Shirley Baker
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A League of Their Own
tonganprince — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 09:23 AM)
I get it, she can't read.
BUT, you would think that at least once in her life (I'd say she's around 25), she probably seen her name spelled out and should recognize it.
Drama Drama Drama sigh -
ollie911 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 12:19 PM)
She was a woman, raised in the rural South during the Great Depression. She likely never went to school and certainly would not have had occasion to write her name, let alone recognize it if anyone else wrote it down. In many parts of the rural South, most people signed their names just by making an "X" in front of a witness, who certified that the person signing "made his mark". Which is where that phrase comes from.