WRT: Names. Seriously, people are just not paying attention. Y'all's names are not that difficult. I've got the easiest name ever and people still mess it up because they just do not listen.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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ChiKat - Feb 03, 2010 7:13:48 am PST #8930 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Zenkitty - Feb 03, 2010 7:18:42 am PST #8931 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Names, argh. I'm 46 and still trying to decide what my name should be. My legal first name is Leone (lee-OHN), and growing up in the South, no one could get my name right. They were trying to make it be something they already knew. I got called Leonie, Leon, Iona, Lorina, I don't know where the "r" came from either. I got tired of having to spell it and correct pronunciation all the time, so I started going by my middle name in college. I thought, no one will mess up Elizabeth! I had no idea people would insist on calling me Beth or Lizzie. And ever since 9/11 I've had the worst trouble with it, because *everything*, even my tax return, is in the name "Elizabeth Lastname" except for my driver's license, which both NJ and VA insisted had to match my birth certificate. And then my new bank account put my full name on the account, even though I specifically asked them not to, but the mortgage I got from the *same bank* has me as "Elizabeth L. Lastname". So nothing matches, and most of it isn't right. I've been told I should change my name legally, and I guess I should, but it annoys me that I should have to do through all that just because I want to use my middle name.
Don't get me started on my last name. I'm thinking of changing that, too.
Vortex - Feb 03, 2010 7:19:10 am PST #8932 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My BFF's name is Lauren. When we lived in England, people kept thinking that her name was Maureen.
Shir - Feb 03, 2010 7:22:46 am PST #8933 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
My legal first name is Leone
It's my mom's second name (after her late uncle, Leon).
brenda m - Feb 03, 2010 7:25:19 am PST #8934 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My BFF's name is Lauren. When we lived in England, people kept thinking that her name was Maureen.
I get Deborah a lot.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2010 7:26:05 am PST #8935 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
also- I was so slammed this morning, I didn't have a chance to ask for job~ma for my 10am second interview, but I think I did OK, so I request hire~ma to be directed at the people making the decision this week.
I was vibing for you, Nora. Hire-ma now being directed across the Charles.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2010 7:26:35 am PST #8936 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister got Margery. If you only kinda just heard her name, might be excusable. If you were in her class for years, decidedly less so. Which is how it went down.
Zenkitty - Feb 03, 2010 7:28:00 am PST #8937 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Shir, really? That's cool - I love finding other women with my name!
Thanks for explaining how to pronounce your name. If I ever get to meet you, maybe I'll even get it right!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2010 7:28:26 am PST #8938 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm pretty sure I've never had my first name pronounced incorrectly (apart from a friend who used to enjoy stretching it to two syllables in a sing-songy voice to annoy the crap out of me). My last name, well...that's another story. Doo-mays would be the least aggravating (at least it's close).
Shir - Feb 03, 2010 7:30:16 am PST #8939 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Shir, really? That's cool - I love finding other women with my name!
Only her second name, so she's not using it - it's just on her ID.
Now, the weird thing with Names of Family and Names of Buffistas, for me, is that Seska and The Girl's real names are just as my mother's first name and one of her sisters.