Letters to the Editor
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They give me hives
A few WASP names I've encountered over my lifetime:
Coin - when he was born his granny thought he looked as bright as a shiny new dime
Ford - Daddy was watching a Ford commercial (in the 50's) which told him there was a Ford in his future, and turned to his pregnant wife and - tada!
Wellington Hung - no lie
Rush - no comment
A whole clutch of pre-nicknamed children in one family (Jacky, Jeanney, Peggy, Kitty, etc.)
Trey - baptized that way so folks might think he was third-generation ruling class
Esquire - tragically OD'ed before he could pass the bar
Niagara - guess where she was conceived
Tralee - ditto (but the kids at school called her "trolley car")
Sandy Beach
Rockhell - Mum loved Raquel Welch but couldn't spell
King, Duchess, & Duke - not from the same family but the names could have come from one Lab's litter
Ayeleanne - for "Eileen;" I guess Eileen was too lace-curtain Irish