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

davesbrain October 13 2006, 00:31:43 UTC

Murray Murray bo Burray Banana fanna fo Furray
Fee fy mo urray*, Murray!

*Officially correct way to do 'M' names.

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seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:25:09 UTC

My parents did a pretty good job with making my sister's name mockproof, too. There's not much you can do with "Stephanie" ... unless you are a dedicated, motivated older brother, in which case you can mutate it to a tear-inducing degree with even a marginal degree of effort.

Perhaps I had a slightly different relationship with my younger sister than you had with your brothers.

Immutable names wraithgirl October 13 2006, 02:49:51 UTC

It's true that Murray is not too mangleabe, but on that immortal day when your mom added your *middle* name... gosh darn but that was so cute.

I have never seen my name on anything, but when I was little, my mom paid big bucks to have my name custom printed on a little plaque for my door. And a few years' back, Davesbrain and Mrs. Davebrain got me a bathrobe with my name embroidered on it, which I cherish.

Re: Immutable names seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:30:41 UTC

...my mom paid big bucks to have my name custom printed...

Yeah, it's pretty simple now, hey? Type it up/design it on your computer, and have it printed on a t-shirt, embroidered on a hat, engraved on a plaque.

Kids today have it so easy, I tells ya! *smacks dentures*

Re: Immutable names davesbrain October 13 2006, 13:45:30 UTC

'course you have yet a third name-curse: That of the *mistaken* mangling - in spelling and, I presume, in pronunciation.

lady_shain October 13 2006, 02:59:51 UTC

I had the opposite problem. My name was *EVERYWHERE* where I grew up and by the time highschool rolled around there were like...3 or 4 of us in the same damned grade.

I love that your mom cared enough to make sure that you didn't get any of those horrible nicknames; you'd not beleive what they did to my last name....

seal_clubber October 13 2006, 13:27:32 UTC

Oh, I know what they did to your last name. I also refute the statement "you'd not believe what they did..." because I believe kids are capable of any level of cruelty at certain stages of life. I stand by my statement: the cruelest creature on the planet is the 11-year-old girl.

lady_shain October 14 2006, 02:50:04 UTC

Well, yeah; although I'd hoped you'd forgotten. I know I wish I could.

Oh. Yes. Positively evil.

im_a_honky October 16 2006, 12:03:57 UTC

Jennifer -- one of the most common names ever. I got my name on EVERYTHING, and it annoyed the hell out of me. The only thing I have now is a keychain I got six years ago that says my name, only because I'm too lazy to shop for a new one.

As far as getting made fun of... they didn't really rhyme stuff. They just called me names in school. Gotta love children!