Ormond Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Here's the link to today's column. I hope I got all the facts about Kristen and Kristin in Scandinavia correct considering how many Scandinavians frequent this board. https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-kristen-or-kristin-or-kirsten-has-been-through/article_0cf4a10b-89c1-5359-8e36-d7f5baab45b4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Here's today's column. https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-shirley-s-star-has-fallen-since-temple-s/article_6e982c7a-f576-54e9-8e57-c6e74b605f9e.html They edited out a sentence where I made it clear that Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House does NOT contain a character named Shirley, but that the creators of the TV show The Haunting named the character after Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Here's the link to today's column. I was very surprised to see just how much more popular Winifred was in the UK than the USA back in its heyday --over six times more common in the UK in the 1910/1911 census figures! I was also surprised to see how much it's increased in the USA the last few years without any obvious media help, though of course it could be that those who watched the Disney films as kids are now starting to have babies of their own. https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-winifred-rooted-in-a-resurrection-story-has-often/article_dba37252-f000-553b-b6ca-3e5ac10e8db0.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 Wonders of the modern Internet media -- this Time article about the name of the new royal baby which interviews me was posted less than two hours after I finished talking with the reporter. I had an uncle by marriage named Archie myself. Most older Americans are going to be really puzzled by the choice as they will only think of elderly uncles or Archie Bunker -- Americans younger than 30 may be able to see the name as "retro" and "cool" especially if they watch "Riverdale", but will still mostly prefer a form like Archer on the birth certificate instead of Archie. Using this name is a real nod to present British culture on Harry & Meghan's part. http://time.com/5585773/royal-baby-archie-harrison-name-meaning/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 53 minutes ago, Ormond said: Wonders of the modern Internet media -- this Time article about the name of the new royal baby which interviews me was posted less than two hours after I finished talking with the reporter. I had an uncle by marriage named Archie myself. Most older Americans are going to be really puzzled by the choice as they will only think of elderly uncles or Archie Bunker -- Americans younger than 30 may be able to see the name as "retro" and "cool" especially if they watch "Riverdale", but will still mostly prefer a form like Archer on the birth certificate instead of Archie. Using this name is a real nod to present British culture on Harry & Meghan's part. http://time.com/5585773/royal-baby-archie-harrison-name-meaning/ Well, that comes as a shock! My first reaction was more than puzzled, it was more like what the bloody hell. I am astonished the name is so popular in the UK. Thanks for the explanation! Ormond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Kim and Kanye son is born. I wonder what's his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 So, wise professor of psychology and keeper of names, how do you think parents who named their daughters Daenerys are coping after Sunday night’s episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 Dear Tywin -- I have not watched the TV show since the first episode of the second season, so I have no idea what happened to Daenerys on Sunday night. I am sure parents who have named their daughters Daenerys (or Khaleesi, which is actually much more popular as a name for real girls in the USA than Daenerys) will deal with whatever the character did (or was done to her), unless it was the character looking directly into the camera and saying "Anyone who's named a child after me is incredibly stupid!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That reply was bit harsh, don't you agree Ormund? On the other hand I must wonder what did parent who named their kid Nymeria Daenerys Cersei (or something) think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, Lady Winter Rose said: That reply was bit harsh, don't you agree Ormund? On the other hand I must wonder what did parent who named their kid Nymeria Daenerys Cersei (or something) think. No, I have no idea why you think that comment was "harsh". I was not insulting Tywin but merely explaining to him that I do not watch the TV show. And since I do not watch the TV show I have no basis for knowing what any viewer, whether they have given their child a name from it or not, would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Here's my annual column on the top baby names in the U.S.A. of the previous year. As you can see I am a stubborn person about the correct pronunciation of Arya. https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-jackson-sophia-were-most-popular-baby-names-in/article_42538506-0384-5823-94e8-6343c5ebe0d2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Here's today's column. https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-noah-enjoys-revival-thanks-to-flood-of-pop/article_21ebe591-9973-5ecd-a9e6-8a218b2e4d14.html Given the publication date of the novel The Notebook I think that Nicholas Sparks may well have been inspired to name his character Noah because of Noah Wyle's fame on ER. It certainly wasn't a common name for men born around 1920, as the character would have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) Here's today's column: https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-days-of-our-lives-twilight-helped-isabella-regain/article_21d4d98b-281e-555e-b411-ee0e95d5290f.html It hadn't dawned on me before researching this column just how incredible Isabella's rise in the USA was. It went from below the top thousand to #1 in exactly 20 years. That's a more spectacular rise than any other name which reached #1 status. I suspect that most Americans who do not have jobs which put them around small children every day have no idea just how popular Isabella has been the last decade. Though I suspect it's been particularly popular with Italian-Americans, it's obviously appealed to young parents from many other groups. Edited June 18, 2019 by Ormond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Winter Rose Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Isabella is lovely, but Twilight association may still be too strong in negativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Here's the link to today's column. My last two columns, on Noah and Isabella, were on names now in the top ten for babies being born in the USA. this one's on a name which is now almost unheard of for American babies: https://www.omaha.com/living/evans-bertram-never-caught-on-in-u-s-but-rings/article_7d7e9079-dfb7-59c5-92b4-a46ff827ef6e.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Ormond said: Here's the link to today's column. My last two columns, on Noah and Isabella, were on names now in the top ten for babies being born in the USA. this one's on a name which is now almost unheard of for American babies: https://www.omaha.com/living/evans-bertram-never-caught-on-in-u-s-but-rings/article_7d7e9079-dfb7-59c5-92b4-a46ff827ef6e.html As usual, amazing. Missing my favorite Bertram...Wooster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 5 hours ago, Mlle. Zabzie said: As usual, amazing. Missing my favorite Bertram...Wooster I wish the newspaper gave me more space. I would have included Jeeves' employer if I had only a few more lines to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 18 hours ago, Ormond said: I wish the newspaper gave me more space. I would have included Jeeves' employer if I had only a few more lines to work with. Editors are unfairly stingy!!!!! Thanks again for these - they give me a lot of pleasure Ormond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 In case anyone is wondering: The Omaha World Herald has decided to shift my column from running every other Tuesday to running every other Friday. So I will be posting the link to my next column on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Here's the link to my first Friday column: https://www.omaha.com/living/cleveland-evans-despite-ties-to-traitor-benedict-has-enjoyed-a/article_943d8604-3008-53fc-9923-5a4eae5355f1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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