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[Opinions] Re: Beulah

by RoxStar

9/30/2012, 12:51 PM

I suspect (hope) this girl was kidding. Beulah. Honestly.

I've said a lot of names are servant names to me, but Beulah is the queen of servant names. I picture Beulah as a maid in some crummy 1940's movie, a big black maid in a uniform and her head tied up in a kerchief, going around saying "Lawsy, Miss Kate!" and rolling her eyes and wringing her hands. Ugh.

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- clevelandkentevans

10/2/2012, 9:13 AM

In the USA this association is linked to a particular television show that probably aired before most people who post on this board were born. Interesting how long some of these associations last:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042081/

http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=beulah

- Ismene (Madyson) +3

9/30/2012, 1:03 PM

Naw she was going on about how she liked that its meaning had to do with being between life and death / heaven and hell. And don't know where she got that information since all I knew was that it meant "married" but she seemd totally serious. I considered that I misheard her when she said the name but it definitely sounded like Beulah and couldn't think of any other names that sounded similar or fit the description. She was a roller derby girl so I wasn't all that surprised in that Beulah has this sort of "rock-a-billy" vibe that I sometimes get from roller girls, in general

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- humblebee +2

9/30/2012, 2:07 PM

The "between heaven and hell" thing is from The Pilgrim's Progress, I think. Beulah was a sort of magical, mystical land of peace described as being between heaven and hell.

- Tassiegirl

9/30/2012, 7:05 PM

Beulah Land, yes! I have a vague remembrance of hymns mentioning this.(I know a lot of hymns!)

- Ismene (Madyson)

9/30/2012, 2:09 PM

Ah, ok that makes more sense now. Thanks for the info!

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