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in reply to a message by Princess Magpie
A few years ago there was a cashier at my local supermarket whose name badge startled me: Vinoliah. With an h on the end. But - I didn't like to ask, so this is speculation - perhaps the h was there to humanise it, like Susannah, Rebekah, etc. Whatever: she had been named after a somewhat posh brand of bath soap.
If you can find the skin-lightener reference, I'd be interested.
If you can find the skin-lightener reference, I'd be interested.
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Admittedly Vinolia sounds nice, but being named after soap is sad. Not as bad as cigarettes and skin-whitener, but it's sounds like you're naming her to have a career as a janitor.
I found exactly where I got this information from;
http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/nadinola/
There's actually several names, but the one that stuck with me was this... uncomfortable advert
I mean they're both uncomfortable, but I think the advertising text for this one is worse. Poor Miss Empire State. She wins a beauty contest and gets "gigs" like advertising skin-lightening cream. What's worse, I can't find any other photos of her on the internet. I google the following;
"dee simmons" "miss empire state" 1962
and her legacy is this bloody product
I found exactly where I got this information from;
http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/nadinola/
There's actually several names, but the one that stuck with me was this... uncomfortable advert
I mean they're both uncomfortable, but I think the advertising text for this one is worse. Poor Miss Empire State. She wins a beauty contest and gets "gigs" like advertising skin-lightening cream. What's worse, I can't find any other photos of her on the internet. I google the following;
"dee simmons" "miss empire state" 1962
and her legacy is this bloody product
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Horrifying indeed - thank you.
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