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I was unpacking books today and stumbled across an old copy of Anne of Green Gables -- of course I sat down to read it for the 400th time and forgot about everything else. I laughed and laughed over it -- even though I'd read it so many times before, it was like there were things I still had never really noticed.
For instance, when Anne tells Marilla to call her Cordelia, because Anne is such an unromantic name -- that got me wondering, because Anne ends up naming her own daughter Anne! I know where she gets the Diana -- and it's nice to have the twins named Anne and Di because it pays a nice homage to Anne Shirley and Diana Barry's friendship -- still, what a pity LMM didn't get use those fancy names Anne loved so much for her girls!
For instance, when Anne tells Marilla to call her Cordelia, because Anne is such an unromantic name -- that got me wondering, because Anne ends up naming her own daughter Anne! I know where she gets the Diana -- and it's nice to have the twins named Anne and Di because it pays a nice homage to Anne Shirley and Diana Barry's friendship -- still, what a pity LMM didn't get use those fancy names Anne loved so much for her girls!
Maybe Gilbert had a say in getting one of them named Anne. :)
I agree that maybe Gilbert had a say in it. My husband has talked of wanting a daughter named Adrienne, though I would rather not.
You have to remember that there is already an Anne Cordelia Wright, though reusing names isn't unheard of.
I think that at this place in Anne's life, she's very happy and content. She no longer hates her name so, and there is a special meaning in naming both girls Anne and Diana.
Besides, who is to say, (other than those of us who have in ff's) that the twins' middle names aren't Geraldine and Cordelia. :)
LOL! Don't we all hate our names at some place and time? I remember hating mine because it wasn't plain and common! Those days are long past now, but it's what Anne felt, but exactly the oppisite.