[lit-ideas] Re: Today's Names
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:21:51 +0900
I had a great aunt with the huge Germanic moniker Mina Matilda Gertruda
Harms. And I once dated a girl with the unlikely name Jolene LeGrande.
John
John
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 1:03 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Portland has a Light Brigade, a group that lobbied for decorative lights on
> our bridges and now takes an active role in ensuring that the bridges are
> lit. The group's executive director is a woman named M'Lou Christ.
>
> The obits today had me thinking about the melting pot. There's a lot of
> mixing of heritage herabouts. Colin Herald Campbell died. He is survived
> by daughters Susanna Campbell Kuo, Corinna Campbell-Sack and Virginia
> Adelsheim. Cecelia Charger (native american) is survived by daughter Debra
> Hill. Camillo Chericone was the son of Kristin Bright. George Katagiri is
> survived by his companion, Michiko Kornhauser. Marianthy "Anti" Fotis
> Tsekes is survived by her daughter Niki Grose.
>
> There are all kinds of ways of doing names. In the Ford family the girls
> take the mother's name and the boys the father's. Thus Francell "Tiny" Ford
> is survived by Francell Mannan, Betty Ford and Susan Ford. She is also
> survived by sons Rocky, Roy and Rick Curnow.
>
> Mary F. (Thompson) O'Malley is survived by nine daughters and five sons.
> My favorite name in the bunch? Deidre O'Meara. It's fun to say aloud.
>
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland, Oregon
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