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#1: Did EBD dislike the name Catherine? Author: Sliver, Location: Birmingham

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:26 am
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Just sent youngest child off to nursery so decided to reactivate my interest in Chalet School after being a lurker for a few years.

My question is that in Exile, Joey says she would like to have called one of the triplets Clare but she couldn't think of a single other "decent" name beginning with C. Well what's wrong with Catherine or Caroline? I have lots of relatives called Catherine from around the 20s and just wonder why it wasn't considered. Was it a working class name?

Apologies if this has come up before but it has been bothering me since 1977!

#2: Author: Lottie, Location: Humphrey's Corner

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:31 am
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The only Catherine I remember in the series is Kat Gordon. I always assumed that EBD always thought of the name as spelt with a K rather than a C, unlike my mother who always assumed that Catherine was the correct spelling, and was quite surprised when I found my name spelt in many other ways!

#3: Author: Mona, Location: Hertfordshire

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:38 am
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Being a Kathryn myself, like Lottie I always assumed EBD thought of the name as being spelt with a K.

#4: Author: Carys, Location: London

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:50 am
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The thing that always amuses me about Joey saying this is that she later names one of her daughters Cecilla after the Robin. I wonder why she didn't think of that as a name when she was looking for names beginning with C.

And of course Joey does eventually end up with a baby named Clare, though spelt Claire, I wonder if EBD did this on purpose?

#5: Author: KB, Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:59 am
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Interestingly, the only Catherine in the series with that spelling is once-mentioned Catherine Leonard in Summer Term. With alternate spellings, there is a Katherine Rutherford at St Hilda's (Feud), Katharine or Kitty Lucy (La Rochelles and some Chalets), Katharine James (Tom) and Katharine Gordon (Wrong onwards). The name Katharine is also mentioned in Lintons in the naming party for Sybil.

In her other books, it does come up in Thrilling Term at Janeways, being the name of 'My Lady Catherine, wife to Richard'. An alternate spelling is mentioned in the same book in reference to Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife. His first, Katharine of Aragon, gets a mention in Trouble at Skelton Hall. There may also be other mentions in books that have not yet been transcribed.

#6: Author: Fiona Mc, Location: Bendigo, Australia

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:37 pm
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Carys wrote:

The thing that always amuses me about Joey saying this is that she later names one of her daughters Cecilla after the Robin. I wonder why she didn't think of that as a name when she was looking for names beginning with C.

That always bugged me too especially as she loves Clare as a name, calls another daughter Con and then could have called her third Cecilia after the Robin then. She would have had her three C names

#7: Author: Fatima, Location: Sunny Qatar

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:44 pm
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Maybe she wanted three with a hard C at the start; Cecilia is a different sound, so perhaps that's why she didn't go for it.

#8: Author: JayB, Location: SE England

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:41 pm
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Imagine the confusion when they grew up if they'd all been 'Miss M.C. Maynard'. They'd all be forever opening each others' correspendence.

#9: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:33 pm
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Especially as it would be addressed to Miss M. C. Maynard.

#10: Author: Billie, Location: The south of England.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:56 pm
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It's confusing enough that they're all Mary. That confused me a bit. Obviously it's to emphasise Jo's catholicism, but it seems a bit odd to me to use the same first name for triplets. And pointless, too, because it can never be used.

#11: Author: Sliver, Location: Birmingham

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:06 pm
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Just thought she could have had

Mary Clare
Mary Constance
and

Mary Cornelia!

#12: Author: Alex, Location: Cambs, UK

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:26 am
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Later on she does pitch on Carlotta when asked to pick a name for Frieda and Bruno's daughter, so she could have had Claire, Constance and Carlotta.

#13: Author: Carys, Location: London

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:00 am
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I don't know if Joey actually choose Carlotta herself, I think she was given a choice between Carlotta and something else, can't remember what exactly.

#14: Author: macyrose, Location: Great White North (Canada)

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:53 pm
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In Changes, Frieda and Bruno ask Jo to chose their second daughter's second name. Jo sends them a list of three names, Carlotta, Anna and Simonette, and hopes they'll chose Carlotta since Bruno's middle name is Carl. Perhaps Jo (or EBD) thought Carlotta would be too "foreign" a name for one of her own (Jo's) children.

