Friends and a Family

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Well, since everyone else seems to have done it at some point or another, here's a list of some of my friends and acquaintances. Everyone is between 18 and 24.


Girls:
Nicole Louise
Hannah Jane
Colleen Lynn
Kendra Lindsey
Emerald (no middle)
Joanna Askale (nn Ahsa)*
Mackenzie Alison
Jillian Marie
Marie Elizabeth
Amanda Lizanne**
Shanna Lynne

*Asha's mother is Polish. Apparently, Asia is a common nickname for Joanna in Poland, but in the U.S. people would say Ay-zshuh, like the region, so she spells it with English phonetics instead. Her father is Ethiopian so that's where the middle name comes from.

** Lizanne is a combination of two aunt's names.

Boys: I don't know many.
Joshua Ian
Joshua Thomas
Bertram Emanuel (Bert)*

*I just met this kid. When he said his name was Bert, my mind jumped straight to Bertam, but I figured it probably wasn't his name. No one uses it these days. I asked if it was short for Robert, although it would also be a bit different for him not to just go by Rob, but he said that wasn't it. So I asked if it was Bertram and he nodded and you could not believe my excitement. I LOVE the name Bertram.

I also wanted to share the names of the kids in a family I know.
Lucy Ray (half sibling)
Antoinette Virginia (Ava)
Genevieve Rachel (Viva)
Sean Anthony* (Sean or Tony)
Roman William

*Sean was going to be named Anthony Giovanni, but they changed their minds and called him Sean Anthony instead. He intends to legally change his name to Anthony Giovanni when he's old enough and already has some people call him Tony, although he answers to both names.


Comments?

Comments

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I like:
Colleen
Kendra
Joanna/Asha
Jillian
Joshua Thomas
Bertram Emanuel (I like this, too! Is he Jewish, by any chance?)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

He said his mother is Catholic. That's all I know.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Your cut text made me think of Pride and Prejudice, and Bertram reminds me of Mansfield Park. Sorry, I'm a Jane Austen geek.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

That's where I got it from.
I didn't know there was a Bertram in Mansfield Park, but I haven't read the book yet and only saw the movie once when I was marathoning Austen movies so I may have just forgotten.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Bertram was the family's last name in Mansfield Park. I loved the book, which I read after seeing the movie.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

You loved Mansfield Park? Yay! Sorry, I always get excited when I find out that somebody else loved Mansfield Park, because everyone seems to hate it.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Yes, I loved it. It might be my favorite Austen novel. As I was reading, I just couldn't believe how they treated Fanny so badly, especially the aunt who didn't have any children (Someone's borrowing my book right now, otherwise I'd look up her name). Just because a person was poor and/or not pretty, even if they were family, they were basically second class citizens. So many times I wanted to reach into the books Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility and choke some characters.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like Lucy and Virginia.

[taleofaredhead.livejournal.com]

BERT. I love it! :D