what's in a name????

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Originally posted by captain
Yessss!!!

But the icing on the cake is when their new name is ....

Shelby-Jade Hobson-Jones .............:D YUP?

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and she'll call saying, "This is Shelby Jones, can you pull up my account????"

"Ma'am, I don't see your account in our database, can i have an account number????"

" I don't have my card with me.....i called last week and was able to get some info......"

She doesn't remember that she was Shelby H-O-B-S-O-N-HYPHEN-J-O-N-E-S when she called last week....

:rolleyes:

My married surname is the same as a girl's first name, so you can imagine I always get called that instead of carole, even my doctor who had known me for ten yrs called me by my surname, and yes it bothers me, but I am getting used to it, maybe I should have hung on to my good old scottish maiden name.:)

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Originally posted by Twisterdog

The whole cutesy name thing loses appeal shortly after high school graduation. I feel sorry for people saddled with their parent's lack of vision for a lifetime.

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SO true......My Mother had the bright idea of giving me the name of Liberty. Try living with that name.:rolleyes: Plus she had to add 2 middle names to it...to keep the family happy. I'm sure it was cute as a child.....but not as an adult.

It's been shorten sense College to Libby....don't ask me how they got Libby from Liberty.....but i'm keeping it. It's better then some of the nick-names I use to be called.

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Originally posted by Fox-Gal
SO true......My Mother had the bright idea of giving me the name of Liberty.

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don't feel bad- i was watching the news one day and a witness to a crime is being interviewed...

i started to laugh when i saw her name flash on the screen.....

AQUANETTE.....you mean like the HAIR SPRAY???
:eek:


you COULD fudge a little and tell people that-"due to the patriotic fever that has taken over the country I have changed my name to help the cause.."

;)

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Originally posted by RICHARD


lol, one reason i've heard for hypenating a name is to 'keep in touch with your family name...'

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My grandmother was writing a check to me after I got married as a wedding present and asked me what my full name was. When I told her that my name was Gwendolyn Lerah "Married Name" she got very upset that I didn't keep my Maiden name as my middle name or hypenate it. She said, and I quote, "It's like you are abandoning your family!" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

yeah Fox-Gal, tell people your name used to be "Frenchie" :p

I just found this thread, so I would like to go back to the first names thing.

We have two daughters: Mary Selena and Ruth Beatrice. Mary goes by Lena. It usually is not a problem except for the first few days of school when she has to train all the teachers, and at the doctor/dentist/pharmacy. Its up to me (and her) to remember which name is on her chart and offer all possibilities.

Ruth goes by RuBea (she does not capitalize the "b", but I do) which is pronounced like "Ruby". (Bea is a common nickname for Beatrice and actually was used by her great-grandmother for whom she was named). She also has to train teachers every year and finds it a little more tiresome. I can see her going back to Ruth as she gets older which would be fine with me. Ruth as a name was a bit much for an infant, but I think quite appropriate for a grown woman.

I have a little trouble with fancy name spellings - its just too cutesy, but I also have to be very careful what I say as I've done much the same thing.

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Originally posted by RICHARD

you COULD fudge a little and tell people that-"due to the patriotic fever that has taken over the country I have changed my name to help the cause.."

;)

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LOL yeah thats what I'll do. :D ;) It will bring me back to those days when people use to sing "give my Liberty or give me death" behind my back......:rolleyes: Yep I want to go through that again. ;) :p


Years ago I worked for the health dept. of N.Y.C. (very short time) and there was this woman, spoke very little english, so when I asked her the child's name, she looked around and gave me the name off one of our posters of sexually transmitted disease. :eek: It went in the book as that, her child was now a sexually transmitted disease.

omg my name is a perfect example of this, everyone I know with my name spells it a different way. their is no true way to spell my name ;).

I think unique spellings are neat -- Or moreso, unique names. But it's hard when you can never remember how to spell it.

I for one, wish my dad would have named me Jordyn. More feminine, and easy to remember. But nope. I got stuck with Jordan. Either way, people still spell my name Jordin, Jordon, Jorden, and so on. :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Fox-Gal


Years ago I worked for the health dept. of N.Y.C. (very short time) and there was this woman, spoke very little english, so when I asked her the child's name, she looked around and gave me the name off one of our posters of sexually transmitted disease. :eek: It went in the book as that, her child was now a sexually transmitted disease.

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lol, what about NOSMO KING????

the woman who was having/just had a baby.....she named the child from the sign on the wall...

NO SMOKING?

