tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post7846747256636668998..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Question of the WeekBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-47919552451512312612011-03-30T19:14:04.097-07:002011-03-30T19:14:04.097-07:00Names:
Molly - Betty Megan (Mary Margaret) would h...Names:<br />Molly - Betty Megan (Mary Margaret) would have been Mary Louis with this nickname if Prof. Vue de Plane hadn't heard some awful rhyme about Molly Brown going to town in his misspent youth.<br /><br />A few of the names I loved but couldn't use became the names of my miscarried angels.<br />Matthew Lawrence - unfortunately this 1st name is my brother who molested my sister when little.<br />Philomena - my mother hounded me to name Betty Ariel this but I thought she'd get teased. So I named a little one I lost this name. Little did I know that Disney was about to wipe out the originality of this name. And Ar took Philomena as her confirmation name and wants to name a daughter this. LOL Go Figure.<br /><br />Gemma- I always liked this but liked others more. So I suggest it for G-Daut #1. #1 Son scoffed. DIL liked Emma and he didn't. He thought I made Gemma up and was pandering. He wanted all Celtic names (shades of the Pomfrey parents) picked Keelin (Anglicized version of Caoilfionn - all the O's and F are silent, I guess!) And as Keelin has D.S. the simplified spelling was a good call! We call her Kee Kee!<br />The other two are Big Bro Aidan and Baby Brynn.<br />Celilia was my grandmother's name and I picked that for my confirmation name. <br /><br />I don't do much self talking, but I do random sing quiet a bit, and that gets as many odd looks in public!BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-34665081234540672612011-03-30T14:48:22.065-07:002011-03-30T14:48:22.065-07:00I really liked the name Jocasta (all right, by the...I really liked the name Jocasta (all right, by the third girl, I was running out of girls names) until hubby reminded me who Jocasta was. Struck that one off! <br /><br />As for talking to myself, I think it's a perfect way to work through a problem. Hearing something said out loud tends to give it perspective.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604612970156243425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-52437579637223447042011-03-30T09:43:25.977-07:002011-03-30T09:43:25.977-07:00Welcome, Betty Artemis (Pig?)! I think Betty woul...Welcome, Betty Artemis (Pig?)! I think Betty would love the name Artemis. Or, have I forgotten that she has used it?<br /><br />I once had a teacher who said he always talked to himself because he enjoyed intelligent conversations.<br /><br />As my older three point out to the baby, if we hadn't had her then a new dog would have gotten her name--when she has lost their stuff for the umpteenth time they are wont to point out that they got the raw end of the deal not getting the dog.Betty JoDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552570070311742671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-76753672341153973882011-03-30T08:36:13.442-07:002011-03-30T08:36:13.442-07:00I am so happy I found this blog!
I talk to myse...I am so happy I found this blog! <br /><br />I talk to myself all the time. And I love old fashioned names for girls...alas, as the mother of boys, I have to use my girlie names in the romance stories I write in my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-284625265651218872011-03-30T07:50:49.084-07:002011-03-30T07:50:49.084-07:00At some point, I will find a way to write about an...At some point, I will find a way to write about an Amelia. Gosh I love that name.Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-8791966987080543232011-03-30T07:47:50.750-07:002011-03-30T07:47:50.750-07:00My father, when I was pregnant, never hoped to swa...My father, when I was pregnant, never hoped to sway me in any way about names so it was all the more surprising when he commented on a list I was thinking over. He said, 'Not Cecelia. Too close to Celia.'--I think he had an aunt and some not fond memories...Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-73531393010111919442011-03-30T05:27:14.889-07:002011-03-30T05:27:14.889-07:00It's funny. I seem to pick really "norma...It's funny. I seem to pick really "normal" names for my characters: Alice & Elizabeth (twins) whose nicknames are Lissa and Libby (they named each other as kids), Rand (short for Randall), Phil, Jack, Dan, Elise and Meghan. Of those, maybe Rand and Elise are odd.<br /><br />One author, Julie James, gives all her heroines "guy" names: Peyton, Jordan, Taylor, and Cameron. And not just "guy" names, but FOOTBALL guy names.<br /><br />But mostly, I find that authors these days go for the sorts of names they wish they or their beloveds had: Zach, Cord, Colton, Damian, Gia, Samantha, Ariana, etc.<br /><br />The one thing I know I can never do is name a character after my mother, who was in turn named after her grandfather. She hated the name "Josephine" and swore she'd haunt anyone who used it! I could probably go for a character named "Jo" without bothering to say what "Jo" was short for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-70023446933848953872011-03-30T05:11:26.336-07:002011-03-30T05:11:26.336-07:00I love Maude, yes, Maude.
I realize it is hopele...I love Maude, yes, Maude. <br />I realize it is hopelessly old-fashioned to most people, but it makes me think of lovely turn of the century Gibson girls with big hats.<br />I also love Eleanor (again with the old-fashioned names) and there's quite a few spunky women in history with that name. Unfortunately there was also a very unpopular member of my family with the same name. She's passed on, but using that name would be a slap in the face to all the people who put up with her for years.<br />Also, I talk to myself all the the time. It works. Hope all the van Voorhees are feeling better!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364220221782320521noreply@blogger.com