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in reply to a message by T-Bell
...of Southern girls' names in the 1930s-40s. Here are some actual names he found that Southern parents gave to their daughters:
Armadilla
Attaresta
Cementa
Chlorine
Coita
Gloriola
Hygiene
Iceyphobia
Kewpie
Kiwanis
Larceny
Dinette
Livera
Lush
Navelle
Ova
Pencilla
Phalla
Flouzelle
Gazelle
Glanda
Satyra
Twitty
Ureatha
Vasoline
Armadilla
Attaresta
Cementa
Chlorine
Coita
Gloriola
Hygiene
Iceyphobia
Kewpie
Kiwanis
Larceny
Dinette
Livera
Lush
Navelle
Ova
Pencilla
Phalla
Flouzelle
Gazelle
Glanda
Satyra
Twitty
Ureatha
Vasoline
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O My What were the thinking---ROFL or not thinking !! He He
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This is not funny at all because these poor people would have been subjected to ridicule because of their names. It is a safe bet that their parents didn't want their children or didn't care if people made this assumption even if it wasn't true. Please don't give your child a name that people will ridicule. Think about how you would feel if your parents inflicted this insane garbage on you.
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You sound like a very compassionate person, Elaine, to be thinking of the children upon whom these parents inflicted their ignorance. But laughing at these ridiculous names doesn't mean that others are less compassionate. :)
Who knows? Perhaps where these children lived and were growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, others might've thought these were cool names. And, when these children got older, moved out of their insulated society and moved on, perhaps they even changed their names.
Or maybe some of them even grew up liking their names. Scary thought, huh? :)
-- Nanaea
Who knows? Perhaps where these children lived and were growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, others might've thought these were cool names. And, when these children got older, moved out of their insulated society and moved on, perhaps they even changed their names.
Or maybe some of them even grew up liking their names. Scary thought, huh? :)
-- Nanaea
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ROTFLMAO!
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