[Magdalen] Interesting Names Redux.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I find *many* names bequeathed in the last 30 years amusing, and I don't 
mean that in a derogatory way either. Some are amazingly clever in uncommon 
ways, others are whimsical, and others are spelled in ways that indicate 
phonetic adaptation. My own mother has an amusing name, possibly from the 
era before her birth and amazingly common in the Caribbean (who knew?), 
where my grandmother had never set foot. Sometimes I just laugh out loud, 
never in front of anyone, but if I read or hear about the name second hand.

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Georgia DuBose" <gdubose at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 2:48 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Interesting Names Redux.

> Sorry, folks, and especially David, for snark. (I still don't think
> the name is amusing.)
>
> I have been listening to all the lily-white folk out here on the
> Pacific NW coast making snide comments about names like Kiara and
> Keisha (not ALL--but enough comments to make them memorable) and those
> being the possessors of names like Gladys and Maude--seriously.
>
> My perceptions of what is an appropriate name and what is amusing is
> formed by my cultural norms--unless I can intentionally turn those
> off, and realize that every name had to have someone who had it first,
> who may have been laughed at by the nearest Osric for being Oswald.
>
> Georgia+
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think it's a fine name, and why is it amusing, and why should she
>> need to understand the meaning of diamond tiara, since that is not her
>> name.
>>
>> The post sounds condescending to me.
>>
>> Georgia+
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I am amused at the new aid-in-attendance for my partner.
>>>
>>> Her name is.......Tiara Diamond.
>>>
>>> She doesn't wear a diamond tiara at work, and, in fact, doesn't
>>> seem to understand what a diamond tiara is.
>>>
>>> It's probably better that way.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David S.