I went through a time wanting to name a boy Rhys. But the whole "how do you pronounce that" issue made me keep looking. I spent too much time growning up answering to Suzi Ummmmmmmmmmm, as people would get stuck on my last name.
She just... she just did the math.
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Jan 07, 2009 8:12:22 am PST #9793 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Hil R. - Jan 07, 2009 8:12:44 am PST #9794 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There is not anyone else with my same first/last name combination. I've done a bunch of genealogy research, and as far as I've ever been able to tell, everybody with the same last name as me is related. And I know the names of just about all of them.
Sue - Jan 07, 2009 8:13:45 am PST #9795 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I had a second cousin with the same name, but different middle name. But then she changed her name when she got married.
Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 8:14:23 am PST #9796 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I work with a Kip. Only one I have ever met.
One of my college roommates is a Buffy. It's not a nickname (apparently common for Elizabeth [?]); like the vampire slayer, college!Buffy is a birth Buffy. t edit I meant to say -- she's the only Buffy I've ever met.
And Buffy recently had daughter #2, named...
Lily. (The birth announcement said Lily, not Lillian or any other spelling.)
Chatty!co-worker has an uncle named Voyd. Hand to god.
Amy - Jan 07, 2009 8:15:55 am PST #9797 of 10002
Because books.
Voyd? Seriously?
My grandmothers' names are Iva and Mildred. There was no way I was going there. But I do think Ivy is pretty.
Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 8:17:12 am PST #9798 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Voyd? Seriously?
Swear to god. Apparently all the uncles on that side are V names; less-common ones, too, like Varne. And Virgil.
And good old Voyd.
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2009 8:18:32 am PST #9799 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My grandmothers' names were Alice and Mary. If I had had a girl, I wouldn't have minded calling her Alicia Marie after them.
Grandfathers were Ambrose and Bror, which would have been...interesting to use.
Barb - Jan 07, 2009 8:18:41 am PST #9800 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Man, when Virgil starts sounding melodic...
Sue - Jan 07, 2009 8:18:44 am PST #9801 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I had a neighbor who's first and middle names were Virgil Caine. I was always earwormed when I checked the mail.
Sparky1 - Jan 07, 2009 8:19:38 am PST #9802 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
My DH went to college with a woman named Lasagna. She was a twin, and her sister had something very normal like Laura (but not Laura - I can't remember).
My grandmothers were Maud and Eleanor. My sister used Eleanor for one of her daughters, and Maud wasn't a nice person, so those names aren't in consideration for us. My grandfathers were Harry and Robert, and my uncle/cousins have the Robert thing covered.