Ima had to put up with stories like this for most of her life:
THE
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 15, 1922
"Who
Gave You This Name?" By MARY FISHER TORRANCE
Worthy
old 'Archbishop Peckham . . . thought it expedient to Issue a warning that
" Minister shall take care not to permit wanton names to be give to
children baptized; and if otherwise It be done, same shall be changed by the
Bishop at confirmation."
What
would his Worship have said, I wonder, had he sat in judgment in the case of
Governor Hogg of Texas, who called one twin daughter " Ima," the
other, " Ura"? But one never hears that the girls themselves took any
exception in later years: probably because they were too thankful in the
possession of a papa with a sense of humor. "
Twins? A new twist!
But someone--not Ima, who shrugged off such items--responded.
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