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HelpI'm beginning to get the feeling ...
in reply to a message by Caroline
That in Ye Olden Days, Caroline wasn't considered a prim or prudish name in certain circles.
Ever read "The Crimson Petal and the White?" It's about a prostitue in London in the 1880's named Sugar who hooks a rich benefactor. She has a friend who is described this way: "Like many common women, especially prostitutes, her name is Caroline."
And I just recently read "Bowery Girls" about two street girls in NYC in the same time frame. Molly is a skilled pickpocket and Annabelle is a prostitute. They start working in a settlement and the lady who runs it uses the name, I forget, Elizabeth? Anyway, she reveals to them that she was once a street child and her name was Caroline, a name she changed when she set out to become respectable.
Ever read "The Crimson Petal and the White?" It's about a prostitue in London in the 1880's named Sugar who hooks a rich benefactor. She has a friend who is described this way: "Like many common women, especially prostitutes, her name is Caroline."
And I just recently read "Bowery Girls" about two street girls in NYC in the same time frame. Molly is a skilled pickpocket and Annabelle is a prostitute. They start working in a settlement and the lady who runs it uses the name, I forget, Elizabeth? Anyway, she reveals to them that she was once a street child and her name was Caroline, a name she changed when she set out to become respectable.
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Ha! Well that spices it up a bit!
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"Vintage Prostitute" is the most amazing style description ever.
How about Moll?
How about Moll?
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Ha well i guess my definition of "old prostitute names" comes from that Jack the Ripper movie that came out like 15 years ago.
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That's interesting. I hadn't heard that about the name Caroline. I haven't read The Crimson Petal And The White but I did see the TV adaptation of it which was good.
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