Pleasantview/Onomatology: Difference between revisions

*'''[[Frida Goth]]''' (Mortimer's paternal aunt): Means "peace".

 

 

*'''[[Crumplebottom Family|Crumplebottom]]''' -- "Crumple" means "to bend out of shape". "Bottom" refers to "the lowest or deepest part of anything".

*'''[[Agnes Crumplebottom]]''' (Mortimer's maternal aunt, and the supposedly the ''Miss'' Crumplebottom of [[Downtown]]): Meaning "chaste" or in other terms: "refraining from [[WooHoo]] which is regarded as immoral". These names fit Miss Crumplebottom. The surname, although, has not made any logical sense so it is theorized it is used only for comical reasons. She is also called "The Old Prude". A prude (Old French prude) is a person who is described as being concerned with decorum or propriety.

 

 

*'''Clamp''' -- probably from clamb, "clamp, cleat." clinch, clench, secure.

 

*'''Darling''' -- Means "beloved one", or "dear".

*'''[[Erik Darling]]''' (Agnes Crumplebottom's husband) -- Erik means "one", "alone" in Old Norse. Also perhaps he was named after musician ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Darling Erik Darling]''.

 

 

*'''Bachelor''' -- "an unmarried man"