How cute is this?

I was looking through Mom's old writings.

 

 

 

1. What struck me at first was that she signed it "Marge" instead of Margaret. In 1956, Mom was 20.

 

2. This particular short story was a narrative of how she and her roommate Nanci murdered their housemother.

 

3. Interestingly, she experimented a little with Margi. Note the classic circle / dot over the i.

4.Margee.

5.Margi. (Sans dot.)

6.Margye.

 

 

7. - 8. She evaluates Margye versus Margi.

 

 

 

Clearly, Margi (sans dot) wins, because that became her byline in college, plus it's the one she circled on the Margee / Margi / Margye test run.

(Ellen / Ellyn / L.N. / Ehlyn)

(New college-era post from the great beyond at Mom's blog!)

Comments

[Vaguely Urban]

That's like the time I found out my mom was a cheerleader in high school. Big megaphone with MARY on it, right on her budding bosom. Isn't it marvelous to think of your mom so young?

[~~Silk]

"a narrative of how she and her roommate Nanci murdered their housemother"

That must have been the innocent time. Now, that story would land her in a psychiatrist's office, or under house arrest, or kicked out of school, or arrested and charged with intent to commit mayhem, or... sigh.

[Erin G.]

Adorable! (The name-trying out. Not so much with the murder.)

[ajooja]

That's so cute. I think "Margi" is a wonderful pen name. It stands out. Very cool.

[TheQueen]

Vaguely - It is marvelous. Why can't we realize that when we're teenagers?
~~Silk - I think they blew her up. Yes. They did. Then they went to a dance.
Erin G. - I like the fact she avoided "Peggy" which is a derivation of "Margaret," her real name. Not to denigrate Peggies, but it just isn't Mom.
ajooja - I picture the "G" being a hard G, like in Porgy and Bess. Porgi and Bess.

[sue]

I always find it facinating to get an insight into what our parents were like when they were young... this is very cool.