A piece in The Sunday Times [London, UK] on 25 July 2004 mentioned that
"celebrity chef" Jamie Oliver and his wife Jules had christened their
daughters Daisy Boo and Poppy Honey ......... to grow up as BO and PO ?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wheeler" <wheelej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 August, 2004 02:32 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Re: What's in a name - really OT
>
> 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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