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Origins of a Famous Name |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Helen Mondloch |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/2003 |
| Size: 248 Words, 1,645 Characters |
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Duncan Aikman refers to frontier times as the era of "grotesque nomenclature." Martha Cannary's nickname surpasses all others--including those of Hurricane Nel, Madame Moustache, and Rowdy Kate--for what he...
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... have grown from Cannary's penchant for excitement and commotion. Pointing out that "Jane" was never part of her real name but rather a generic term applied to young women, Sollid imagines that someone marveling over Cannary's escapades may well have said, "Calamity sure follows that jane and I guess from all I hear that jane follows calamity. Maybe we ought to call her Calamity Jane."
----H.M.
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