#15: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:07 pm
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I always thought that was very nice of Joey - to send them a choice of three. I'd be quite nervous if someone else was to choose a name for my child and at least they had the final say.

#16: Author: Mel, Location: UP NORTH

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:11 am
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I will always think of Carlotta as the name of the circus girl at St Clare's

#17: Author: Frogize, Location: Perth, Western Australia

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:22 am
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Mel wrote:

I will always think of Carlotta as the name of the circus girl at St Clare's

Me, too, Mel!!

And I had to change the order of my second daughter's names so she didn't end up with the same initials as her sister!

#18: Author: Caroline, Location: Manchester

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:53 am
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My question is that in Exile, Joey says she would like to have called one of the triplets Clare but she couldn't think of a single other "decent" name beginning with C. Well what's wrong with Catherine or Caroline?

Speaking as a Caroline, I have to say there's nothing wrong with it! But I do think that it was probably seen as an old fashioned or older person's name when EBD was writing. I was named after my great grandmother, born in the 1880s...

Tis a source of great regret that my only CS namesake is Caroline Sanders, though - she's hardly a person to be proud of.... Hmmm. Must get around to reading Caroline the Second one of these days. My GGB copy is lurking somewhere....

#19: Author: Holly,

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:52 pm
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Billie wrote:

It's confusing enough that they're all Mary. That confused me a bit. Obviously it's to emphasise Jo's catholicism, but it seems a bit odd to me to use the same first name for triplets. And pointless, too, because it can never be used.

I think that at the time the rule for Catholic baptisms was that a saint's name had to be used. I'm not sure if it's still technically a rule, but it doesn't seem to be enforced anymore.

As far them all being Mary goes, if you think that's bad, the year one of my aunts was born was a Marian year so all the girls born in the parish that year were supposed to be named for the Virgin Mary; her class was full of Marys, Máires, Marias, Marians, etc.

#20: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:21 pm
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Wasn't Marie Antoinette (Maria Antonia) one of about ten sisters (or maybe it wasn't quite that many!) who all had Maria as a first name? And their mother was Empress Maria Theresa to boot!

ETA - actually 11 sisters, all with Maria as a first name Rolling Eyes

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#21: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:33 pm
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Holly wrote:

Billie wrote:

My uncle was born in a Marian year and his name is Joseph Mary. Shocked

#22: Author: JackieP, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:50 pm
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Holly wrote:

if you think that's bad, the year one of my aunts was born was a Marian year so all the girls born in the parish that year were supposed to be named for the Virgin Mary; her class was full of Marys, Máires, Marias, Marians, etc.

Reminds of the class register in Mary O'Malley's play Once a Catholic - a class of around 24 girls - 23 Mary's and a Maria...

JackieP

#23: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:39 pm
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I also went through some classes in which almost everyone had some form of Mary in their official name. Few of them were actually called plain Mary, though I remember a Maria or two. Some went by middle names or had the Mary concealed there to start with, but many others used doublets: Mary Debra, Mary Julia, Mary Kate, Marielsa.... Mary-Lou would have been right at home. Note that this phenomenon wasn't just Catholic, and wasn't limited to Mary. For example, in one Protestant branch of my genealogy, every single male was named John. All but one per generation used a middle name for every day.

#24: Author: Holly,

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:36 pm
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Kathy_S wrote:

I also went through some classes in which almost everyone had some form of Mary in their official name. Few of them were actually called plain Mary, though I remember a Maria or two. Some went by middle names or had the Mary concealed there to start with, but many others used doublets: Mary Debra, Mary Julia, Mary Kate, Marielsa.... Mary-Lou would have been right at home. Note that this phenomenon wasn't just Catholic, and wasn't limited to Mary. For example, in one Protestant branch of my genealogy, every single male was named John. All but one per generation used a middle name for every day.

Another thing that can lead to a name becoming very common is a new pope; there seem to be a lot of men in Ireland called John Paul born in the late 70s.

