Middle names. Is it weird to stop using a middle name if you've got one? At one point around college or so I decided I was too confused as to whether I was supposed to give my middle name or not, so I would just stop using it. After all, my name is unique, so it wouldn't make a difference in distinguishing me. But then when I got to the practice of law I found out everyone uses their middle initial professionally. And recently I've become "part of the story" in a case and someone asked me what it was to talk about me in a brief. Now I feel weird asking them not to use it.
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Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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bon bon - Apr 27, 2005 7:10:13 am PDT #9255 of 10001
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sarameg - Apr 27, 2005 7:15:26 am PDT #9257 of 10001
Is it weird to stop using a middle name if you've got one?
I use mine because a) I really like it and b) my name is really terribly common. For the longest time as a kid, I didn't like it (or care) so I didn't use it. Though my mom did if I was in trouble.
Jesse - Apr 27, 2005 7:18:34 am PDT #9258 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am pro middle initials.
One of my best friends wasn't given a middle name, so her parents let her choose one when she was a kid. There was controversy for years about how to spell it. Controversy, by the way, which wouldn't have happened if the family had had enough vowel sounds (!! buffista convo #593!) -- my friend said her middle name was Carey, her mother thought it was Kerry or something.
Lee - Apr 27, 2005 7:20:26 am PDT #9259 of 10001
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msbelle - Apr 27, 2005 7:21:12 am PDT #9260 of 10001
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my friend said her middle name was Carey, her mother thought it was Kerry or something.
same thing. see also Keri, Cary, carry.
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-t - Apr 27, 2005 7:21:26 am PDT #9261 of 10001
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I've never chose to use my middle name. I put it on forms when it's asked for, so it ended up being on my UNO e-mail address, but otherwise I don't give it out. I do use the initial sometimes, even though there isn't anyone else with my first and last names in North America (maybe not the world, certainly not findable by Google).
-t - Apr 27, 2005 7:23:54 am PDT #9262 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I knew a guy in college whose middle name was L, because it was meant to honor both his grandfathers, who were Larry and Louis or something. His first name was Jay.
And now I'm wondering if he was secretly a relative of Superman.
Jesse - Apr 27, 2005 7:24:22 am PDT #9263 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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Nutty - Apr 27, 2005 7:32:25 am PDT #9264 of 10001
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But then when I got to the practice of law I found out everyone uses their middle initial professionally.
That explains Mark E. Salomone. I think it's very awkward.
I sign my middle initial on my checks (and a good thing too, since my signature is basically capital letters and horizontal lines), but don't use it professionally or in correspondence.