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The fact that it was used for the gormless Ron's eternal girlfriend in The Glums seems to suggest that the team perceived it as pretty ropey in the 1950s. And I'm sure they didn't help its image one bit.
I find it highly unattractive, on a par with Gertrude. It makes me think of the sort of Dame Edna Everage drag act - possible only as an OTT send-up. And I've never met one or traced a relative who had it. Had an Aunt Edna, though! She wasn't Australian.
ETA: minor lightbulb moment - Adele, Adelaide etc seem to be coming back. Most folks wouldn't connect them with Ethel, but still. (And I once had a colleague who was known as Edel, which I assumed was short for Edelweiss - she was the kind of South African to whom that would make sense - but her name was actually Elizabeth, so it must have been an optimistic nn.)
I find it highly unattractive, on a par with Gertrude. It makes me think of the sort of Dame Edna Everage drag act - possible only as an OTT send-up. And I've never met one or traced a relative who had it. Had an Aunt Edna, though! She wasn't Australian.
ETA: minor lightbulb moment - Adele, Adelaide etc seem to be coming back. Most folks wouldn't connect them with Ethel, but still. (And I once had a colleague who was known as Edel, which I assumed was short for Edelweiss - she was the kind of South African to whom that would make sense - but her name was actually Elizabeth, so it must have been an optimistic nn.)
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