BEER Ch. 4 Fiona

[Dave Monroe]

   "Fiona is in that valley between powerhouse kid and unpredictable
adolescent, having found, long may it wave, an equilibrium that nearly
has Maxine wiping her nose here, as she considers on what short notice
such calm can be disrupted." (BE, Ch. 4, p. 32)


Fiona

Fiona is a feminine given name. The name Fiona was invented, and first
used, by the Scottish poet James Macpherson (1736–96), author of the
Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic
sources (sources, when challenged, he never produced). The name was
subsequently used as a pseudonym by William Sharp (1855–1905), who
authored several romantic works under the name "Fiona Macleod". The
name has since become popular in England, Scotland and Ireland.

The name is considered to be a Latinised form of the Gaelic word
fionn, meaning "white", "fair". The name Fiona is also sometimes used
as an Anglicisation of the Irish-language name Fíona, although these
names are otherwise unrelated (as Fíona is derived from an element
meaning "vine")....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona


valley

Cf. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UncannyValley
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