I posted this comment yesterday:
I have this horrible habit of giving alliterative names to my characters. I had named my heroine Toni Taylor and decided to rename her. In my sleepy state last night, I renamed her. This morning I reread and realized I had named my heroine Toni Border which sounds like "tony bored her". And yes, the Hero was named Anthony. LOL!!! I swear I have a prankster for a muse! LOL!!
Over the years, I have read a lot of characters that their names did not fit or I found them cute. A dear friend of mine is named Fonda. For a while she dated a guy with the last name of Peters. They did not get married, but with her first name, I told her she needs to choose wisely.
My late daddy used to have a list of names he thought were cute, such as Seymour Hiney, Rosie Butts, Needra Hare, I. P. Freely, Anita Break, Ima Good, Rob U. Good, etc.
Are there names you would like to see for a Hero or Heroine? Names you saw that sparked a chuckle? Are you named something you like or dislike? Is there a name over used in books?
Do the names in books ever turn you off? Is names a hopt button for you?
Yes, I have been turned
Yes, I have been turned off by the name of a character in a book. I know personally some names I am totally indifferent to. While other names I immediately get a good or bad vibe from (in real life or from reading). I detest the name Rodney. Don't know why that name gives me the creeps. It makes me think of rotten meat!
I try not to be to judgemental when it comes to names. Mainly, because I have a weird first name. I read a lot of Harelequin Presents, and I notice a lot of the books set in London/Europe, have a lot of unusual names; well to me anyway.
ROFL ... I"m still chuckling! ....
ah, MJ! .... what a delightful sharing! .... you hit my funny bone at just the right moment and this one is going to stay with me for a long long time!
Your Toni Border reminds me of Leno's Wedding Announcements on the Tonight Show ........ I shudder for those poor people whose surnames get put on his show, but they are so hilarious! ..... here are a few that are are showcased and that are a little less risque
---- The Fite / Staab Wedding ---- the Miller / Bruski Wedding ---- DeMoney / Hyder Wedding ---- Tune / Narup Wedding ---- Gross / Panttii Wedding ---- Furr / Burns Wedding ---- Large / Tinkey Wedding
ROFL! .... thanks for the laughs this morning!
~~ KatherineT ~~ I'm a Harlequin Addict, and I'm proud of it!
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Hi Betty:
For me names are important. Names carry “baggage”. If an adult is named Vinny, he better be in the mob. Bertha better be a big woman. Reader’s will get a mental image from just a name. Sometimes this is a very strong image that could get in the way of the story you are trying to tell.
I like the game of coming up with married names. I cam up with this one: If John Travolta married Olivia Newton John, she would be Olivia Newton John-Travolta.
Thanks,
Vince
“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince
Then there are the ever
Then there are the ever famous sisters named Ima Hogg and Ura Hogg.
Actually Ura did not exist.
ELLEN TOO
A true teacher is a person who, at the end of the school day, still likes children!
And there are the real life Curtin family
who named their daughter Annette after the maiden aunt on her mother's side
and the real-life firm of lawyers called Argue and Phibbs
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ROFL!! .. Sadhbh!
Argue and Phibbs, indeed! .... how apropro!
~~ KatherineT ~~ I'm a Harlequin Addict, and I'm proud of it!
~~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Book Challenge Blog
Lol!
Annette Curtain!
Sadhbh, those are funny.
Katherine - I love the Jay Leno ones!
Vince - I agree, names can do me in when I am reading.
Rodney - When I hear the name I think of Rodney Dangerfield, the comic who said he "got no respect".
Ellen - A friend of mine went th Dr. Hogg and was saddened to share he was retiring. One days she mentions in passing that her new Dr. was named Dr. Pigg. I laughed and she did not see why!
Acocopuff - I agree some names are really intersting. Once in a Betty Neels book, the Professor had several names, I can't remember exactly, but it was like... Professor norm von de embser. I messed up and pronounced it different ever time I read it. I was calling him Mr. V by the end of the book.
Vince-
If Olivia Newton John, married Elton John and Wayne Newton:
Whe would be Olivia Newton John John Newton.
Terri
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Names...sigh
there are a couple other bloggs, where we were talking about names....
I said on one of them, that I hate on Soaps, when they name people after things: Blade, Ridge, Thorne.
On another, blog I wrote how people I have known in life had had wierd/silly/stupid names.
There was twins, Indy and Pendence (they were born on the July 4).
Other Twins: Bruce and Wayne.
But I guess when you are writing, you have to consider the era. My grandmother was born in 1906..her name was Gladys...her sisters, Gertrude Hortense, Myrtle, Bertha and others (grandma was #14 out of 18 children).
Oh, one more name......I heard a rumor years ago, and I dont know if it is true....that TV Producer Norman Lear named his daughter Crystal Chanda.
Terri
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Terri! Those are too
Terri! Those are too funny! LOL!