[Opinions] Re: Geneva
in reply to a message by mirfak
It was some recent bestseller, A Spool of Blue Thread. Merrick does sound kind of witchy and "edgy" now that I think about it, but in this book the name was chosen by a kind of Appalachian redneck social climber trying to appear old money blue-bloodish in Baltimore. He named his son Redcliffe.
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Haha, that's funny when considered alongside the Anne Rice character. Hard to believe the author wasn't aware of it, especially since it was a title character.
But now that I think of it, the surnaminess just seems like another reason to think it'll show up on girls in real life. I dunno, it never sounded posh to me as a surname - dog food company, Elephant Man. Guess it might seem that way "back east" since it's the name of a town - so there's probably an old family.
But now that I think of it, the surnaminess just seems like another reason to think it'll show up on girls in real life. I dunno, it never sounded posh to me as a surname - dog food company, Elephant Man. Guess it might seem that way "back east" since it's the name of a town - so there's probably an old family.
This message was edited 3/15/2015, 10:01 PM
So move to the west coast? haha. I don't think it's pretentious-seeming here.
Maybe someone disagrees ... dunno. Nobody has called it pretentious in the comments, yet.
Maybe someone disagrees ... dunno. Nobody has called it pretentious in the comments, yet.