Hello Pene,
A name for a girl hedgehog—not the classic ones. You have made me reconsider my rather odd childhood! This has set me to thinking. I lived ½ year in Alexandria, Virginia (the “old south”) and ½ year in Sacramento, California (the Golden West) from the time I was 3 until I was in college. My father had a seat in Congress and was the representative from Sacramento—so this odd life was the only life I knew and it seemed perfectly normal to me. I tell you this because, looking back on it, there were some odd comparisons that I made effortlessly as children do. One of the areas where there were vast differences was in the names and the ways of addressing adults in the south compared to California. There was a lady in our neighborhood whom everyone called “Miss Talitha”. Her father had been a confederate officer and she had been educated, as well bred southern ladies were, at Bryn Mawyr . I think her lady like ways and her lovely southern name should not go to waste. Would that do for a girl hedgehog? As an alternative, there was another lady in the neighborhood –her husband was a Colonel in the Army. She had married him and had a wonderful life of travel and adventure. Her name was “Mabsey” Shewbridge…and that has an unusual ring to it. She was a bit of a tartar in some ways, but always a gracious hostess. I used to help her set up wonderful “lawn parties” on her terraces in late spring. These names come to me as unique enough and yet with a definite lilt to them. While they are not “names from lace” they are names of character and have not been over used. The last choice I have to offer you would be some “family” names from the past of my mother’s grandmother. Within a generation of each other I have found the names Trafton for a boy (Trafton West) and in my father’s family who came to California with the gold rush starting in 1842 , the name Afton for a girl (Afton Moss) who came to California from Utah just after the turn of the century…now those would be a great set of names for a couple (even of hedgehogs) , “Trafton and Afton” simply has a lovely lilt to it! Enjoy your new pet---and tell us what names you finally choose—it will be a hard choice! Allison E. Moss-Fritch In sunny and brisk, Santa Clara, California To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
