We have friends who's son called his daughter 'Sunshine'. Could have called
her 'Queensland' but it wouldn't have been the same somehow.
John.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Teller
on 2004/08/15 8:20 AM, Wayne Harridge at wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> Dunno if this is just an Oz phenomenon or not, but there seems to be a
> fashion here for naming children (particularly girls) after USofA
> states. Is this widespread, does it happen in the USofA itself ?
Well, let's see: I come across/read of girls named Savannah, the city in
Georgia I'm from and Tara, the mythical mansion symbolic, to some, of the
"old South". Of course, the name Georgia for women has been in use for
some time. Augusta, another city in Georgia and other states. Just
yesterday, my check out girl at Costco was (and I suppose still is) name
Yashica. She looked puzzled when I asked if she was named after a
camera. She looked amazed when I pulled from the prints I was paying for,
a photo of a Yashica FX-7. Perhaps distracted is a better word since she
forgot to ring up my coupon discount on another item.
Gary (contributing to a thread that probably needs to die off really soon)
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