I have to admit, I’ve been thinking about what to write for sometime now, but it just hasn’t come to me. It’s not that I haven’t had any ideas, it’s just that nothing has really cried out to me so much that I want to put it down in words.
Until today.
Today my oldest came home from school and told me about the school photos that were taken today and the fact that when you have a brother or sister in school with you, you automatically have your photo taken with him or her as well. As such, my daughters had their photo taken together. I’m so happy!
But WHAT you ask does this have to do with names? Hold on, I’m getting there.
Because my daughter is slightly detail oriented in certain areas (mostly in what she’s eaten at lunch that day), I got a run down of who had his or her photo taken with a sibling. And Basil is what gave me the idea.
Not basil as in the stuff you make pesto from, but Basil as in a super-cool, very-British, lovely yet underused name. But it wasn’t just Basil that piqued my interest. It was Basil’s brother Harold as well. Now as much as I can get behind Basil, I don’t get the same warm and fuzzy feelings about Harold. However, Basil and Harold as a sibling set and when pronounced with a French accent….
Well, that’s something else all together!
My mouth is happy pretending I can say Basil and Harold in a french accent. I’ll be practicing it all night, I’m sure. : )
Comment by Traci Tyne — September 27, 2008 @ 2:51 am |
And see I think Harold is uber-cool and Basil bound to be butchered in the U.S. Lovely name to be sure but not really bound for much more than pesto here. sigh.
Comment by Philomena — October 6, 2008 @ 9:59 pm |