We found something fun courtesy of Blogthings: What’s Your Jane Austen-Inspired Name?
Ours is Mrs. Caroline Bragge.
Dorothy’s is Mrs. Marina Bingley. (She had been hoping for something in the line of “Mrs. Thornton” but the script doesn’t take that kind of direction, unfortunately.)
It’s an open thread, so let’s chat. What’s your Jane Austen name? And what’s new in your part of Janeiteville?
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Mine is Miss Maria Denny. I don’t quite know how I feel about sharing a name with Maria Bertram. 🙂
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Mine is Miss Melissa Sparks. Ugh.
Long and careful thought of at least 15 seconds tells me that Melissa is not a late-18th century name. Try Jane, Elizabeth, Frances (Fanny), Maria, Julia, Anne, Mary, etc. instead. Cassandra is quite an anomaly, too.
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Mine is Miss Emily Haggerston, as in hag and looking haggard, which is what happens when pollen and age combine.
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I like mine: Miss Elizabeth Tomlinson. I’d be happy to have the name Elizabeth (although I like to think of Elizabeth Bennet more than Elizabeth Elliot!) I wonder how they are coming up with the names?!?
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Mine is Lady Amelia Forster. I quite like it!
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I am Dorothea Harris.
Now I can see the relation to Dorothy, which I don’t mind, but Harris?? What is that? How can I explain that away?
Here’s a link if you want to enjoy looking at the couples of JA adaptations, all (or rather – most of them) together in one. They have shockingly left out the most popular couple and dealt with some of the ‘B’ grade ones, though not all are ‘B’ grade.
I sort of liked it because of the sweeping memories/nostalgia of times gone.
It helps in this day and time when we are facing a fading away (am I wrong :-/) of the ‘pop’ culture JA had become.
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Hey, I’m kin to Vic!! My name is Miss Augusta Haggerston. 😀 At least Vic’s name sounds young. I’m afraid Miss Augusta has passed her prime!! LOL
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Mrs. Lydia Wingfield. I’d feel quite content with that, as I have always liked the name Lydia, but as my only associations with it are Lydia Bennet and the tattooed lady of Marx Brothers fame, it just doesn’t seem to fit.
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I’m Mrs. Charlotte Maclean. Does that make me Scottish? Because I could totally dig being Scottish. I like the Charlotte part; Charlotte Lucas is, I’ve always thought, an interesting character. I’m a little jealous I’m not a lady, though.
@blarneygirl, you’re right, Miss Augusta sounds like somebody’s maiden aunt who is always relying on the hospitality of others. But hopefully she’s the kind of maiden aunt everyone likes having around because she’s kind and good with the children, if a little old-fashioned and near-sighted. So if you’re ever in Scotland, Miss Augusta, the Maclean home is always open to you.
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Wasn’t Augusta the name of Mrs. Elton? Oh, dear. 😉
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One bad Augusta in the woodpile and all of are painted with her brush! 😀
And yes, I am that maiden aunt (read: spinter!) that everyone likes because I’m kind and good with children, if just a little old-fashioned and far-sighted. Thank you for the invite! LOL
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You are married. That’s at least something. I am only a “Miss”..still have to do the husband hunting 😉 There a Miss Augusta could come in handy, too! 😀
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“Dearest, you’re so lovely. Why aren’t you married yet? You come with your Auntie Augusta. I met the nicest young man over at the refreshment table; he gave me a cup of punch. I’m going to make sure you two get introduced.”
Oh, Miss Augusta. You’re so well-intentioned, and so embarrassing to your nieces.
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I’ve been pretty successful at finding husbands for my friends. Now if I could just find one for myself! 😀
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I love mine. It’s Miss Anna-Maria Darcy!
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Lady Elizabeth Walsh.
How do they come up with these? Totally random. Ha! I did it again, entering my same first name and came up with “Miss Eliza Scroggs”. Scroggs…I think I like the first one better.
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Haha, I am either Miss Clara Gardiner (when I entered my second name, too) or Lady Bella Bentwick (without the second name).
I like both names. They sound nice…and I have always liked the Gardiners.
Thanks for the video, Reeba! It was quite a nice break. (I am trying to learn for my final exams at night, while the little one is asleep… but can’t resist the temptations of internet 😀 )
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I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m writing these names down as future original characters for JA fanfic.
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I did it a few times, and came up with some pretty interesting names, like Lady Biddy Heywood (oh, good heavens). My favorite is Esther Burgess.
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I am Lady Bella Campbell…OMG…Bella gives me shivers :S
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I am “Mrs. Lydia Hodges.” My youngest is “Lieutenant Godfrey Denny.” He must be adopted like Frank Churchill or Edward Knight.
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I am Miss Dorothea Denham. Not sure I like the alliteration…
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As ‘Martha’ I was Lady Fanny Hughes, but as ‘Marty’ I was Lady Frances Robinson. Ironic, because I’m not awfully ladylike and come from peasant stock.
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I’m Lady Diana Harville. I hope I’m not impoverished gentry for I’d like to be able to do something for my relations in Lyme!
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I am Mrs. Betty Bird. I would have liked something more romantic but this will be okay.
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Mrs. Betty Bird sounds like a middle-aged gossip. But maybe you had a terribly romantic past . . . something involving moors or shipwrecks, perhaps.
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Well, I am Lady Biddy Groom which hardly seems a Jane name…okay, some people are never satisfied (but my real surname is in ‘Emma’ ! )
Just call me Your Ladyship. 😉
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I’m Lady Clara Atkinson. Now doesn’t that sound fancy? 🙂
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I got Miss Mary Green. I am going to guess the killer was me, in the ballroom, with the candlestick… or, more likely, the cluebat. 😉
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Miss Lydia Owen. I kind of like it, but see I am not the only Lydia in town…
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Mine is Mrs. Sarah Bickertons. Do I like to bicker a lot?! Why, yes, it’s a pastime of mine, when it involves intelligent conversation, I do get engrossed in some verbal tennis match…
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