tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post711574233198023621..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: am i the only one who cannot see a headline about hurricane humberto without thinking about lolita?jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-31218018358054860492007-09-14T08:31:00.000-04:002007-09-14T08:31:00.000-04:00I don't know about novels killing off names, but I...I don't know about novels killing off names, but I know that there is no record of anyone named "Wendy" before <I>Peter Pan</I> was published.<BR/><BR/>Same with "Pamela" and, well, <I>Pamela</I>.DogOnTheInternethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580218088141867976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-731273505588460902007-09-13T22:19:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:19:00.000-04:00I once recommended Pale Fire to an undergraduate r...I once recommended Pale Fire to an undergraduate reading group (at Princeton) and they were so fastidious that they read the whole thing straight through without looking at the Cliffs notes or even reading the introduction to the book, and so the novel's structure revealed itself to them as intended, and they were somewhat weirded out.Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215049798276999808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-78559899596018560642007-09-13T18:11:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:11:00.000-04:00Yes, Groucho was actually "Julius" while Harpo was...Yes, Groucho was actually "Julius" while Harpo was "Adolph," and Harpo later changed his real name to Arthur. So in fact your observation is even better. Heil Harpo.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736020417680068516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-11196000264986156552007-09-13T18:05:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:05:00.000-04:00Shit, I forgot to mention that it was Harpo who wa...Shit, I forgot to mention that it was Harpo who was originally named Adolph. He changed his name sometime during the Great War (the first one, anyway) to Arthur.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know a lot of shit about the Marx Brothers. Sue me.Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493717645340011987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-47753927075513085142007-09-13T18:03:00.000-04:002007-09-13T18:03:00.000-04:00Uh, dude?Groucho was "Julius Henry Marx."As for no...Uh, dude?<BR/><BR/>Groucho was "Julius Henry Marx."<BR/><BR/>As for novels making names scarce, you just don't see many Ebenezers anymore, do you?<BR/><BR/>Or did you ever?Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493717645340011987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-59061215146939637232007-09-13T16:32:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:32:00.000-04:00Albert Brooks' real name is Albert Einstein. Also...Albert Brooks' real name is Albert Einstein. <BR/><BR/>Also, I had a great uncle Sylvester that changed his name to "Tom." I'm pretty sure that was before Rocky came out, though. JJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-70911329244864210962007-09-13T14:27:00.000-04:002007-09-13T14:27:00.000-04:00Jay: I didn't know that about Pale Fire. Fabulous...Jay: I didn't know that about <I>Pale Fire</I>. Fabulous!<BR/><BR/>Groucho Marx's real name was Adolph, so both his real and stage names seem no extinct. Now I'm in a reverie wondering whether history would be different had Hitler's first name been Groucho.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-32771822929254854662007-09-13T13:37:00.000-04:002007-09-13T13:37:00.000-04:00I wonder about the name Zelda. It was hot in the 2...I wonder about the name Zelda. It was hot in the 20s, but declined steadily after that. It was all the way out of the top 1000 girl names by the 70s before the videogame (1986). I would have guessed it would have made a resurgence, but it doesn't look like it has so far...Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675583347272540489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-16460617262693025722007-09-13T12:12:00.000-04:002007-09-13T12:12:00.000-04:00No, no Pols, but the winner of "Britain's Got Tale...No, no Pols, but the winner of "Britain's Got Talent" was a guy named "Paul Potts", which seems a bit unfortunate to me.carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033264747878807765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-90040702286155763432007-09-13T11:20:00.000-04:002007-09-13T11:20:00.000-04:00On the other hand, Joseph is still pretty common. ...On the other hand, Joseph is still pretty common. Can't recall meeting anyone called Pol, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-43610126272557307672007-09-13T10:33:00.000-04:002007-09-13T10:33:00.000-04:00It's not just novels. You don't meet many men name...It's not just novels. You don't meet many men named Adolf any more.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736020417680068516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-80221227323476369562007-09-13T10:31:00.000-04:002007-09-13T10:31:00.000-04:00The baby-name voyager suggests Nabokov is at least...The <A HREF="http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html" REL="nofollow">baby-name voyager</A> suggests Nabokov is at least half right, but also that JK Rowling has had no effect on baby-naming trends as of yet. Not even the pedestrian Harry has made a comeback, let alone Hermione.Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215049798276999808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-36448227626934582562007-09-13T10:08:00.000-04:002007-09-13T10:08:00.000-04:00And actress Lolita Davidovich was born three years...And actress Lolita Davidovich was born three years after the novel <I>Lolita</I> was published in the US>Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-31950758740200065392007-09-13T10:05:00.000-04:002007-09-13T10:05:00.000-04:00Nabokov, in his next novel, Pale Fire, created a H...Nabokov, in his next novel, <I>Pale Fire</I>, created a Hurricane Lolita:<BR/><BR/>"It was a year of tempests: Hurricane<BR/>Lolita swept from Florida to Maine."Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-46050744819192525902007-09-13T09:33:00.000-04:002007-09-13T09:33:00.000-04:00But there are still many Doloreses, demonstrating ...But there are still many Doloreses, demonstrating that no one actually knows her real name.<BR/><BR/>The trend usually runs the other way, to be sure. (Think of all the 4- or 5-year-old Britneys out there. Or the Hermiones who will be class of 2019-2025.)Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com