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Stanley and Roy?

posted 9 years ago by bell-simone
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Why the masculine names?

[–] lynnrnsd 8 years ago

Don't know why Stanley, but Roy might be short for Fitzroy, which was the mother's maiden name.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6349) 6 years ago

Probably the author was interested in the meanings of their names:

Roy from Fitzroy = son of a king, i.e. noble and great
Stanley = stone wood, lack of warmth and feeling?

[–] heyteegs (1207) 4 years ago

That's very interesting. I was trying to think who was popular back then but all I came up with was Roy Rogers and Stanley Livingstone.

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2170) 4 years ago

Maybe the book explains this?