Brand naming kids

[Geoffrey Nathan]

>Poster:       David Bergdahl <einstein at FROGNET.NET>
>Subject:      Re: Brand naming kids
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>A friend of mine's kid--20 yrs old-- has the middle name of
Allegra--way
>before the medicinal use...

The name Allegra occurs in Longfellow's poem 'The Children's
Hour', where he talks about his (real) daughter with that
name:

Grave Alice, laughing Allegra
And Edith with golden hair.

Geoff
Geoffrey S. Nathan
C&IT/English
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, 48202
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