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JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 10:18

Her name escaped me, Gwyn. Thank you.

I agree. I am often surprised when I hear of new-borns being given some names that I consider to be quite old-fashioned. I ought not to be because that often seems to indicate the latest trend.

Aestheticists (I've lighted upon that word that sprung from the nether regions of my mind) must be pleased to see a lot of babies named from a single era as 'it can't sit right' with them to have a Zane in the middle of Wilfs, Georges and Jims.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 20 Feb 2021 10:08

Wilfred's wife was Mabel
"Give her the money, Mabel ".

A lot of 'old' names now seem to be back in fashion.
I haven't heard of young Hildas yet, but several of my old aunts' names are used again, after a gap of 80 + years or so.

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 09:51

Tawny, here is an aesthetic name from the past (word association - from Wolf):

Wilfred Pickles. (For the life of me I can't recall his wife's name ... Elsie springs to mind but it may be wrong.)

Names seem to have their eras, don't you think? I wonder if aesthetics (? is that the name for such people - it doesn't sound quite right) ever take eras into account - or perhaps that's precisely what they meant by an aesthetic name - one that fits into the surroundings of the time?

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 09:35

Yes, Allan and he is still appearing on our screens in a variety of roles.

Bob, what a pair of versatile and finger-on-the-pulse scriptwriters they were. Very successful indeed.

I am now feeling quite ancient. :-0

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 20 Feb 2021 00:55

Balham...Gateway to the south?

I loved the old girl in that.....her and the Michaelwave...


patio,,, welll somewhere to sit...

Allan

Allan Report 20 Feb 2021 00:50

Ah! The Tooting Popular Front :-D

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 00:36

Wolfie Smith then?

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 00:27

Mr Hall? :-D

Before anyone points the finger - read the book and seen the series so I am being facetious. :-D

Allan

Allan Report 20 Feb 2021 00:26

Exactly; who wants a nickname like Wolf? ;-)

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 00:11

Perhaps the men in my family were right then? :-D

Allan

Allan Report 19 Feb 2021 21:27

Well that should incentivise them then :-D

Tawny

Tawny Report 19 Feb 2021 21:24

After some more digging apparently it helps them visualise the the word stylised

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 19 Feb 2021 16:12

One chap I worked with years ago was named Godfrey, he hated it and was known by his middle name, I suggested to him that he use his first given name and if people shortened it he would be God, he was amused by that and did it.

Tawny

Tawny Report 19 Feb 2021 15:57

We assumed they meant aesthetically pleasing.

Dermot

Dermot Report 19 Feb 2021 15:55

Posh words should not be allowed to eclipse the message.

Tawny

Tawny Report 19 Feb 2021 15:51

:-D

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 19 Feb 2021 15:50

Did they mean names you liked?

I always liked Virginia but when I told the males in my family they fell about laughing at the thought of what nicknames my daughter would have once she started school! :-D

Tawny

Tawny Report 19 Feb 2021 15:46

I am on another website and someone asked “What names do you think are aesthetic?”. The teenagers and early 20 year olds are giving name suggestions and the rest of us are asking aesthetic what? Most of us on the site have never just seen the word aesthetic used on its own.