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[Lifesgreat]

My grandmothers' names: Rita Bertha and Zelma Ethel

WONDERFUL women whose names I did not pass on to my daughters.

[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.

[7rider]

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

Was that her given name, or a nickname?

Most of my older relatives have nicknames that are used everyday...
I had an Aunt Dodo. Her name was Josephine, but a cousin tried to say "JoJo", but it came out "DoDo" and it stuck.
Same thing with an Aunt DeeDee. Her name was Angela, "Angie" became "DeeDee".
Then...my dad had cousins Foots and Scars (he was Oscanio - Italian version of Oscar, I think.) No idea where Foots came from! .

[Brandi]

My grandma's name was Ester. She said if anyone in our family was named after her she would come back to haunt them! that is how much she did not like her name. So when my sister was born after she passed away my mom wanted to give her my grandma's name but instead they stuck an E. in there. So her name is Camerin Leslie E. Bayless. She has not said anything about hauntings so maybe grandma approved?

[SouthernBelle]

Birdie was her real name.

[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.

[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!!)

[Voodoo Sally]

My grandmothers were Peg and Martha. Not quite your Ednas and Mildreds, but oldies nonetheless. Oddly, after we grandkids were born, Martha wanted us to call her Bambi, and we did.

Btw, Zen, I love your avatar. To me it means you - you add a lot of personality to TE .