Some hyphenate, some concatenate (my mother is professionally MaidenName MarriedName, but socially just MarriedName),
That’s exactly what I want to do, I shall concatenate! I now have a word for it
But to my parents it felt like wholesale rejection, like I didn't want anything to do with them. I'd hurt them needlessly enough with the whole eloping thing, so I went ahead and kept them all.
Would that my brother had your wisdom.
I am now finding that hyphenating is considered outre or weird most of the time. Lots of people comment on my name, and most of the comments are negative. (And just to add to the weird, DH says that he gets lots of compliments on the name, LOTS.)
Yes, because he’s progressive and concerned about his wife’s need, but you’re uppity and are rejecting tradition.
shakes fist and screams “Whippersnapper!”
It stuck to the point that now almost everyone I know only knows my name as Drew and are a bit surprised when someone from my past calls me Andrew.
Intellectually, I know that your name is Andrew, but you’re just not an Andrew. A Drew, yes, but not an Andrew.
trying to picture you as spencer...
are you for hire?
Only if his first case is to find the miscreant who replaced the S
Just ask Wentworth Harry Hugent Sylvester Constantine George Augustus St Elmer Mundle.
Heh. I have a great grandmother with nine first names. Her mother was told by several relatives that she would get a gift if she named my GG after the relative. So, she named her after ALL of them.
I have to come out and make it clear that it's not my name, even though this invariably comes across as rude, because otherwise I'll be wanting to knife them.
Oh, yes, that I get. Some people try to call me “Stephie”, and I shut them down very quickly. Steph is fine, Stephie is fighting words. I usually just look at them quizzically and say “do I LOOK like a Stephie?”
Eventually, it will be Aimee Middlename Mother'sMaidenname Father'sLastname Conat Radcliffe.
BWAH
I tried for a brief while to go by "AJ" in high school. It didn't catch on.
It’s hard to change your name with people who know you. You either have to do it when you make a transition, or with a complete stranger. My dad tried to do that when he went to college – he wanted to be called Hawk. And this is pre-Spenser novels (to come full circle)
Oh the joy of names. I would like to drop my first name as my family never used it and I don't particularly like it (Joanne). I've gone by a shortened version of my middle name since birth. I would never have changed my last name, much to the chagrin of my most serious boyfriend's father. Had we gotten married (thank GOD we didn't), it would have been an Issue cause it was important to the future FiL and to me. Perhaps if I married young I'd have felt differently but I've done too much I'm proud of with my name. GF and I have talked about the kid thing (what last name would we use). I like both of our last names so I don't think I'd care either way. The name wouldn't make the kid less mine. Maybe just pick the one that sounds nicest with whatever name we chose.
We have been teasing GF's mom with the notion of using a combination of her name (Lynette Odelia) and my mom's name (Deborah Ann). "Little O'Deborah! Sweet Debette! Adorable Lynebrah!" Hehehehehehe. She's really taken to calling the phantom grandchild O'Deborah.
My dad tried to do that when he went to college – he wanted to be called Hawk.
BWAH!
Joe tried to be called "Hawke" for awhile - cause of he was the only person that he knew who liked the movie "Hudson Hawke". I also think he felt left out die to having a circle of friends who included, "Troll", "Thug", and "Raven".
Oh, yes, that I get. Some people try to call me “Stephie”, and I shut them down very quickly. Steph is fine, Stephie is fighting words. I usually just look at them quizzically and say “do I LOOK like a Stephie?”
I'm right there with you.
Though "Teppy" is fine with me. Huh.
Though "Teppy" is fine with me. Huh.
Can I call you "Teppinator II - Judgement Day"?
Though "Teppy" is fine with me. Huh.
well, that's not a diminutive, it's a nickname.
Question:
I'm freezing in my office and no sweater etc to put on and I can't chage the thermostat. My boss has a hoodie sitting on the couch and he's not here. Would it be totally wierd to put it on?
Though "Teppy" is fine with me. Huh.
Can I call you "Teppinator II - Judgement Day"?
As long as you can make it sound REALLY ominous, then sure!
Though "Teppy" is fine with me. Huh.
well, that's not a diminutive, it's a nickname.
True, but it *sounds* like a diminutive.
Okay, fair point.
Only if he catches you.
Crap. He'd totally catch me cause I'd forget to take it off.
builds a fire out of old leases
