Effie that causes writers to use it as a character name.
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.
In the Hunger Games there is a character called Effie Trinket.
Tonight I was reading about Harry Potter's paternal grandparents. And here I go again.
https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/
https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/https://www.yahoo.com/tv/j-k-rowling-reveals-second-232500835.html
While my name is not Euphemia, nor was I named because of any connection to Greek, Effie is the shortened form of that name.
I don't know. But a connection to Harry Potter is at least associated with someone heroic. I'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.
On Jun 25, 2017, at 12:31 AM, Effie in the desert wadesert@hotmail.com wrote:
Effie that causes writers to use it as a character name.
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.
In the Hunger Games there is a character called Effie Trinket.
Tonight I was reading about Harry Potter's paternal grandparents. And here I go again. https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/j-k-rowling-reveals-second-232500835.html
While my name is not Euphemia, nor was I named because of any connection to Greek, Effie is the shortened form of that name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_(disambiguation)
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However, all of your guys' names are "normal", i.e. much more common. I'm stuck with a weird name in real life then writers use the weird name to draw attention to their characters. I'm not complaining - it is kind of nice - it just seems odd.
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I don't know. But a connection to Harry Potter is at least associated with someone heroic. I'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.
On Jun 25, 2017, at 12:31 AM, Effie in the desert <wadesert@hotmail.commailto:wadesert@hotmail.com> wrote:
Effie that causes writers to use it as a character name.
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.
In the Hunger Games there is a character called Effie Trinket.
Tonight I was reading about Harry Potter's paternal grandparents. And here I go again.
https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/
https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/potter-family/euphemia-potter/https://www.yahoo.com/tv/j-k-rowling-reveals-second-232500835.html
While my name is not Euphemia, nor was I named because of any connection to Greek, Effie is the shortened form of that name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_(disambiguation)
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