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.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
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.
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
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
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
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
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
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.
JenP - Jan 07, 2009 8:20:16 am PST #9803 of 10002
Grandmothers' names were Louise and Ella. I love the name Ella, but, well, Grandma Ella was not someone you'd want to name another human for, so... no Ellas in following generations. Grandma Louise was a lovely, awesome human. My sister's middle name is Louise.
I have the day off. Yay!