[identity profile] memorymaze.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I work at a library, and was shelving Compact Storage books, which are general printed before 1960. I was browsing through one book and it was dedicated to:


Preserved Jackson.

Date: 2008-12-09 10:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kilobites.livejournal.com
Yikes. That reminds me of some of those Puritan names like Temperance and Mercy and Constance...except way worse. Of course some of them named their kids Disappointment, too, so... =/

Date: 2008-12-10 01:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] la-jolie-vie.livejournal.com
I'm guessing it's pronounced: Prez-er-ved, which isn't as bad as Pre-zerved, but still pretty bad.

Date: 2008-12-10 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com
Yeah, those Puritan names were sometimes really bad... I remember reading about a dude named Increase.

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