Gert recently heard of a child called Jubilee. What on earth will her parents do if she turns out to be a sourpuss?
Being a bit of a sourpuss herself, Gert prefers names like Grief and Lamentation. Misery is quite pretty, too, or Alas.
And if you really want to double down on the modern world, how about Avarice, Greed and Expense?
Image: State Library of New South Wales collection – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2761305139/
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She does look like a bit of a sourpuss.
Leslie
Wonderful photo. However did you find it? Did it come to light in the same way the Gertrude Stein’s work did?
I think it might have been in Wiki Commons originally. Hours of harmless fun looking for pictures for these little snippets.
Makes a change from Felicity, Charity, Faith, Hope and similar Virtues, I suppose. I wonder at Puritans like Praisegod Barebones — what the hell were his parents thinking of? And Joan Aiken featured a poor character called Dutiful Penitence in a kids book, who luckily got it shortened to Pen.
Praisegod Barebones is a wonderful name!
What was the book with a character named Rest and Be Thankful Curtis?
Other Gert