Comments | seal_clubber: In Which I Prattle On About My Name

seal_clubber

In Which I Prattle On About My Name

Oct 12, 2006 16:13

On the subway a woman mentioned to her friend that she heard "her" song on the radio this morning-"Jane", by the Barenaked Ladies, which she joked was named after her (presumably, her name was Jane). That got me thinking about my name, and how there will never be a song named after me.

( Really pointless dissertation on my name )

self:ego:deep thoughts

Comments 22

singofmyself October 12 2006, 20:23:02 UTC

Lisa Pizza. Yeah, that's all they were able to do with my name.

But I get cups with my name on them all the time.

Sorry.

Mike has so many Jeffs and Chris' that he and his friends call them by the last name as well.

alivicwil October 15 2006, 06:59:51 UTC

When I was 4yo, a boy I knew used to call me "Alisa, a pizza" - He was Cameron, so I called him "a camera."

I'm with Murray though - nothing ever came with my name on it. It was so depressing.
I used to make my own "Alisa's Room" signs for my bedroom door (using an Apple II, Print Shop, and a dot matrix printer).

My name actually comes from a movie (though it's spelled Elisa in the film). The character I'm named for isn't even an off-screen character - she's imaginary! (And Clint Eastwood sings about her. The horror.)

seal_clubber October 16 2006, 02:15:27 UTC

Which movie is that? Paint Your Wagon?

alivicwil October 18 2006, 12:59:05 UTC

it is indeed

dogofthefuture October 12 2006, 21:00:39 UTC

My parents tried their damnedest not to saddle me with an unfortunate name or initials. How were they to know that a movie would come out called E.T.?

seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:28:51 UTC

Heh. I went out with a gal once whose initials were E.T. As we headed out the door, her dad would invariably call out "E.T. phone home".

mrs_clubber October 12 2006, 23:05:26 UTC

Oh, Murray
don't you worry
Don't be in such a hurry,
to get to the Kebab-N-Kurry...

Ah, I've got nothing. Sorry. But I tried. (With a little help from the rhyming dictionary.)

seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:20:32 UTC

Ahhh, but you tried. This, among many othe reasons, is why I love you. *smewtch*

anonymous October 13 2006, 00:00:21 UTC

My first name is Tiffany.
I have not had a unique name ever, until my jr. year in college I had /never/ had a class without two or three of us. It is the suck.
My nicknames included: Fanny, tifFATani, smellany, and freckel faced cartoon.
Do you feel a little happier about your insulation?

seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:22:21 UTC

Your last nickname there raises the point: just because they coudln't do anything with "Murray" doesn't mean I was immune to Cruel/Insulting School Nicknames.

By the by, I think Tiffany is a nice name. :-)

davesbrain October 13 2006, 00:21:31 UTC

Dave is astonishingly unmangleable.

seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:29:11 UTC

Unmanageable in what way?

davesbrain October 13 2006, 13:41:42 UTC

Unmangleable. root word: mangle