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in reply to a message by Eden Electra
... can any of you lovely English/Welsh BTNers explain this one to me?!
I've asked my family over there, and they're baffled, although my cousin did say "I'm sure Lush do, or at least did, a shampoo called Blousey." Yeah I don't think that's it, but thanks anyway!
Oh and one other observation, I noticed the name Myra was used 29 times, which I think is the most I've seen for a while. I wonder if it's slowly starting to shed its image of that woman, now she's been dead for a good few years.
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I've asked my family over there, and they're baffled, although my cousin did say "I'm sure Lush do, or at least did, a shampoo called Blousey." Yeah I don't think that's it, but thanks anyway!
Oh and one other observation, I noticed the name Myra was used 29 times, which I think is the most I've seen for a while. I wonder if it's slowly starting to shed its image of that woman, now she's been dead for a good few years.
***Words have meaning and names have power.***
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/110214
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Yeah, Blousey is weird! I've heard women described as "blousey" before, but it's not the kind of term I'd apply to a daughter!
As to Myra, I guess some younger people may not be fully aware of Hindley. Perhaps it's being used to honour mothers/grandmothers? There was also a character in the soap Hollyoaks (though she's left it now and she was the mother of a lot of nightmare children, not a character you'd name a child after imho).
I noticed the lack of Katnisses as well. I thought there might be a few of them.
As to Myra, I guess some younger people may not be fully aware of Hindley. Perhaps it's being used to honour mothers/grandmothers? There was also a character in the soap Hollyoaks (though she's left it now and she was the mother of a lot of nightmare children, not a character you'd name a child after imho).
I noticed the lack of Katnisses as well. I thought there might be a few of them.
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I quite like Myra, I hope it does lose the bad association. There was a fairly famous wartime pianist, Dame Myra Hess, who would be a much better namesake.
yup blowzy, blowsy, blousy = scruffy, usually applied to women. I'm mystified too. :)
yup blowzy, blowsy, blousy = scruffy, usually applied to women. I'm mystified too. :)
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