The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69381   Message #1176252
Posted By: LadyJean
01-May-04 - 10:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: That Poor child
Subject: RE: BS: That Poor child
I knew a young woman named Quo Vadis. She didn't seem bothered by it. Mother had a friend named Ave Maria Schmidt, a lovely lady who called herself Ahvah. She knew a lady at Chatham College whose parents had named her Aida Amneris too.
I knew an old suffragist named Austin Lily. Austin was her first name, Lilly, as in Eli, was her surname. Surnames as Christian names aren't that odd in the American south. I'll admit Highbury, especially for a football team, is more than a bit strange. I thought there were laws in Europe against giving kids odd names.
Of course I wonde how many little Francos, Joe Greens, and L.C. Greenwoods were christened in Pittsburgh in the 80s.
Oh, and I know a lovely lady whose parents named her Francis. English wasn't her mother's first language. Franny has no problems with gender identity.