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I was never under the impression that she was a real person. I just assumed she was a marketing persona ala Betty Crocker et al.
by gcheong 5y ago
I was never under the impression that she was a real person. I just assumed she was a marketing persona ala Betty Crocker et al.
- vmception 5y agoFta: you’re correct
- smegsicle 5y ago
- RobertMiller 5y agoIt was a somewhat popular name for girls in the 30s and 40s. Mavis Beacon came out in the late 80s, one of the programmers might well have had a mother or aunt named Mavis.
- vmception 5y ago(or just heard the name as not uncommon so it fit when they pulled it out of their mental random name generator)
- lazide 5y agoProbably also somewhere between ‘so common it can’t be trademarked’ and ‘so uncommon it sounds bizarre and not like it could be a real person’.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago>one of the programmers might well have had a mother or aunt named Mavis. Or a typing teacher.
- mmcgaha 5y agoOr a dead milkmen album: "somebody kicked my dog Mavis and I'm gonna find out just who the hell it was"
- Tagbert 5y agoYou would be missing the amazing Mavis Staples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCF7BtGrEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCF7BtGrEI
- ralusek 5y agoYou're telling me that she's American McGee rather than Carmen San Diego? Sid Meier rather than Dr. Grordbort?
- lupire 5y ago*Sandiego. And vice versa.