Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme over at The Broke and The Bookish. Today I have elected to participate and share my list of favourite character names from literature. I have chosen these because they are (a) rhyming and therefore funny, (b) alliterative and therefore funny or (c) generally ridiculous and therefore funny. Unfortunately I only have five, because of short preparation time, but you can find some of my other favourites here. In no particular order, they are:
* Soren Lorenson *
(Lauren Child / Slightly Invisible (Charlie and Lola series))
* Shaun the Faun *
( Jon Skovron / Man Made Boy)
* Slartibartfast *
(Douglas Adams / The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
* Tim Somebody *
(Alexander McCall Smith / Corduroy Mansions)
* Horatio Hornblower *
(C. S. Forrester / Mr Midshipman Hornblower)
So who’s on your list?
Bruce
my read shelf:
The Bookshelf Gargoyle 
Great choice with HGttG!
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It certainly is a classic 🙂
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Do I not read books? I can only claim to have read Hitchhikers, wonderfully zany and all round mental. I remember a Robert Rankin character called Mr The-Hills-have-Eyes though.
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Ooh, that’s a good one! A bit tricky to fit on your tax form though…
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I don’t recognize any of those books O_O
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Doris @ Owl Always Be Reading
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Not even Hitchhiker’s Guide?
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Slartibartfast was my second favorite of H2G2 names–Zaphod made the first, though it was a close one.
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Yes, the Beeblebrox certainly adds a certain flair!
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Those are great – haven’t had the pleasure of meeting these characters but sounds like I should 🙂
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I’m sure they’d love to make your acquaintance!
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The Weasley family and Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter and Prince Humperdinck from The Princess Bride.
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Humperdinck Humperdinck Humperdinck! Yes, that is a classic name, although Fezzik is my favourite from that story 🙂
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