Jane Macdougall: The Bookless Club — Naming rights … and wrongs

Credit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:21:06 +0000

I didn’t get the name I wanted. I wanted to be Annette. Or Tuesday. Or Dixie. Instead, I got Jane. It’s a porridge name. It wasn’t sibilant — meaning sizzling and sexy. It wasn’t mellifluous — meaning ripe with honeyed tones. It was bland, barren of imagination. Almost generic. The name Jane lacked star power. […]

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Jane Macdougall: The Bookless Club — Naming rights … and wrongs

Credit to Author: Hugh Dawson| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:21:06 +0000

I didn’t get the name I wanted. I wanted to be Annette. Or Tuesday. Or Dixie. Instead, I got Jane. It’s a porridge name. It wasn’t sibilant — meaning sizzling and sexy. It wasn’t mellifluous — meaning ripe with honeyed tones. It was bland, barren of imagination. Almost generic. The name Jane lacked star power. […]

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