tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5390538712049138395..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Do the names of characters stick with you?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45373729290492422582009-03-25T12:20:00.000-04:002009-03-25T12:20:00.000-04:00Atticus Finch has already been mentioned. Rhett Bu...Atticus Finch has already been mentioned. Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39216465161445369072009-03-24T19:22:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:22:00.000-04:00Yes, there is a Lady Bracknell.If Algernon Moncrie...Yes, there is a Lady Bracknell.<BR/><BR/>If Algernon Moncrieff isn't memorable, how about Algernon the mouse? (But he does have his name in the title.)SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745665231586422220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50947646165202594422009-03-24T10:09:00.000-04:002009-03-24T10:09:00.000-04:00I came to this discussion a little late as everyon...I came to this discussion a little late as everyone has already picked some of my favorites. I will say I have a mind like a steel trap when it comes to names of characters and when I write stories myself I try to be as memorable as a Holden Caulfield or Norman Bates.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36163190991867821502009-03-24T05:57:00.000-04:002009-03-24T05:57:00.000-04:00Pip and Mrs. Haversham from Great Expectations.Pip and Mrs. Haversham from Great Expectations.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22376751141908169042009-03-23T21:48:00.000-04:002009-03-23T21:48:00.000-04:00Yikes! I hope she was Asian.Yikes! I hope she was Asian.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4389509931775269632009-03-23T21:00:00.000-04:002009-03-23T21:00:00.000-04:00Many years ago, I worked in a hospital, where a ve...Many years ago, I worked in a hospital, where a very very young girl had given birth to a baby girl. The young mother was ecstatic that the staff had named her daughter for her: Fi mah lee (Female).debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23759892902484812072009-03-23T20:52:00.000-04:002009-03-23T20:52:00.000-04:00Now I've seen that play at least three times and I...Now I've seen that play at least three times and I couldn't have come up with that last name. Is there a Lady Bracknell though?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89512580629722893722009-03-23T20:06:00.000-04:002009-03-23T20:06:00.000-04:00If plays count, Algernon Moncrieff from The Import...If plays count, Algernon Moncrieff from The Importance of Being Earnest.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745665231586422220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32645081554415548792009-03-23T19:31:00.000-04:002009-03-23T19:31:00.000-04:00I'm something of a devotee of Ned Beumont, who app...I'm something of a devotee of Ned Beumont, who appeared in 'The Glass Key', of course.Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49305581319178031562009-03-23T17:24:00.000-04:002009-03-23T17:24:00.000-04:00Ortho Novum is a beaut! I worked for a charity in ...Ortho Novum is a beaut! I worked for a charity in London and one client was called Eilleen Starr-which is a good named.She'd changed it legally from Dora Grey-which was also good . The name on her birth certificate, however, was 12. She'd been born in an orphanage were the kids weren't given names.(I digress, I know....)Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9609243572619936952009-03-23T16:05:00.000-04:002009-03-23T16:05:00.000-04:00Interesting that he's popular over there. After al...Interesting that he's popular over there. After all he's so English. Perhaps its the same reason as why westerns are so popular over here.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27211075828587421082009-03-23T15:40:00.000-04:002009-03-23T15:40:00.000-04:00Very well and sadly missed. All of the tv series h...Very well and sadly missed. All of the tv series have been shown here. Our library carries both books and movies. Dexter was certainly one of my favorite writers and John Thaw was the ultimate Morse.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20102189828108949842009-03-23T14:45:00.000-04:002009-03-23T14:45:00.000-04:00Pattie - how well known are the Morse books states...Pattie - how well known are the Morse books stateside?Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2112728330483530932009-03-23T13:29:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:29:00.000-04:00Funny how difficult and strange these names are. I...Funny how difficult and strange these names are. Invented names-- not from the white pages.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14966036282448228802009-03-23T12:57:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:57:00.000-04:00Lots of good names that have already been tossed o...Lots of good names that have already been tossed out there.<BR/><BR/>Mathurin Kerbouchard from Louis L'Amour's THE WALKING DRUM has always stuck with me.D.A. Riserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312649755644000259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53209374152348677862009-03-23T12:51:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:51:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76381472287884020152009-03-23T12:19:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:19:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76924183358087357612009-03-23T12:13:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:13:00.000-04:00Scarlett O'Hara, another iconic name. Would you da...Scarlett O'Hara, another iconic name. Would you dare to name a character Scarlett? <BR/>Atticus Finch, of course,pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16020925530009831172009-03-23T12:12:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:12:00.000-04:00Badly chosen names are a topic to themselves. Witn...Badly chosen names are a topic to themselves. Witness a child born to a single mother when my mother worked for a social service agency and called Ortho Novum because it was the beautiful name on the prescription the doctor gave her. <BR/>I hear Eddie Coyle is out on DVD next month. I've never seen it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40443506118505967752009-03-23T11:58:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:58:00.000-04:00Eddie Coyle, from George V. Higgins' THE FRIENDS O...Eddie Coyle, from George V. Higgins' THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, is a character that's stayed with me for over 35 years.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46759865974075979422009-03-23T11:56:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:56:00.000-04:00Scarlett O'Hara was the first one that jumped out ...Scarlett O'Hara was the first one that jumped out at me and a close second was Virgil "Fucking" Flowers from John Sandford's "Dark of the Moon". Love that character and I just discovered that Sandford seems to be turning him into a series character.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89557980520902177612009-03-23T11:48:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:48:00.000-04:00I barely remember anyone's name, just one reason I...I barely remember anyone's name, just one reason I'll never be much of a politician...but I'm more likely to remember a name that has been written down. <BR/><BR/>There are almost no names that can't be in currency somewhere, as I discovered when I moved to Hawaii and met more than one person each with the first names Layton and Carson. Hell, I went to Boy Scout Camp with a guy named Gaylon Spinney, whose parents clearly didn't feel that they should protect their child from mockery thus.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90481842420177676632009-03-23T11:39:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:39:00.000-04:00God help me John Galt from Atlas Shrugged.God help me John Galt from Atlas Shrugged.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37462524056475551492009-03-23T11:35:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, I was referring to Scott's comment that he r...Yeah, I was referring to Scott's comment that he remembered names that stuck out in the times. How about Captain Ahab, but that has taken on iconic status so it's not really fair. God I loved Nobody's Fool. But I forgot the name Rub Squeers. How could I?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-25469363090484753672009-03-23T11:27:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:27:00.000-04:00Dana: If you're going with Sully from NOBODY'S FOO...Dana: If you're going with Sully from NOBODY'S FOOL, you have to throw in his sidekick Rub Squeers, too.<BR/><BR/>Patti: The Dillard book is set in the 19th century and Gay's novel takes place in the 1950s, so the names aren't anachronistic.Patrick Shawn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832860010935241958noreply@blogger.com