Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
I met a guy ... who was named SIR, his parents had named him Sir. ...I guess they figured that way it'd always sound like he was being respected...
There used to be a practice among poor rural whites in the South and West of naming kids Judge and Colonel and General for just that reason. Occasional rather than common practice, but something that happened often enough not to be remarked upon.
Yeah, I've got one example in my file from the 1850s of one son named General Rafe Lastname, his brother is named Colonel Hugh Lastname.
It makes me wonder, would they have continued the pattern if they had had more children?
Did Colonel live a life of despair, knowing that he could never earn a promotion? "Mom always liked you best!"
The ones I boggle at are when titles get used as first names.
The guy across the street is named Sirmichael.
Family names I wouldn't visit on a baby:
Benoni (Meaning "child of sorrow" and given to babies whose mother died in childbirth. His did.)
Hepzibeth
Ora Dora
One ancestor was a schoolteacher and named his children Horace, Aurelius, Albert, Serena, Regulus and Livona.
One grandmother was named Estella Marie, but called Dorothy.
Ooh, cool, Hec.
I have ancestors who were dirt poor farmers (pre-civil war) who named their children "One" through "Twelve" and then, because of superstition or whatever, switched to regular (Cassius, Walter) for the next two.
he gets called Moore because he has a brother that goes by Les.
BWAH!!
And Meara, that reminds me of Michael Jackson calling his son "Prince".
And guess what? I am leaving the office, hitting the grocery store and watching the season premiere of "Damages"! Yay!
I just spent a happy 15 minutes watching a former Buffista speak at TED. How fun was that?
Did we know about that? Maybe we did, but I never got the memo.
Oh, I was like "Wait, did she speak at TED *again*?" but then I saw it was indeed from a 2007. I think we knew about that. At least, I did...she had posted about it on one or more of her other blogs at the time (LJ? I don't think she posted it on Dress A Day, that doesn't seem right!)
I didn't know she spoke at TED! I've got it bookmarked for later viewing.
I just got my new laptop! Also picked up a new printer, BSG Season 4.0, a copy of Spaced to replace my scratched disc, and 50 blank dvds so I can start using my dvd recorder/VCR combo set that I bought last week. Oh, and now I can finally get my first MP3 player working! (I held off until I got the laptop.)
Lots of toys to play with this week.
Astrid would be such a cool name! Imagine Grace as Astrid! It would totally be this awesome ethimix.
Speaking of Grace, today's daily picspam: [link]