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Prince and Royal, I can get used to. Almanzo Wilder actually had a brother named Royal, so it doesn't seem so weird, to me. Queen? Eh, I would need more time to warm to that one, but I just read a book where one of the characters was named Queenie, so it's not so outlandish. The characters were British, so I'm wondering if this is more of a British name? The only comment a character makes on her name is that it sounds old-fashioned, but no one seems to think it's strange.
Pope? Pope is weird. I mean, I guess it could work just as well as the others, but I can't help but hear "poop". Not pleasant.
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Pope? Pope is weird. I mean, I guess it could work just as well as the others, but I can't help but hear "poop". Not pleasant.
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I've heard that Queen Victoria was so revered, or something, was so out of reach anyway, that people didn't feel comfortable using her name, so used Queenie instead. Then after QV's death it kept on being used in the UK and perhaps the colonies, though not so much.
DH had a (black South African) student once whose given names were Queen Elizabeth. As far as he could tell, she regularly went by both; he found it embarrassing.
Somewhere in the Anne of Green Gables stories, when she's a university student, she dates a guy who's known as Roy but whose actual name is Royal. I remember being greatly surprised when I read that!
DH had a (black South African) student once whose given names were Queen Elizabeth. As far as he could tell, she regularly went by both; he found it embarrassing.
Somewhere in the Anne of Green Gables stories, when she's a university student, she dates a guy who's known as Roy but whose actual name is Royal. I remember being greatly surprised when I read that!
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