i just recently saw a neighborhood alert that someone lost their cat named Todd<div>first animal i&#39;ve come across with my name, and spelled with two d&#39;s no less</div><div><br></div><div>do you think your parents knew about Euphemia? did they tell you how they picked your name?</div><div><br></div><div>my parents picked one syllable names on purpose, and my brothers and i all begin with &#39;t&#39; -- todd, trent, troy</div><div><br></div><div>my mom&#39;s sister marilyn and her husband ken named their first born glenn, but all the rest began with &#39;k&#39; -- kevin, karen, keith</div><div><br></div><div>i&#39;ll never forget the tech seminar i attended where the presenter&#39;s name consisted solely of the letter &#39;h&#39;<br><br>On Sunday, June 25, 2017, Effie in the desert &lt;<a href="mailto:wadesert@hotmail.com">wadesert@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<p>However, all of your guys&#39; names are &quot;normal&quot;, i.e. much more common.  I&#39;m stuck with a weird name in real life then writers use the weird name to draw attention to their characters.  I&#39;m not complaining - it is kind of nice - it just seems odd.<br>
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<div>I don&#39;t know. But a connection to Harry Potter is at least associated with someone heroic. I&#39;m stuck with the evil Chucky from the horror movies, although I might claim Charlie Brown, who at least is lovable. Todd gets a Simpson character named after him,
 and Bruce of course gets to have the Batman, Bruce Wayne,  as his namesake. </div>
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<div>On Jun 25, 2017, at 12:31 AM, Effie in the desert &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;wadesert@hotmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">wadesert@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<p>Effie that causes writers to use it as a character name.</p>
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<p>A long time ago there was a radio character called Effie Clinker. It was on before I was aware, but a neighbor always called me that as a nickname.<br>
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<p>In the Hunger Games there is a character called Effie Trinket.</p>
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<p>Tonight I was reading about Harry Potter&#39;s paternal grandparents.  And here I go again.
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<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/" target="_blank">https://www.hp-lexicon.org/<wbr>character/potter-family/<wbr>euphemia-potter/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/tv/j-k-rowling-reveals-second-232500835.html" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/tv/j-k-<wbr>rowling-reveals-second-<wbr>232500835.html</a><br>
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<p>While my name is not Euphemia, nor was I named because of any connection to Greek, Effie is the shortened form of that name.
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_(disambiguation)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Euphemia_(disambiguation)</a></p>
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