#25: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:11 pm
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Should we expect lots of Benedicts shortly? Smile

#26: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:04 pm
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Jean-Marie in French or José Maria in Spanish doesn't sound unusual at all (to me!): it's just in English that Mary as a male name seems a bit unusual. Which is very illogical really Confused

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I seem to recall seeing somewhere that Benedict had shot up on the "most popular names" list for the U.K. over the last couple of years. And I know that there were a lot of John Pauls born c. 1978. (I once knew a lad who was called John Ross because his mum was obsessed with Dallas, and his teachers were always calling him John Paul by mistake.)

Are we ever told where Joey's sons got their names from? (Except in that short story which I've forgotten the name of ... the one featuring various members of Jack's family with the same names as the Maynard boys!)

#27: Author: Rosalin, Location: Swansea

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:15 pm
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Was it Joey's convict?

Several of the boys' names seem rather random. Stephen and Charles were the Maynard boys who died in childhood, I think. I guess Geoffrey had some sort of significance in the Bettany family since Rix is Richard Geoffrey.

Whilst giving children names with no significance other than the parent's likeing them is fine, the clan do seem to go around using family names quite a bit. Philippa was the one which really surprised me, especially as the other set of twins had themed names.

Peggy's son being Alan was another one which was quite unexpected.

#28: Author: Fiona Mc, Location: Bendigo, Australia

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:09 am
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Rosalin wrote:

Whilst giving children names with no significance other than the parent's likeing them is fine, the clan do seem to go around using family names quite a bit. Philippa was the one which really surprised me, especially as the other set of twins had themed names.

You should read Clover of the What Katy did series. She and Elsie both have kids, a boy Geoff and a girl Phil. Wonder if EBD had read them

#29: Author: Miss Di, Location: Newcastle, NSW

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:36 am
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Frogize wrote:

Mel wrote:

I will always think of Carlotta as the name of the circus girl at St Clare's

Me, too, Mel!!

I'm afraid that I always think of a drag queen. That's what Carlotta is famous in Australia as.

#30: Author: Sugar, Location: second star to the right!

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:28 am
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My Dad's brother has a wife called Julie, a daughter called Ann and a daughter called Julie-anne!!!!!

I can see the reasoning for Benedict being more popular now than previously... I actually think its nicer than Benjamin, I wonder does the same thing happen when someone gets cannonised? Will Teresa be popular in a few years?

I think names can be strange things, all sorts of things influence people. I had a child in one of my classes called Johnny Reggae! And quite often there is a glut of Kylies/Jasons/Brittanys and in the past I know Queen Victorias children popularised names.

#31: Author: Fiona Mc, Location: Bendigo, Australia

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:10 am
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Sugar wrote:

I think names can be strange things, all sorts of things influence people. I had a child in one of my classes called Johnny Reggae! And quite often there is a glut of Kylies/Jasons/Brittanys and in the past I know Queen Victorias children popularised names.

My mum had a set of twins named Kylie and Craig and the next brother was called Jason. They were all teenagers when the whole Kylie and Jason thing started and Craig Mclaughlin was huge on Neighbours too. I'm sure they were relieved Mum hadn't called the twins Kylie and Jason instead. Laughing

All on the luck of the draw Wink

#32: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:40 am
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I feel sorry for all the Britneys who were born in the last few years. She's hardly someone you would want to be named after at the moment...

#33: Author: Caroline, Location: Manchester

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:35 am
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Sugar wrote:

I can see the reasoning for Benedict being more popular now than previously... I actually think its nicer than Benjamin, I wonder does the same thing happen when someone gets cannonised? Will Teresa be popular in a few years?

I'm afraid that, for me, Benedict always makes me think of Dirk Benedict, of A-Team fame.

Oh dear. That's a really sad (and dating!) admission!

Embarassed

#34: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:23 am
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Eggs Benedict.

I knew someone whose grandmother was named Mary, she named her daughter Maria, and when Maria had a daughter she named her Mary. We all called her Marry, because that's how her family pronounced it to distinguish her from her mother and grandmother.

In my ex's family, all the girls had to be called Ann after their grandmother, so - Barbara Ann, Helen Ann, Donna Ann.

#35: Author: JackieP, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:27 am
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Jennie wrote:

Barbara Ann,

Are you sure this one wasn't after the Beach Boys song.... Laughing

JackieP

#36: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:45 am
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No, she was born before the song came out. Alas!

