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Help[Opinions] edited to add about Nella
in reply to a message by LMS
Essie falls into a category I'd describe, for lack of a better term, Slave Names. Essie, Hattie, Jemima, Mamie, Moses/Mose, Amos, that kind of thing.
Essie could be short for any name with the ess sound, especially a name a little kid couldn't pronounce and ended up with Essie.
Or Estelle, Esther, Essence, Elizabeth?
Nella makes me think of vanilla wafers.
I think, therefore I judge.
Essie could be short for any name with the ess sound, especially a name a little kid couldn't pronounce and ended up with Essie.
Or Estelle, Esther, Essence, Elizabeth?
Nella makes me think of vanilla wafers.
I think, therefore I judge.
This message was edited 12/1/2014, 7:38 AM
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Araminta definitely doesn't give off a slave-name vibe to me. It sounds like mouthwash, first and foremost. If I try to picture a human named Araminta, I picture some irritatingly "spunky" Victorian kid pulling less "spunky" girls' hair and then acting all innocent and who-me? when caught.
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Harriet Tubman was named Araminta - so I guess that association is ingrained in my memory.
Your description is humorous though.
I have a totally different picture, except when the nickname Minty is used. Then I picture Nellie Oleson (Little House on the Prairie) for some reason. She could technically fit your character description if you swap out victorian garb with upper-class prairie-girl frocks.
Your description is humorous though.
I have a totally different picture, except when the nickname Minty is used. Then I picture Nellie Oleson (Little House on the Prairie) for some reason. She could technically fit your character description if you swap out victorian garb with upper-class prairie-girl frocks.
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