Whenever there are discussions of married name changes, I always think of the poor genealogists of the future, trying to track people back and wondering where the hell these names came from.
No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2010 5:19:42 pm PDT #15383 of 30000
brillig
Laga - Apr 09, 2010 5:41:20 pm PDT #15384 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Were we aware that slash had gone professional?
Oh my! I could do that. I'm off to google fictional characters in the public domain.
Zenkitty - Apr 09, 2010 5:49:56 pm PDT #15385 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?
Burrell - Apr 09, 2010 5:57:43 pm PDT #15386 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations, Erin and Mr. Erin!
It turns out DH and I are freakish outliers on married names. We both changed to a hyphenated version of both our names.
For the record, at least 60% of the time when people see the kid's last name written out, they 'accidentally' cut off the first half. I find that quite interesting, like they need to correct our mistake.
sarameg - Apr 09, 2010 6:00:00 pm PDT #15387 of 30000
Friends' of mine kids have Firstname Middlename ComplicatedItalianName-ComplicatedPolishName. There are often not enough boxes. But honestly, spoken? It works.
Laga - Apr 09, 2010 6:28:36 pm PDT #15388 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?
D asked the same thing but after the Jude Law/Robert Downey Jr movie, I'm sure there's plenty of that flavor available.
Shakespeare is but I feel like if you're going to do that it's got to be iambic pentameter and I don't know if I have the skills for that.
Beverly - Apr 09, 2010 6:31:09 pm PDT #15389 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I disliked my name. It never felt like more than a legal and sentimental bestowing due to adoption, so I had no emotional attachment to it. Plus difficult to get others to spell correctly, and bitter holdover from grade school, in the last half of the alphabet. I'd always planned to take my husband's name.
Heh. If you remember how to spell it, odds are you can't pronounce it. I use army alphabet to spell it over the phone (Alpha Delta Alpha Romeo Echo), and provide a printed phonetic spelling and pronunciation with a signature. And when I'm feeling mean, I just sit and smile and watch the receptionist attempt it. Of course this is better! Hours of entertainment. Plus, first half of the alphabet (fist pump) yess!
Maria - Apr 09, 2010 6:37:05 pm PDT #15390 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Now Bev? You just threw down the gauntlet.
And I may have had a few Stellas and a shot or two so I am in no way responsible for my typing until tomorrow morning.
A D A R E? The Italian in me wants to pronounce it ah-DAR-eh. But that's probably not correct.
Laga - Apr 09, 2010 6:39:36 pm PDT #15391 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The Italian in me wants to pronounce it ah-DAR-eh. But that's probably not correct.
I bet you're right. Unless it's A-dare.
DCJensen - Apr 09, 2010 6:42:10 pm PDT #15392 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Is Sherlock Holmes in the public domain?
Apparently it's the source of some confusion. The ACD estate says 2023, but others say that's just the final book.
Some are on Project Gutenberg: [link]