tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4154488967486089286..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Names, Names, Names by Lynne BentonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-46645464310011591612017-02-15T10:28:43.150+00:002017-02-15T10:28:43.150+00:00Thanks for your comments, folks. I am endlessly f...Thanks for your comments, folks. I am endlessly fascinated by names, and so, it appears, are you!Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64535241383456664762017-02-15T09:39:12.479+00:002017-02-15T09:39:12.479+00:00It's weird, isn't it? Sometimes a charact...It's weird, isn't it? Sometimes a character walks into your brain ready-named, and sometimes months go by with a character stuck with the name X. (In one of my books, there was a character called, in the final version, Monsieur X. He had a proper name too, though.)Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-33525372214364065812017-02-14T15:48:44.671+00:002017-02-14T15:48:44.671+00:00There was a girl at my school called Edna, who was...There was a girl at my school called Edna, who was a psychological, not physical, bully, and since then, I have been unable to accept any Edna, however gentle, talented, interesting. Also, if someone mis-calls me 'Edna', I am illogically offended. I can still remember her bully's face - dark hair, square and somehow muscular. Wonder if she improved with age?Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60046298512123024492017-02-14T15:28:43.263+00:002017-02-14T15:28:43.263+00:00There's a music to names, I think,and Pansy is...There's a music to names, I think,and Pansy is definitely softer to say than Scarlett. Not sure that Pansy, with all the blowsy and slyly devious humility of those large, lazy pansies that appear in boxes quite soon, ever had the spark and energy needed for Scarlett. <br /><br />Sometimes the name is there at the start, and sometimes you just have to write on with a "place-holder" name, knowing the right name will appear in your head sometime along the way.<br /><br />Nice post, Lynne.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59637036334900932042017-02-14T14:48:11.881+00:002017-02-14T14:48:11.881+00:00Yes, it does get tricky. Yesterday I found myself ...Yes, it does get tricky. Yesterday I found myself hunting down French names for horses...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69945412702526984732017-02-14T11:09:34.639+00:002017-02-14T11:09:34.639+00:00Oh, names are always such a problem! You have to t...Oh, names are always such a problem! You have to take into account the changing popularity of names through history and their changing pronunciation, the sound of the name and what it suggests about the character and whether it fits with the other names in the book. Not a good idea to give two characters similiar, such as Mat and Pat, or names that begin with the same letters, such as Charles and Charmian.<br /><br />In my research folder I have files that are nothing but lists of names: Viking names (which differed not only in different centuries but between, say, Norway and Denmark) and lists of 16th century names.<br /><br />Luckily, when you do hit on the right name, you know it.<br />Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27612528292313460962017-02-14T09:54:43.119+00:002017-02-14T09:54:43.119+00:00Interesting how names suggest things to us and som...Interesting how names suggest things to us and sometimes different things to different people. I wonder how many authors have to change a character's name at some point in order for the story to gel. I expect it's common thing. I didn't know that about Scarlett originally being Pansy in Gone with the Wind.Hilary Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573780178193323715noreply@blogger.com