#37: Author: JayB, Location: SE England

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:27 pm
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Jennie wrote:

In my ex's family, all the girls had to be called Ann after their grandmother, so - Barbara Ann, Helen Ann, Donna Ann.

And I expect poor Donna became Donnarann, friend to Laura Norder, who is always in the news.

#38: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:39 pm
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Exactly, Barbarann, Helenann, and Donnarann. it wasn't until I aw their names written down that I understood them.

Mind you, in my family, we had an Aunt Sarellin, whose real names were Sarah Ellen.

#39: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:50 pm
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Jennie wrote:

Mind you, in my family, we had an Aunt Sarellin, whose real names were Sarah Ellen.

That sounds wonderfully Gone With The Wind-ish Very Happy

#40: Author: macyrose, Location: Great White North (Canada)

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:56 pm
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In the Keeping Days books by Norma Johnston there's a chacter called Saranne, short for Sarah Anne. Unfortunately every time I read her name I can't stop mentally adding "wrap" after it. Rolling Eyes

I've always liked the name Careen (short for Caroline Irene) from Gone With the Wind.

#41: Author: jenah, Location: Canada

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:41 am
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Fiona Mc wrote:

You should read Clover of the What Katy did series. She and Elsie both have kids, a boy Geoff and a girl Phil. Wonder if EBD had read them

I always assumed they were named after Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet. But then I'm a medieval literature nut. Smile

#42: Author: Fiona Mc, Location: Bendigo, Australia

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:02 am
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jenah wrote:

Fiona Mc wrote:

You should read Clover of the What Katy did series. She and Elsie both have kids, a boy Geoff and a girl Phil. Wonder if EBD had read them

I always assumed they were named after Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife Philippa Roet. But then I'm a medieval literature nut. Smile

That actually makes a lot more sense

#43: Author: Holly,

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:32 am
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Kate wrote:

Should we expect lots of Benedicts shortly? Smile

And possibly Benedictas. Some parents may just put the boys down as Ben, though.

Kate wrote:

I feel sorry for all the Britneys who were born in the last few years. She's hardly someone you would want to be named after at the moment...

I'd lay odds that there are also a few little Buffys, Xenas, etc, running around out there. Of course, the celebrity craze for unusual names seems to be catching - Apple or Fifi or Pixie might be cute for a toddler, but do you really want to be answering to it when you're seventy?

#44: Author: Torri, Location: Connecticut

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:56 am
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Holly wrote:

Honestly, I wouldn't call a dog that. (To quote Joey rather randomly there!)

The names thing is interesting -- I was one of three Victoria's in my grammar school class, and all the other Vickis/Vickys/Victorias I've known around my age are all younger than me -- baby Vicki had been born on Eastenders, and my name jumped in popularity -- much to my mother's disgust!

#45: Author: Holly,

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:24 am
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Torri wrote:

Holly wrote:

Honestly, I wouldn't call a dog that. (To quote Joey rather randomly there!)

One problem with naming a kid after a TV show or celebrity, etc, is that while their name is recognizable when they're tiny, once the show's cancelled and forgotten, or the celebrity is washed up the poor kid is left with a rather embarrassing story about how they got their name.

"Britney? Well, see there was once this singer that my mom really liked but then she went through a bad patch and ended up... yada, yada, yada."

#46: Author: JayB, Location: SE England

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:02 am
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And if you're named after a celebrity or popular fictional character, everyone will always know, to within a few years, how old you are. (The first Kylies must now be in their early twenties.)

#47: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:01 pm
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Just imagine what people will think when these Kylies, Jordans etc. are celebrating their 100th birthdays.

#48: Author: Lulie, Location: Middlesbrough

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:25 pm
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The late Queen Mother was known as Buffy, certainly as a child, but possibly even into adulthood.

Maybe she ran around Glamis Castle vanquishing a ghost or two? Laughing

#49: Author: JayB, Location: SE England

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:32 pm
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Banquo's ghost, presumably?

#50: Author: Rosalin, Location: Swansea

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:10 pm
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There is a legend about a monster of Glamis. I think it was supposed to be the deformed son of a former Earl or something. I have a feeling there are other ghost stories associated with the castle as well, but all of the relevant books are at my parents'.

