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If I actually had to, which means if someone actually pointed a gun at my newborn daughter's head, I'd beg to be allowed to use Viola, pronounced vee-oh-la if possible instead of like the musical instrument.

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Which is odd, really. I don't mind flower names on principle, and I greatly enjoy Harriet, Juliet and Margaret ... but Violet seems very dreary. Even the Violet character in the early Peanuts strips never acquired a personality and just faded out.