, but Barnacle. It's just such an unfortunate name. I think I'll call him Treasure chest or something. Anyone got name suggestions?Captain? Buccaneer?Dubloon?Coffer?Hornswaggle?Privateer?Scallywag?Seadog?There are lots of fun pirate terms that would make for fun names.
I already answered, but Barnacle. It's just such an unfortunate name. I think I'll call him Treasure chest or something. Anyone got name suggestions?
Sugar Sweet - The colours needed to be stronger. The pastel pink doesn't work with the green imo!
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on January 28, 2021, 05:59:05 AMQuote from: Artemesia's Garden on January 28, 2021, 12:01:59 AMQuote from: LordBlumiere on January 27, 2021, 07:13:00 PMSpeaking of names--poor Gypsy! D: I've taken to calling her Tambourine; it might not be original, but at least it's not terrible. And someone should have told the naming team at Hasbro that Pillow Talk is a bad name for a pony...I don't think kids would necessarily think those names mean anything bad or inappropriate but Floater maybe...I didn't think anything was inappropriate about Pillow Talk as a kid, but I did think it was a stupid name. I remember a vague conversation with my mom about it, with her explaining something to the effect of it meaning when friends talk after lights out at a slumber party. Considering she comes as part of a slumber party set, this was a believable enough explanation to me, but as an adult looking back, I find it amusing that she felt the need to explain it to me out of the blue.As for Gypsy, well, we didn't have her here in the states, but as a kid I only had positive associations with the word Gypsy; I loved the Fleetwood Mac song 'Gypsy' as a kid and to me the word brought up images of a beautiful dancing woman with long hair, beads, flowing clothes and a tambourine; colorful travelling wagons that were portrayed on TV. I suppose here in the states, only the glamorous parts of the culture are what translated over, at least to me. I can't speak for all American children of course, but the name would have seemed innocent enough. I'm not even sure when the cultural shift happened to where it became an unacceptable word; I know as recently as a decade ago my stepdaughter dressed as a gypsy for Halloween with social impunity, and my stepson has a friend who is actually named Gypsy...she is only 18 or 19...I imagine things might be rough going for her in the future.I don't think the word Gypsy means anything bad in the UK but I may be wrong (getting old). The key point for me is that it's definitely a traditional name for a pony, and horses and ponies are often named after their breeders like maybe Arab, Percheron, Andalusian etc? So maybe that's why? I guess like anything it can be used as a bad word if that's the way someone says it. I used to get called 'Pear' and 'Chair' because they rhyme with Claire; both inoffensive words however... children can be mean!!! To me, the word Gypsy does represent a certain romantic stereotype so maybe that could be unhelpful sometimes. This thread is making me feel very nostalgic about G1. I have always thought there is something slightly 'off' about the intention behind a lot of Hasbro toys for different reasons but I love them all the same.