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HelpRe: Viola -- still a good joke or not?
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
Well, when I hear Viola, I think of Gwyneth Paltrow's character from "Shakespeare In Love". I don't think of a movie from 1938, and I don't think people young enough to have children in 2021 would, either. So, the Throckmorton reference doesn't really matter.
Aside from that, I don't think Viola is an attractive name, at all. I tend to like "ugly" old lady names, but this one is so ugly I can't warm to it, just like I can't warm to Beulah. It's in that same class. Violet is pretty, cute, bright-eyed. Viola is...not that.
As for Throckmorton...what about an 80's name, like Jessica Throckmorton, or Jennifer Throckmorton? Amanda Throckmorton? That works better for me, I'm not sure why. Probably because that's my age group.
**After supposedly dying on January 30, 2007 after eating tainted pancakes, she returned several times as an angel and was revealed to be alive on May 17, 2011. )**
Aside from that, I don't think Viola is an attractive name, at all. I tend to like "ugly" old lady names, but this one is so ugly I can't warm to it, just like I can't warm to Beulah. It's in that same class. Violet is pretty, cute, bright-eyed. Viola is...not that.
As for Throckmorton...what about an 80's name, like Jessica Throckmorton, or Jennifer Throckmorton? Amanda Throckmorton? That works better for me, I'm not sure why. Probably because that's my age group.
**After supposedly dying on January 30, 2007 after eating tainted pancakes, she returned several times as an angel and was revealed to be alive on May 17, 2011. )**
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Amanda Throckmorton reminds me of Mandy Brocklehurst from Harry Potter.
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