I seem to remember that Myrtle's family name, although seldom mentioned, was Beanblossom. Freddie, Susie, and Myrtle Beanblossom. I also remember a minor character named Snoggons, who had an Eskimo dog named Ebuceci. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-08-30 at 06:23:44 AM
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Not with me. I remember Myrtle only by her appearance. I ran across her while researching other stuff, but without that, I wouldn't even have remembered her first name. I'll check that out, tho, if I ever succeed in finding my reference library among all the boxes still packed from my recent move.
By the way, about 15 or 20 years ago, Cat Yronwode of Eclipse Enterprises noted a dearth of women in her (my) generation named Myrtle, and speculated it may have gone so far out of fashion, it's approaching extinction. And I don't happen to recall hearing it among my contemporaries, unless you count the comic strip girl, who would be just a few years older. The only Myrtles I've ever known were my parents' age or more. Except, of course, the tree.
Not, of course, that there's a point to this. It's just an odd factoid, and may or may not even be true.
Quack, Don
By the way, about 15 or 20 years ago, Cat Yronwode of Eclipse Enterprises noted a dearth of women in her (my) generation named Myrtle, and speculated it may have gone so far out of fashion, it's approaching extinction. And I don't happen to recall hearing it among my contemporaries, unless you count the comic strip girl, who would be just a few years older. The only Myrtles I've ever known were my parents' age or more. Except, of course, the tree.
Not, of course, that there's a point to this. It's just an odd factoid, and may or may not even be true.
Quack, Don
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Posted by: EdwardHowland
Posted on: 2008-11-16 at 10:54:19 PM
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According to babynameshub.com "Myrtle" as a girl's name saw steadily rising popularity from 1880 to the early1920's when it peaked at about 4000. It's popularity then dropped steadily until the late 1950's when except for a very minor blip around 1964 it seems to have disappeared entirely. Oddly enough as a boy's name it was quite popular from 1880 to about 1904 when it just completely vanished.
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-11-17 at 06:22:50 AM
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Interesting. I recall Cat Yronwode, in the CBG letter column of the late '80s or early '90s, looking for women of her generation (she's currently 60-ish) named Myrtle. She said it was fairly common in her parents' time, but seems to have more-or-less disappeared by her own (which also happens to be mine).
Quack, Don
Quack, Don
