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seekingsister
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quote: Originally posted by HCH: On the other hand, I have heard of Wednesday Addams, Tuesday Weld, Billy Sunday, Joe Friday, Fredric March, June Allison, Dan August and January Jones. (Some of those are fictional characters.)
Tuesday Weld's birth name is actually something quite common (if I could be bothered to Google), she changed it. Interestingly though she played the unusually named Thalia (pronounced "THAY-lee-a") Menninger on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." I've never heard of anyone with that name and pronunciation - I know some Talias ("TAH-lee-a" or "tah-LEE-a"). I wonder if it was common in the 1950s or if it was made up for the character.
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Firenze
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Thalia was the Muse of Comedy (she and Melpomene are usually representedby the laughing/crying masks). So unusual, but not made up.
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Phin Aaronson
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When my daughter was younger I threatened to change her name to that of her great-great-great grandmother: Boudica, who was then called Dicey. On the boys' side I would suggest Zelophehad (from Numbers 26-27) as a difficult mouthful. He had daughters too.
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seekingsister
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quote: Originally posted by Firenze: Thalia was the Muse of Comedy (she and Melpomene are usually representedby the laughing/crying masks). So unusual, but not made up.
I was wondering if the pronunciation used for that character was made up, rather than the name.
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L'organist
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I know someone with the name Thekla - you don't find many of those in semi-rural England
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North East Quine
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There was a Thekla von Somebody in the Chalet School books, one of the very few girls to be expelled from the Chalet School.
I loved all the European names of the Chalet girls - when I was about 12, I wanted to have as many children as Joey Bettany and name them with gorgeous Chalet School names; I was particularly taken with Simone.
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daisydaisy
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If you have twins try to give them different names, unlike the babies Nathan and Nathaniel that I met. I heard later that their baby brother was called Jonathan.
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Athrawes
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I've just spent a week teaching twins - Easter and Esther. Lovely girls, but by 3 hours into the first day I wanted to Tatoo their names onto their foreheads.
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balaam
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I have come across a few women called May or June as a middle mane, but only one with the middle name September.
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anoesis
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It's been a while since I looked at this thread, but for some reason I awoke this morning with a name in my head that no-one should inflict on a helpless child: Ermengarde. I don't know, I'm sure someone will be along to tell me it's the name of a saint or something, but it sounds like the name for a piece of military or industrial equipment, like a fume hood or something, not a name for a person...
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Chorister
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Ermengarde sounds like a compilation name made from Ermintrude and Hildegard - neither of which I'd wish upon a child. Although, Magic Roundabout apart, neither of which are as awful as calling a child Brunhilde or Jezebel.
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Coa Coa
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I knew a woman whose name was "Delight" but she disliked it so much she was always known as …Winnis
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Penny S
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Ermengarde sounds like a blending of Ermentrude and Hildegarde because all three are what is called dithematic names, cobbled together out of shorter words with, not always, any regard for the overall meaning.
Ermen - whole garde - protection trude - beloved Hilde - battle
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Pearl B4 Swine
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The name Blodwyn was sneered at, earlier here. I liked it a lot, as she was the mother of a dear boyfrind of mine. There was Welsh on both sides of the family.
My high school class had a "Sandy Beach". It wasn't Sandra , it was really Sandy.
Also knew (of) a "Rose Bush". Don't know if was her maiden name, or married name.
Otherwise-educated persons often refer to "John Hopkins", which makes me wince. Even NPR people make this mistake. Being a Baltimoron, I've always known it is Johns Hopkins University, or hospital. Ive even seen it in print as John's Hopkins.
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The5thMary
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From Georgia Boy, quote: (Of course, they tend to get called Sissy or Puss if female, or Bubba, Buddy or Sonny if male.)
My wife's mother was a bit of a bossy little thing when she was a kid growing up in North Georgia. All her cousins called her "John", which I don't get. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call her "Butch"? Is that a Southern thing?
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