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HelpRe: Be honest. Give me all the things you think when you hear the name Amanda
in reply to a message by rosanna
I don't really mind Amanda, but heartily dislike whiney Mandy. For that reason, if I ever used Amanda it would be as a mn only.
I have two associations. One, an Amanda who is always called Mandy, is part of a family with a tradition of using A- names. Quite a pleasant child.
The other is a literary character in Margery Allingham's detective novels - with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and maybe Ngaio Marsh she is one of the greats of the 1930s crime fiction writers. Amanda is the detective's love interest and, eventually, wife. In one of the later books they meet some Americans, one of whom says "I shall call you Mandy!", to which Amanda replies "Yes, I suppose you would." She is an engineer, and the daughter of a duke.
I have two associations. One, an Amanda who is always called Mandy, is part of a family with a tradition of using A- names. Quite a pleasant child.
The other is a literary character in Margery Allingham's detective novels - with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and maybe Ngaio Marsh she is one of the greats of the 1930s crime fiction writers. Amanda is the detective's love interest and, eventually, wife. In one of the later books they meet some Americans, one of whom says "I shall call you Mandy!", to which Amanda replies "Yes, I suppose you would." She is an engineer, and the daughter of a duke.
This message was edited 12/26/2023, 11:03 PM
