For Zencentury

[Zen]

These are all names from a certain era.

I wonder what they'll be saying about Britney , Chloe, Sienna and the like 75 years from now?

[OakLeaf]

My paternal grandmother was Agneta.

[F8th637]

My sister who just turned 22 today is named Agnes. She's learned to love it. . I think.

[PinkBike]

my grandmothers were thelma and iola. my mom had an aunt ophie and thats what i think of when i see zen's avatar. no squeeze box that i know of . . . i cant see my little sunday school kindy-gardners - brooklyn, madison, jordan, morgan, sidney, chloe, alexia et al - as grammas!!

[OakLeaf]

The funny thing is, we're laughing at the names of people two or three generations older or younger than we are. We're not thinking about how our/our friends' great-grandchildren are going to be laughing at names like Marie, Laura, Susan or Wendy No, we have classic names that are perpetually in fashion and no one will ever find them laughable.

[Tuckervill]

+1 Oak.

My southern grandmother's name was Dora Ethel. My Irish grandma's was Helen Iona. My mom's is Helen Betty.

Helen IS a classic name, though.

Mine is Karen Ann. I always wanted to be called Ann, and spell with the E at the end. :-/

Karen

[SouthernBelle]

I had a great g'ma named Birdie. Never seen that anywhere else.

To the best of my knowledge, she did not play the accordian.

[Possegal]

I always wanted to be called Ann, and spell with the E at the end. :-/

Karen

My middle name is Anne and when I asked my mother why, assuming it was after her mother who was named Anna but called Annie, she told me it was from Anne of Green Gables, her favorite book as a child. In that book, the character refers to herself as "Anne, Ann with an E". So my friends often called me that, saying my middle name was Anne, Ann with an E. Long middle name.


My mother was named Edna. God rest her soul it was gladly a name that died with her in my family. I joke that when I go to heaven and meet her mother my first comment will be - what were you thinking? (Mum's sister was named Muriel, that just adds to my intrigue). My grandmothers were Annie and Bridget, both very fine names I would have been happy to carry on. Just not Edna.

[cyclinnewbie]

+1 Oak.

Mine is Karen Ann. I always wanted to be called Ann, and spell with the E at the end. :-/

Karen

My middle name is Anne (note the E lolol). I was named after my Aunt Anne, and then passed it on to my daughter. Both my grandmother's were named Margaret, as is my mom, and I really wanted to name my daughter that, but hubby thought it was too old fashioned. I love that name, though....

[Flybye]

No, we have classic names that are perpetually in fashion and no one will ever find them laughable.

And we can certainly apply that statement to the fashionable clothes we wear. Right?

[imdeanna]

Has anyone SEEN the actual ole' lady who plays accordian in RL??

(I for one LOVE reading your little ditty's! Just like a one liner comedian!!)