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in reply to a message by I like old names
It's a terrible name. No better than naming someone Disaster or Tragedy.
If your info is accurate, I suspect those girls were named by parents who didn't know what the word meant and who saw it via movie or TV depictions of the Old West figure Calamity Jane. (The real Calamity Jane was named Martha; supposedly friends nicknamed her Calamity because she always seemed to find or cause trouble. She was aware of her own legend and promoted herself with with that nickname.)
Also, the Calamity Jane association is the only association of it as a quasi-name.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
If your info is accurate, I suspect those girls were named by parents who didn't know what the word meant and who saw it via movie or TV depictions of the Old West figure Calamity Jane. (The real Calamity Jane was named Martha; supposedly friends nicknamed her Calamity because she always seemed to find or cause trouble. She was aware of her own legend and promoted herself with with that nickname.)
Also, the Calamity Jane association is the only association of it as a quasi-name.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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