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It 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
by RobertMiller 5y ago
It 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"