Linda

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

Where I work I run across a lot of older (50-60+ ) women. Immediately I noticed a lot of them were named Linda. I looked it up and saw in the time frame they were born, it was a top ten name (it skyrocketed for some reason from 89 to 2 around 1940). And let me tell you, it's confusing when a lady calls, I ask who it is, and they say Linda as though that's supposed to give me a clue. Even the lady I replaced at work was named Linda, and the lady I work with would have been named Linda, except the woman down the street named her daughter Linda, so the lady's mother named her something else.

It's interesting to have a preview of when this generation grows up, and all the grannies are named Madison & Emma.

"And who may I say is calling?"
"Just tell her it's Emma."
Like that's supposed to help.

Comments

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of women named Linda too, mostly the 40 & 50 year olds.

I don't know many baby Emma's but i know a LOT of Emma's in their late teens early 20's. My age.. like far too many.
I hate it.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Of my mom's friends, I swear there are at least 4 Lindas and 4 Nancys.

And as far as phone messages... I'm a Jennifer. I can't tell you how much I hate having to leave my last name, even when I'm calling one of my best friends.

Hate common names.

[photogirl.livejournal.com]

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

I know a lot of Lindas too, but most of them are in their 40's.

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

They ones I run across may be in their 40s, but just loo like 50s. I have a hard time telling age. If they have grey hair I usually think 50s since a lot of 40somethings I know dye their hair. Don't ask me to explain my illogical age determinators.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

My co-worker has an 8 year old daughter named Linda, it's so cute. She said she used to work for an older lady named Linda and fell in love with the name.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I have one Linda in my family and know plenty of others. My aunt is Diane, which was also huge in the 40s-50s.

It's so blah to me though. Dianne is on my list, though.

[poespretty.livejournal.com]

whoa, that paragraph is a great example of when you say a word too many times it loses all meaning and stops sounding like a word. lol

Linda. it doesn't even sound like a name to me right now.

ok, really though, that's one in a set of names that were crazy popular like that in the same time frame. and I thusly hate them all now bc it seems like it's everyone's name. someone already mentioned Nancy. There's also Donna & Debbie.

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

my name is Linda and I was born in 1985. ughhhh i get SO sick though of how many times people go "oh that's my mom's/aunt's/mom's friend's/wife's name" yeah, ok i get, i'm aware of that now thanks.

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

sorry :x i hope that didn't come across like i was saying that to you. it just gets a little old when that's the first thing people say to me when they meet me.