Overheard Outside the Children’s School

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1. Eimear says

   23 February, 2013 at 00:03

   It will come round again.

   Jo Walton has a short story where one of the incidental details is that Britney is of course the name of a very old lady.
   http://literary.erictmarin.com/archives/Issue%2021/tradition.htm

2. Viviane says

   23 February, 2013 at 06:50

   My sister had twin girls a few months ago, one of them is called Marianne, which is unusual these days. Anne is a very fine name, and I think nobody can say how old you are based on your name, unlike some American-sounding named youth here in France (Kevin, Jennifer, Jessica, etc. all between twenty five and thirty now). Anyway I will be 53 in a week, so you are a little girl to me.

3. Christine says

   23 February, 2013 at 10:12

   Actually, yes almost. Our younger daughter is Ann (no ‘e’, it’s the English version) and she’s only 27. so I suppose almost 30 (oh my, that’s scary!) but still definitely under 30!!

4. belgianwaffle says

   23 February, 2013 at 19:35

   Eimear, I suppose it will. I think Mary is just back so Anne must be around the corner.

   Viviane, I suppose so – my mother used to say that all the Marians were born in 1954 which was a Marian Year – I suspect that they were the Jennifer’s of their day.

   Christine, that is excellent news.

   I must mention that I was speaking to the culprit’s mother and told him this and she said, “I think it’s because his grandmother’s name is Anne”. We take comfort where we can.

5. belgianwaffle says

   23 February, 2013 at 19:38

   Good story too Eimear.

6. sibling says

   27 February, 2013 at 22:36

   Academy award winning actress Anne Hathaway.

7. belgianwaffle says

   27 February, 2013 at 23:04

   You’re a great sister, do you know that?