As far as I know, none of my family went through Ellis (either too soon or too late), and there are a lot of original-country names still, as far as I can tell.
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Jesse - Feb 04, 2005 6:23:45 pm PST #4171 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Feb 04, 2005 6:27:12 pm PST #4172 of 10002
Be glad. I got called down to the office so many times when it wasn't me but another Sara Lastname. And the thing is? Lastname is NOT common where I grew up. Garcia, sure. Lastname? No.
I'll bet half of Sweden has Lastname. It was popular when they had to go from the whole Daddottier/son to one patrymn/that word.
quester - Feb 04, 2005 6:27:19 pm PST #4173 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I think it actually was someone on Ellis Island that shortened my Hungarian grandfather's name from Schmelzer to Smeller. My mother made him change it to Sheller before she would marry him. I'm not exactly sure of the correct spelling of the original name, but my father's entire family are Smellers and I'm pretty sure it wasn't their idea.
Jesse - Feb 04, 2005 6:29:15 pm PST #4174 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've never run across anyone with my last name in person, but there are a bunch of them on the internet. I actually found a guy with my first and last names who was born in the late 1800s, and married in the early 1900s. Scary how many old records are online.
quester - Feb 04, 2005 6:30:48 pm PST #4175 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
benadryl still hasn't kicked in.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2005 6:44:06 pm PST #4176 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My eyelids and ear canals still itch.
Pfft.
I discovered today, using the autocomplete function to address a work e-mail, that the 5 people in my immediate department all have unique first names in the 40,000 strong company.
That's pretty damned unlikely, I'm thinking.
Beverly - Feb 04, 2005 6:50:43 pm PST #4177 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
ita, what did you eat, or touch, that your mucous membranes are itching? That's scary shit.
quester - Feb 04, 2005 6:53:25 pm PST #4178 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Yeah, that's a pretty strong reaction to something.
Jesse - Feb 04, 2005 6:53:41 pm PST #4179 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's pretty damned unlikely, I'm thinking.
You'd think. Now I want to play with the U phone book thingy.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 6:59:11 pm PST #4180 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My eyelids and ear canals still itch.
Oddly, the other night I saw the rare video for Wire's song "Eardrum Buzz" - which features a lot of people having itchy ear canals.