I collect evocative names.
Unreal Nature's mention (Adolf Fudge) of some choice examples gives me a thin excuse to drop some of my all time favourites (all of them ex students):
- Bonnie Bees
- Trevor Cheese
- Bob Down
- Alexander Napoleon Leach
- Penny Mint
- Edna Rockett
If any of those people are reading this, be assured that I am not mocking: your names have brought unalloyed delight, and I treasure them.
Long ago, at a school where there were many child victims of parental pretention, I knew:
- Valkyrie Smith
- Truth Verity
Then, of course, there was...
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The Jockey Club does not allow you to register a thoroughbred with any kind of naughtiness in the name. Which, of course, causes people to try to beat the system. One well-known example was Hoof Hearted. [YouTube link]
Alexander Napoleon Leach
One of my half-brothers is called Karl Marx Coombes.
On the quaintness scale: my grandmother had a friend called Molly Trivet, and Clare's aunt's best friends were Winkie Day and Patience Clotworthy.
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