Enid, Edith, and Edna
Do you like these names?
I have always liked Enid, I'm warming up to Edith, and I dislike Edna.
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I have always liked Enid, I'm warming up to Edith, and I dislike Edna.
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Edna is a family name, or was when it was mildly fashionable. Nobody has used it since. I really put it on a par with horrors like Beulah!
Edith ... whiney and unattractive. Where I live, it's a grandmother in a cartoon strip who says embarrassing things very loudly and is seldom without her gin and tonic. Oddly, the only Edith people I've known at all well were both alcoholics - I know the name isn't to blame, but the association is strong! I knew a fairly pleasant German Editha (eh-DI-ta) but it wouldn't work in English.
Enid is OK. I don't like it enough to use, but I'd like to meet a young one.
Edith ... whiney and unattractive. Where I live, it's a grandmother in a cartoon strip who says embarrassing things very loudly and is seldom without her gin and tonic. Oddly, the only Edith people I've known at all well were both alcoholics - I know the name isn't to blame, but the association is strong! I knew a fairly pleasant German Editha (eh-DI-ta) but it wouldn't work in English.
Enid is OK. I don't like it enough to use, but I'd like to meet a young one.
I go back and forth with Enid and Edith, where sometimes I like them enough to put into combos and sometimes I just feel neutral. I don't like Edna, it seems really frumpy.
Actually I had a character named Enid (all the characters in this story had to have names that meant life or death), and someone told me she needed more fire or something and I ended up changing her name to Zoe. I wonder if I switch it back; the character changes completely based on what name I picked.
Actually I had a character named Enid (all the characters in this story had to have names that meant life or death), and someone told me she needed more fire or something and I ended up changing her name to Zoe. I wonder if I switch it back; the character changes completely based on what name I picked.
I think Enid is firey. That person was on crack.
Ditto
I have a soft spot for Enid - even though someone told me once that it reminded them of a bug. There's something wonderfully offbeat about the name Enid.
Edith is kind of dated, and I'm not really big on names that end with -th (other than Elisabeth, and maybe Elspeth). But the nickname Edie is cute.
Edna, however... I really, really dislike. I can't imagine it on a child. It almost sounds bitter. For some reason Edna provides the mental image of a woman in her 50s who can't stop complaining about everybody, especially her own kids.
Edith is kind of dated, and I'm not really big on names that end with -th (other than Elisabeth, and maybe Elspeth). But the nickname Edie is cute.
Edna, however... I really, really dislike. I can't imagine it on a child. It almost sounds bitter. For some reason Edna provides the mental image of a woman in her 50s who can't stop complaining about everybody, especially her own kids.
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