Beecharmer wrote:
It takes a little bit of concentration to begin with, with Phillipa Phyllidia, Philomela, Philomena, Philidelphia all in one family ! It is surprising how quickly that does resolve so you know just who is who, after the first bit though!
And the parents are Phillip and Phyllis - I do love EMBD letting herself have a real good go with unusual names, though, and it's not even that unusual to have a number of pupils with unusual names. These things often go in clusters - writes she, who was at school with girls whose names inluded Jeeta, Robinetta, Bonita, Guelda, Janella, Terene, Marjolein, Corrie...
I also think that the story of the Nethecotes and their wicked patriarch is infinitely superior to that of the disreputable Dai Lloyd, ancestor of the Christy family!