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It has been suggested to me that I change the name of my young hero from book two of FAERY REBELS (a.k.a. REBEL in the UK). I am told that for most British people, especially of the younger generation, the name "Timothy" is considered fairly radically uncool.

I don't mind Timothy's name being unpopular, because he was born to missionary parents and raised in Uganda, and him not fitting in with the cool kids in England is kind of the point. However, if it's going to make all my young readers in the UK gag and put the book down hastily the moment they see it (as I'd be tempted to do if the hero's name was, say, "Leslie") then I suppose I would be foolish not to take that into account.

So I'm doing a poll. The first question is specifically for UK readers, but for the second I'd be glad to hear from anybody.

[Poll #1398565]

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Date: 2009-05-12 04:47 pm (UTC)
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Hi

I posted in the poll so thought I'd add; Tim definitely better than Timothy -- otherwse raises the charcterisation question of why he doesn't shorten an old fashioned name, but I think Tim is unexceptional. Tom better than Thomas for similar reasons. Tom sounds less wimpy to me but more upper or upper middle class. then again I'm in my thirties and I think it's more common among todays kids of all classes than it would be among my contemporaries. I do know cnildren (mainly my friends' kids and under 8) called Tom who are not particularly upper crust.

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