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hobgoblinnOk, Skip this right now if you don't want to know what Snyder's full name is in "Through a Glass...."
For the three or so of you who are left, I need a suitably horrific middle name, one that evokes Conservative Catholic parents naming a son in the late 40's- early 50's. A boy who went to daily mass when he was 6, and attended parochial schools in a borough of New York City (or wherever you think that accent originated. I'd love to hear thoughts on that, as well.)
I thought of Aloysius, but I was hearing the name sounding in my head (Al-oh-ih-shus), and that's not what I hear when I read it spelled correctly. I'm pretty sure it won't sound in most readers' ears, either.
Alphonsus is a possibility, but it carries some "Happy Days" connotations for me (where do you Think the name "Fonzie" came from?)
Update: Ok, I am a big dork. This is an object lesson in how idiosyncratic some word associations can be. And about the dangers of posting anything when the brain has clicked into the "off" position for the evening. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rahirah rightly points out the nickname for the Fonz comes from his last name, Fonzarelli. end update
Athanasius is another. I'm currently leaning toward "Ignatius."
But I thought before I chose, I'd open the floor to creative, wicked souls. Give me a couple more to choose from, and save me from reading my entire Dictionary of Saints tonight to avoid finishing this story of mine. You know how procrastination works-- you know what I'm talking about.
And actually, I didn't tell you the first name I've chosen behind the cut, so that secret is safe a while longer, to all but my long suffering (and much appreciated) betas.
Good night, all.
Hob
For the three or so of you who are left, I need a suitably horrific middle name, one that evokes Conservative Catholic parents naming a son in the late 40's- early 50's. A boy who went to daily mass when he was 6, and attended parochial schools in a borough of New York City (or wherever you think that accent originated. I'd love to hear thoughts on that, as well.)
I thought of Aloysius, but I was hearing the name sounding in my head (Al-oh-ih-shus), and that's not what I hear when I read it spelled correctly. I'm pretty sure it won't sound in most readers' ears, either.
Alphonsus is a possibility, but it carries some "Happy Days" connotations for me (where do you Think the name "Fonzie" came from?)
Update: Ok, I am a big dork. This is an object lesson in how idiosyncratic some word associations can be. And about the dangers of posting anything when the brain has clicked into the "off" position for the evening. As
rahirah rightly points out the nickname for the Fonz comes from his last name, Fonzarelli. end updateAthanasius is another. I'm currently leaning toward "Ignatius."
But I thought before I chose, I'd open the floor to creative, wicked souls. Give me a couple more to choose from, and save me from reading my entire Dictionary of Saints tonight to avoid finishing this story of mine. You know how procrastination works-- you know what I'm talking about.
And actually, I didn't tell you the first name I've chosen behind the cut, so that secret is safe a while longer, to all but my long suffering (and much appreciated) betas.
Good night, all.
Hob
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Date: 2007-03-20 03:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-20 03:19 am (UTC)*Hangs head in shame.*
(still doesn't like Alphonsus on general principles....)
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Date: 2007-03-20 02:28 pm (UTC)And yeah, one of my little guys would have gotten Casimir, if I'd gone that route.
I'm trying to evoke the whole pre vatican II era piety, with its focus on rules and thinking they had the whole universe figured out, since monks had been laboring away in monastaries for centuries codifying it all. And trying to do it for an audience of non-Catholics, or folks like me who were born well after that time.
Thanks though.