Okay, I just found out that a woman here at work is naming her child (girl) Kye Tazanna . :eek: :eek: I just told her that it was a very interesting name :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Yessss .......... don't you love that word ..."interesting"

Says nothing, but says so much too ............ :D

lol.......

get this....

RICKARDO

:rolleyes:

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lol, what about NOSMO KING????

the woman who was having/just had a baby.....she named the child from the sign on the wall...

NO SMOKING?

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If you've ever read Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul there is a story about a dog named Nosmo King.

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Originally posted by RICHARD
lol.......

get this....

RICKARDO

:rolleyes:

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"Lucy, you got some splaining to do!!!!"

No, that would be...

L-O-O-S-E-E

I'm glad that my parents gave me a farily easy name to spell, they gave both me and my sister names that could be pronounced in both English and Spanish because we grew up on a border town and they thought it would be easier on us if people would be able to easily pronounce and spell our names. Which is nice for me seeing as how I have a strange last name, no one can ever pronounce it and I'm always having to spell it.

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Originally posted by Soledad
No, that would be...

L-O-O-S-E-E

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another 'unique' spelling!!!

lol

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Originally posted by Soledad
No, that would be...

L-O-O-S-E-E

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God, what was I thinking........ (as I slap my forehead for the umpth time)

thanks for setting me on the straight and narrow

BTW I called up a vendor to get some help with something and when I asked the person's name she said

"Brandee with two e's" I immediately started to smile and thought of the typical stereo-type blonde. I know, I know, I shouldn't have but her voice matched the name. What could I do??

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Originally posted by slick
"Brandee with two e's" I immediately started to smile and thought of the typical stereo-type blonde. I know, I know, I shouldn't have but her voice matched the name. What could I do??

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Yes, WHAT could you do ................. ???? :D :D

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Though it's hard for me to see how a trend can be unique.

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I've always thought the exact same thing! Someone thinks they are "unique" and "rebellious" and "different" because they are a biker or a goth or whatever the trend of the moment is. However, they have to look and act and talk just like all the other bikers or goths or whatever .... kind of amusing in a sad sort of way.

I went to college with a lady who named her twin girl Tequila and Shequila. Seriously. :rolleyes:

Yes, Twisterdog!! That's exactly what I thought, especially when I was in highschool. It never made sense to me that people who were Goths would complain about Jocks. They're just two sides of the same coin.

My solution was to reject any label or box, and to befriend people based on them as individuals and not if they were "cool" "goth" "skaters" or "punks". It's all the same to me.

Like I said before, any idiot can pop in a Marilyn Manson CD into their stereo or put on a pair of vinyl pants. It's your thoughts and actions that make you truly "different" and "unique."

You people. :rolleyes:

just checked the new list of Survivor contestants......


the first name i come across.....


Tijuana.....:confused:

How about that newborn in Baghdad last week named something like Ali Baba Rum Raisen George Bush Ahmed or something similiar. The parents wanted to "honor" the prez :rolleyes:

how's about

"justyn dilan"


"um, there seems to be a problem.....the 'computer' has mispelled your name, Justin...."

"No, it's spelled J-U-S-T-Y-N D-Y-L-I-N"

Ah, no, that's NOT the way we have it spelled here...."


:eek:

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"justyn dilan"

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*Snort*


My friend's sister named her son Austyn. Not Austin, which would have been bad enough ... but Austyn.

On a slightly different note, I groom a dog named Shy Ann. Not Cheyenne, but Shy Ann. *gag* BTW, anyone who would name their dog or - perish the thought - their child Cheyenne has so obviously never been there! :p

I'm more worried about people spelling my last name right. Why is Mooring so hard? It's not Waring or Moore (they just miss the whole -ing :rolleyes: ) They other night I was out with my grandma and they called a Bonnie Boring to the phone. (grandma answered the phone anyways) I went through a phase where I said my last name was Moo - ring they still screwed it up so now I just spell it.

But I've decided to carry on my friends and family's annoying naming trends with my future (way in the future) children:

Dixie Shae (I love this name! I just thought of the most country girl's name and took the n out of Dustin's middle name)

Kasie Lynn (My best friend of 15 yrs. Kasey (girl) )

Jasmin Rose (MY best friend since high school (took me 3 years to learn not to put an e at the end)

Rayven Ann (don't ask long story)

Louie Thomas (Do you know how long it took me to learn it wasn't Louis)


P.S. If you must address me by my full first name it's Ann-dree-a, not Andre - a