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Help[Opinions] Re: 50 forgotten(?) American favourites
in reply to a message by Elinor
Thermal vests!! Ha, that's a fantastic association. I work with a Thelma- you're to blame if I call her Thermal by accident :D
Eugenie probaby can't do much to improve the fate of her name though...
That's funny you should say that about Myrtle- both Myrtles I've ever met were born in London during WWII. Maybe it's just not a Scottish name? (Saying MAIRRh-tul in a Scottish accent in my head convinces me of this argument)
I was going to comment above that "standard" Scottish names- Lewis, Stuart, Douglas, Craig et al had a sort of fashionable period in the middle of the 20th century on this side of the Atlantic, and now people have moved on to the Irish parts of their heritage. That's one thing about most of North America- people can claim heritage of whatever sort of sound strikes their fancy. That also means that fashions are more easy to track- every other 50-year-old Canadian man is called Doug, and there are plenty of Craigs in their 30s and 40s. Brendans are in their teens and 20s, and then there's the proliferation of five-year-old Liams, Aidans and Ronans. I expect the Welsh may be up next- Huw, Aled and Llewellyn, anyone?
Eugenie probaby can't do much to improve the fate of her name though...
That's funny you should say that about Myrtle- both Myrtles I've ever met were born in London during WWII. Maybe it's just not a Scottish name? (Saying MAIRRh-tul in a Scottish accent in my head convinces me of this argument)
I was going to comment above that "standard" Scottish names- Lewis, Stuart, Douglas, Craig et al had a sort of fashionable period in the middle of the 20th century on this side of the Atlantic, and now people have moved on to the Irish parts of their heritage. That's one thing about most of North America- people can claim heritage of whatever sort of sound strikes their fancy. That also means that fashions are more easy to track- every other 50-year-old Canadian man is called Doug, and there are plenty of Craigs in their 30s and 40s. Brendans are in their teens and 20s, and then there's the proliferation of five-year-old Liams, Aidans and Ronans. I expect the Welsh may be up next- Huw, Aled and Llewellyn, anyone?
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