The name game
Jan. 5th, 2006 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A few weeks ago, I posted up the story of Sgt. Peter King and Pvt. Leslie Cuthbertson, and in the comments I bemoaned the fact that nobody has 'classic' names like Leslie Cuthbertson these days.
Well, as it turns out, I was wrong.
Well, as it turns out, I was wrong.
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Date: 2006-01-05 11:30 am (UTC)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304857/
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Date: 2006-01-05 12:24 pm (UTC)You wouldn't find that happening these days. It's political correctness gone mad, I tell you...
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Date: 2006-01-05 02:00 pm (UTC)I grew up in central Wolverhampton in the fifties and sixties. The name Fiona was treated with the same reaction as the sight of my being sent to school with a gardenia in my hair.During the annual laugh fest known as checking your full registration you can imagine the reaction to my middle name-Felicity.It's tough growing up the daughter of a mixed marriage - mom was the daughter of an RSM, dad was a bricklayer.