Friday Five - The Name Game
Meme - it's short, so I won't cut it.
1. What is your first name? How do you feel about it? It's Katja, and I think it's pretty. It's come to fit me more.
2. Do you feel that a name can influence the course of a person's life? Their personality? To some extent - people do seem to grow into names and come to fit them, but I suspect that our perception of that is actually more to do with coming to associate a certain name with a certain person.
3. Can a person's name sway your opinion of them? Why or why not? No, because names are chosen by parents.
4. How do you feel about the current trend toward androgynous first names? I don't really don't have an opinion, though it is a little unsettling to meet girls named Aiden and boys named Clarice. (I'm far more concerned with names like 'Catatonia'.)
5. Are there any names that speak powerfully to you, whether by association or imagination? Most names, particularly those of family and friends. But then, most words speak powerfully to me.
1. What is your first name? How do you feel about it? It's Katja, and I think it's pretty. It's come to fit me more.
2. Do you feel that a name can influence the course of a person's life? Their personality? To some extent - people do seem to grow into names and come to fit them, but I suspect that our perception of that is actually more to do with coming to associate a certain name with a certain person.
3. Can a person's name sway your opinion of them? Why or why not? No, because names are chosen by parents.
4. How do you feel about the current trend toward androgynous first names? I don't really don't have an opinion, though it is a little unsettling to meet girls named Aiden and boys named Clarice. (I'm far more concerned with names like 'Catatonia'.)
5. Are there any names that speak powerfully to you, whether by association or imagination? Most names, particularly those of family and friends. But then, most words speak powerfully to me.