#51: Author: Holly,

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:45 pm
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Lulie wrote:

The late Queen Mother was known as Buffy, certainly as a child, but possibly even into adulthood.

And the Queen was Lilibet - nicknames are one thing, but can you imagine having Buffy on your driving licence, passport, job applications, wedding invitations, etc?

#52: Author: Sliver, Location: Birmingham

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:00 pm
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I also noticed how all of Joey's friends seem to name one of their children after her:

Marie : Josefa
Frieda: Carlotta Josephine
Elisaveta: Jose
Madge: Josette

etc.

But not Simone, perhaps she was offended by Joey's remarks on the small size of her family, (only 4).

Joey did not seem to want to name any of her children after her friends though.

#53: Author: Carys, Location: London

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:04 pm
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It says in Future that Simone wanted to name her youngest daughter after Jo but Jo didn't want her to because "She had too many children named after her already!"

#54: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:17 pm
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I can understand someone naming a child after their sister or one of their best friends, but it's a total mystery to me why Maisie Scott née Gomme, whom I don't think ever even had a conversation with Joey, named her daughter after her!! And I don't really understand why Joey named one of her daughters after Con Stewart, to whom she wasn't nearly as close as she was to Marie, Frieda, Simone or even Juliet or Grizel.

#55: Author: Holly,

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:17 pm
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Alison H wrote:

I can understand someone naming a child after their sister or one of their best friends, but it's a total mystery to me why Maisie Scott née Gomme, whom I don't think ever even had a conversation with Joey, named her daughter after her!! And I don't really understand why Joey named one of her daughters after Con Stewart, to whom she wasn't nearly as close as she was to Marie, Frieda, Simone or even Juliet or Grizel.

Maybe EBD wanted Joey's kids to have English names - although I have to say, all the Marys got tiresome. Was Cecil called Mary Cecilia or Cecilia Marya does anyone know?

#56: Author: Lulie, Location: Middlesbrough

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:28 pm
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Holly wrote:

Maybe EBD wanted Joey's kids to have English names - although I have to say, all the Marys got tiresome. Was Cecil called Mary Cecilia or Cecilia Marya does anyone know?

Both - it depends which book you're reading!

#57: Author: fio, Location: swansea united kingdom

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:28 pm
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One of the dancers on the new series of Strictly ome Dancing is called Flavia!! Rolling Eyes

I was gobsmacked when I watched last night- I wonder if her mother is/was a Chalet fan? Wink

#58: Author: Mrs Redboots, Location: London, UK

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:42 am
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fio wrote:

One of the dancers on the new series of Strictly ome Dancing is called Flavia!! Rolling Eyes

I was gobsmacked when I watched last night- I wonder if her mother is/was a Chalet fan? Wink

Not necessarily - I was at school with one who would have been born long before Redheads was written. And the only one of my school friends with whom I'm in touch is called Victoria, always known as Vicky!

But the "everybody" names - the ones you could guarantee that every year would have a smattering of, were Susan, Caroline and Ann(e). Whereas in my daughter's years they were Emily (which she is), Emma, and Joanna.
(And her husband, along with about six of their university friends, is Andrew - bet that dates them!)

#59: Author: Fiona Mc, Location: Bendigo, Australia

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:04 am
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I met someone who's name was Nicky which was a popular name in his year at Uni and they started a Nicky club for the 6 or 7 of them with a few added honourary Nicky's too! I always wondered what you had to do to become an honourary Nicky! Wink

#60: Author: Kate, Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:37 pm
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The current names in schools in Ireland seem to be Jack and Sean for boys and Hannah for girls. I taught in a class of 25 last year that had three Seans and one Jack (as well as two Johns, a Jane, a Jean and a Gemma - the J-sound names were exhausting!)

#61: Author: macyrose, Location: Great White North (Canada)

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:18 pm
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Abe.com has copies of Clover and In the High Valley, though copies of In The High Valley are quite expensive.

ETA: Did I just imagine the question where someone asked where she could get copies of these two book? I'm sure it was in this thread.

#62: Author: Lottie, Location: Humphrey's Corner

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:02 pm
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macyrose wrote:

Abe.com has copies of Clover and In the High Valley, though copies of In The High Valley are quite expensive.

