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Help[Opinions] Avonlea
Do you think this is useable? Prn. Av(rhymes with have)-un-LEE. It's from Anne of Avonlea, the L.M. Montgomery book. If there was an L.M. Montgomery buff on here who could list some character names for me, I would appreciate that too!
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Almost all of L. M. Montgomery's works are available online, free and legal, from various places, including here:
http://www.tickledorange.com/LMM/Etexts.html
They're out of copyright so you can download them legally. Skimming through them is a great way to gather names!
http://www.tickledorange.com/LMM/Etexts.html
They're out of copyright so you can download them legally. Skimming through them is a great way to gather names!
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I think it could be usable, there's such a nice meaning to it for any Anne of Green Gables fans. I'm not into placenames, but I kind of like it.
I've mostly taken Gilbert and Marilla from the books. Cordelia always makes me smile, because of Anne wanting to be called that, nms though.
I've mostly taken Gilbert and Marilla from the books. Cordelia always makes me smile, because of Anne wanting to be called that, nms though.
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I like the association but...
I love, love, love the Anne of Green Gables books (don't we all!) but I find the name TOO place-y. I also think there would be lots of pronunciation issues. AY-von-lee-ah, etc.
I'd use Avalon before I'd use Avonlea.
I love, love, love the Anne of Green Gables books (don't we all!) but I find the name TOO place-y. I also think there would be lots of pronunciation issues. AY-von-lee-ah, etc.
I'd use Avalon before I'd use Avonlea.
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It's really cute, I like it!
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Remember Emily, from the "Emily" books. and her one -time fiance, Dean Priest. And her true love, Teddy. Also her Aunts, Laura and Elizabeth. And Cousin Jimmy.
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Wow, thats nice. never thought of using it as a name, but I really like it.
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I think it's quite nice.
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I am a TOTAL L.M. Montgomery buff!!!!
I always loved the sound of the Avonlea, although it took me a while to figure out the right way to pronounce it. :) I had never thought of it as a person name, but it's very pretty and I don't see why you couldn't use it.
I can think of jillions and jillions of L.M. Montgomery names of all kinds. I could never list them all! Some of the most unusual ones that I can remember off-hand are...
Kilmeny
Valancy
Marigold
Una
Ilse
Philippa
Jonas
Perry
Marilla
Rilla (nn for Marilla)
Jem (nn for James)
Hilary (male, nn Jingle)
I might point out that her most well-known character, Anne, had a passion for names and always wished her name was Cordelia b/c she thought Anne was so plain. The character Anne wrote a story as a young woman and named her main characters Averil, Perceval Dalrymple, and Maurice Lennox. When Anne Shirley grew up and married Gilbert Blythe, they named their children: Joyce, James (nn Jem), Walter, Anne (nn Nan), Diana, Shirley, and Marilla (nn Rilla).
I always loved the sound of the Avonlea, although it took me a while to figure out the right way to pronounce it. :) I had never thought of it as a person name, but it's very pretty and I don't see why you couldn't use it.
I can think of jillions and jillions of L.M. Montgomery names of all kinds. I could never list them all! Some of the most unusual ones that I can remember off-hand are...
Kilmeny
Valancy
Marigold
Una
Ilse
Philippa
Jonas
Perry
Marilla
Rilla (nn for Marilla)
Jem (nn for James)
Hilary (male, nn Jingle)
I might point out that her most well-known character, Anne, had a passion for names and always wished her name was Cordelia b/c she thought Anne was so plain. The character Anne wrote a story as a young woman and named her main characters Averil, Perceval Dalrymple, and Maurice Lennox. When Anne Shirley grew up and married Gilbert Blythe, they named their children: Joyce, James (nn Jem), Walter, Anne (nn Nan), Diana, Shirley, and Marilla (nn Rilla).
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Um, no . . .
That's not correct at all. Anne's name was spelled with an 'e', but she was frustrated by people who left the 'e' off the end and spelled it Ann instead.
Spelling was much more fluid in Victorian times, and whether it was Anne or Ann, Katherine or Catherine etc didn't matter in the same way that it does now. Anne's fussing over the spelling would have been uncommon at that point.
That's not correct at all. Anne's name was spelled with an 'e', but she was frustrated by people who left the 'e' off the end and spelled it Ann instead.
Spelling was much more fluid in Victorian times, and whether it was Anne or Ann, Katherine or Catherine etc didn't matter in the same way that it does now. Anne's fussing over the spelling would have been uncommon at that point.
This message was edited 2/8/2007, 3:34 AM
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Thanks so much! I'm sure DH won't go for it, but it's worth a try!
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yes it's usable, i have loved it for years
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