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Post by Scott on Aug 28, 2019 3:20:00 GMT
So, my mother introduced me to this woman who works at the senior center. The woman said her name was George. I said hello. Then she said that her name wasn't really George, but it was some sort of inside joke with people who forgot her name. I don't remember her real name.
I didn't tell her this, but I assumed that she was like Nancy Drew's friend George.
It was like the time I got a phone call from a municipal employee named Iola.
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Post by mamabear on Oct 19, 2019 18:43:49 GMT
Hah! I wonder if she was a fan of the Nancy Drew books?
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Post by JD on Oct 21, 2019 4:04:45 GMT
I always assumed George's real name [in the Nancy Drew books, which I didn't read anyway] was probably Georgia or Georgina, or Georgianna.
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Post by mamabear on Oct 21, 2019 6:58:33 GMT
I always assumed George's real name [in the Nancy Drew books, which I didn't read anyway] was probably Georgia or Georgina, or Georgianna. I think it actually says in one that it is Georgia. But I could be imagining that. I am pretty sleep deprived lol. |
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Post by Scott on Feb 26, 2021 7:07:34 GMT
Something from the internet somewhere: The British prince has certainly sparked a spike for this boys' classic. But in the late-1800s, it was the 350th most popular name for girls. (It was actually far more popular than more feminine-sounding derivatives like Georgette or Georgina at the time.)
There's a British prince names George?
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Post by Scott on Feb 26, 2021 7:20:42 GMT
Oh, and there was also this talking about Elizabeth as a boy's name: As long as the Social Security Administration has kept data, this biblical classic has also been popular for boys. It's been on the charts since at least 1900 — long before the birth of Queen Elizabeth II — and was in the top 1000 male names as recently as 1989. If you want to see the others, here's the link: www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a36214/baby-names-popular-opposite-gender/ |
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Post by Sofia on Mar 6, 2021 17:48:55 GMT
Wow, this is really recent! And, yes, George's real name is definitely Georgia
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Post by Scott on Mar 10, 2021 3:34:14 GMT
I've said this before but I thought it was a weird coincidence that Leslie Howard, an actor with a unisex name, played Ashley Wilkes, a character with a unisex name, in Gone With the Wind.
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Post by mamabear on May 23, 2021 22:08:22 GMT
I would've never thought of Elizabeth as a boy's name. That's crazy.
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Post by Scott on Jun 23, 2021 5:50:08 GMT
Someone asked long ago what we thought the Hardy Boys' middle names were. I think I said that for the original 1920s Hardy Boys, Frank's middle name was probably Rhinelander and Joe's was Susan just because it was a different time. And Susan really is a unisex name. From the internet: Records indicate that 1,702 boys in the United States have been named Susan since 1880. The greatest number of people were given this name in 1957, when 97 people in the U.S. were given the name Susan. Those people are now 63 years old.
I guess by "people" they meant boys.
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Post by JD on Jun 24, 2021 22:20:12 GMT
Sorry, don't agree with you.
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Post by mamabear on Jun 25, 2021 4:16:14 GMT
Someone asked long ago what we thought the Hardy Boys' middle names were. I think I said that for the original 1920s Hardy Boys, Frank's middle name was probably Rhinelander and Joe's was Susan just because it was a different time. And Susan really is a unisex name. From the internet: Records indicate that 1,702 boys in the United States have been named Susan since 1880. The greatest number of people were given this name in 1957, when 97 people in the U.S. were given the name Susan. Those people are now 63 years old.
I guess by "people" they meant boys.
I wonder if that was the inspiration for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue"? |
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Post by Scott on Jun 27, 2021 4:45:57 GMT
I met a woman named Lloyd once. Turns out that's a unisex name.
That occurred to me, too, about "A Boy Named Sue".
Didn't the boy named Sue have a middle name he could have used? Couldn't he insist on being addressed by a nickname, like "Patches" or "Ice Pick"?
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Post by mamabear on Jul 15, 2021 5:33:35 GMT
I met a woman named Lloyd once. Turns out that's a unisex name. That occurred to me, too, about "A Boy Named Sue". Didn't the boy named Sue have a middle name he could have used? Couldn't he insist on being addressed by a nickname, like "Patches" or "Ice Pick"? Maybe, but from what I gather, his dad didn't give him much leeway with his name. And maybe he wasn't creative enough to come up with his own nickname lol. |
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