spunky twattroubler wrote:
Before marrying Trevor Turton at Attercliffe registry office, my mother went by the charming name of Beryl Twattroubler.
For her eighth birthday, my kid sister was given a spaniel, which she proceeded to name Spunky.
See ? It's all bobbins. These things NEVER work.
yerluvinuncleTurt
what a delight to wake up to this post. i was eating my breakfast as i perused my email this morning, and i almost spewed a slurry of half-masticated total raisin bran and milk all over the keyboard and monitor of my new computer. despite my unmitigated delight, i do feel compelled to offer a slight correction/modification to all of this name-game zaniness... That bloke Rod Begbie wrote....
No, "Porn Star Names" are made up from the name of your first pet, > along with your mother's maiden name.
guy trebay of the new york times sunday magazine would beg to differ. according to last sunday's issue (style column, p. 49), porn star names are conjugated by taking the name of your first pet and adding the name of the street you grew up on. on the other hand, the version the list has been playing, at least according to this article, is the drag-name game, because i suppose you're supposed to imagine a drag queen when you combine your first pet's name and your mother's maiden name. here's a funny bit from that article: An intellectual friend with a serious Eastern European handle turned into Silky Diamond, a moniker suggestive of years spent touring the Borscht Belt with a feathered fan. Friedman, who is by her own description "a little 66-year-old lady," was transformed into the incomparably earthy-ethereal Pumpkin Wander. My own drag name happens to be Happy Foster, an alias that for me conjures up a semialcoholic field-hockey captain out of "Butterfield 8." anyway, this porn/drag distinction is a minor quibble, but if nothing else it gives us twice as much pseudonym fun. not to be daunted by the most gigantic words in the dictionary, .erik (porn: chelsea fairfield drag: chelsea johnson) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------