ETA: Did I just imagine the question where someone asked where she could get copies of these two book? I'm sure it was in this thread.

I thought it was here, too, and I replied to it. Rolling Eyes

It seems to have moved to Sales & Wants!

#63: Author: Róisín, Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:19 pm
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It was moved to Sales and Wants Smile

#64: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:29 pm
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Those two books are on Project Gutenerg, I believe, and it's possible to download them.

#65: Author: JustJen, Location: waiting for spring training

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:49 pm
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Quote:

I'd lay odds that there are also a few little Buffys, Xenas, etc, running around out there. Of course,

Some mom at the park called her kids Buffy, Xena and Xander. And no, I'm not kidding!

#66: Author: tiffinata, Location: melbourne, australia

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:06 am
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OMG!!

People thought we named Harrison after the actor Ford.
They make a bit of a joke about it because his daddy is heavily into Holden cars Very Happy

#67: Author: Maeve, Location: Romania

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:10 am
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I knew a pair of twins called Kim and Kimberly. Guess their parents ran out of ideas Rolling Eyes

Or, just really liked that name.

#68: Author: Elbee, Location: Surrey

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:54 am
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There is a boy at my Primary School called SonnyBoy! The mother insists on the full name but he just wants to be called Sonny, at least that's a little better. The younger siblings have equally silly names which I suspect they will find more embarrassing the older they get Confused

#69: Author: JackieP, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:29 am
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JustJen wrote:

Quote:

I'd lay odds that there are also a few little Buffys, Xenas, etc, running around out there. Of course,

Some mom at the park called her kids Buffy, Xena and Xander. And no, I'm not kidding!

Surely the middle one should've been Willow....?

Rolling Eyes

JackieP

#70: Author: Holly,

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:42 pm
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Maeve wrote:

I knew a pair of twins called Kim and Kimberly. Guess their parents ran out of ideas Rolling Eyes

Or, just really liked that name.

That's gotta be awkward when they're registering to vote, or for social security numbers. Same date of birth, same name, (possibly) same address - Kim <Surname> and Kimberly <Surname>? I'd probably suspect that it was a scam or something.

#71: Author: tiffinata, Location: melbourne, australia

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:43 am
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I reckon it would be- AND a huge problem on medical records.

The doctors that I attend has 2 patients called Harrison Senior.
This has lead to the other ones records being brought in at the time of my son's consultation.
When immunisation comes up the local council has to ask how old and what injections he is having. But at least they check

#72: Author: JayB, Location: SE England

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:24 pm
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When I was growing up there was a girl of similar age to me living in the area with the same first and last name but a different middle name. When I was sent to hospital due to frequent severe earaches, to see if I should have my adenoids out, the staff repeatedly brought out her notes instead of mine. She was there for adenoids and tonsils.

And I suspect that many years later she had an account at the same bank as me and the bank mixed us up, as once they sent me a cheque/cashcard with her middle initial, not mine.

That sort of thing is one reason why I think a middle name is a useful thing to have.

#73: Author: Tiffany, Location: Is this a duck I see behind me?

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:47 pm
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Holly wrote:

I heard of twins who had the same names - actual same first and middle names. Apparently their parents were in a tradition where if a child dies, you name your next one after the dead sibling. Even if the next one is twins... That's going to be a nightmare for everyone!

#74: Author: Mrs Redboots, Location: London, UK

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:26 pm
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Maeve wrote:

I knew a pair of twins called Kim and Kimberly. Guess their parents ran out of ideas Rolling Eyes

Or, just really liked that name.

I always thought that if I ever had twins I'd call them something like Leslie and Lesley or Francis and Frances. Not that I would have, IRL, but when I was a kid..... and I never had twins anyway, despite my maternal great-grandfather having been one of two sets of twins in his family in a very GO-type way.

#75: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:44 pm
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fio wrote:

One of the dancers on the new series of Strictly ome Dancing is called Flavia!! Rolling Eyes

I was gobsmacked when I watched last night- I wonder if her mother is/was a Chalet fan? Wink

Flavia makes me think of The Prisoner of Zenda rather than Chalet School - I wonder if that was where EBD picked the name from.

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