Have you met someone with an odd, famous, or funny name?
11-08-2010, 08:11 PM
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Candy Sweet and Taffy Sweet - daughters of the family that owns Sweet Publishing House.
Charlie Brown - in my MIL's high school class many years ago. THe sub never believed that was really his name and sent him to the office for being a smart mouth. "What's your name? Charlie Brown. No, really. What's your name?"
Cozy - my husband's grandmother.
I teach school and don't think any child has a "normal" name anymore. But have a daughter who was going to name my grandchild - had he turned out to be a she - Mason. Yes, a girl Mason. (I feel so sorry for the boys who will share names with the girls - Taylor, Carsyn, etc.)
Charlie Brown - in my MIL's high school class many years ago. THe sub never believed that was really his name and sent him to the office for being a smart mouth. "What's your name? Charlie Brown. No, really. What's your name?"
Cozy - my husband's grandmother.
I teach school and don't think any child has a "normal" name anymore. But have a daughter who was going to name my grandchild - had he turned out to be a she - Mason. Yes, a girl Mason. (I feel so sorry for the boys who will share names with the girls - Taylor, Carsyn, etc.)
11-08-2010, 08:16 PM
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My third sister was named at birth Vivian Blue Byrd, and darn, didn't we all have to fight our way through school.
My legal first name is Violet, which few know, and with the last name Byrd and a sister Blue....weren't raised together but both
had the same memories.
Sister and I were talking recently on the phone and we both remember our principles' offices far more than we did our own home rooms. Can barely remember those, but that long, hard bench outside the principle's office, that I remember vividly since I got sent there so often. And he had a bust of some old coot on his book case that was cut off at the shoulders...a hill child's opinion of a classical piece of work.
My legal first name is Violet, which few know, and with the last name Byrd and a sister Blue....weren't raised together but both
had the same memories.
Sister and I were talking recently on the phone and we both remember our principles' offices far more than we did our own home rooms. Can barely remember those, but that long, hard bench outside the principle's office, that I remember vividly since I got sent there so often. And he had a bust of some old coot on his book case that was cut off at the shoulders...a hill child's opinion of a classical piece of work.
11-08-2010, 08:24 PM
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My maiden name wasn't odd at the time I was born, but it became so.
In a childbirth education class I was teaching about 5 years ago, we were talking about names. I mentioned that my name is a self-given name, written into my divorce decree, because, at the age of 57 when I divorced, I didn't feel like "my mommy's daughter" any more and didn't care to return to my maiden name. And, as I had two DD by different fathers (exes), I didn't need to keep one married name over the other. So I took a name from my mother's side of the family and a name from my father's side and hyphenated them for my new legal last name.
At this point a couple asked me what my maiden name had been. (Keep in mind that I was 60 years old--) I replied,
"Janet Jackson." The woman, who was maybe 26-27 yrs. old, looked at me with wide eyes and actually said to me, "Oh! Were you named for her?"
Look at my avatar.
These people vote! That scares me silly.
Jan in VA
In a childbirth education class I was teaching about 5 years ago, we were talking about names. I mentioned that my name is a self-given name, written into my divorce decree, because, at the age of 57 when I divorced, I didn't feel like "my mommy's daughter" any more and didn't care to return to my maiden name. And, as I had two DD by different fathers (exes), I didn't need to keep one married name over the other. So I took a name from my mother's side of the family and a name from my father's side and hyphenated them for my new legal last name.
At this point a couple asked me what my maiden name had been. (Keep in mind that I was 60 years old--) I replied,
"Janet Jackson." The woman, who was maybe 26-27 yrs. old, looked at me with wide eyes and actually said to me, "Oh! Were you named for her?"
Look at my avatar.
These people vote! That scares me silly.
Jan in VA
11-08-2010, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
At this point a couple asked me what my maiden name had been. (Keep in mind that I was 60 years old--) I replied,
"Janet Jackson." The woman, who was maybe 26-27 yrs. old, looked at me with wide eyes and actually said to me, "Oh! Were you named for her?"
Look at my avatar.
These people vote! That scares me silly.
Jan in VA
"Janet Jackson." The woman, who was maybe 26-27 yrs. old, looked at me with wide eyes and actually said to me, "Oh! Were you named for her?"
Look at my avatar.
These people vote! That scares me silly.
Jan in VA
11-08-2010, 08:34 PM
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I went to school with Doyle Head, whose father's name was Richard Head. You know what Richard's nickname was, don't you?
A good friend became Anne Franck when she got married.
Our student assistant one year was Yiu Tu ("have a good night, mbunny". "you too, yiu ...").
There are more, but I can't recall them at the moment...
A good friend became Anne Franck when she got married.
Our student assistant one year was Yiu Tu ("have a good night, mbunny". "you too, yiu ...").
There are more, but I can't recall them at the moment...
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