One of my dorm-mates was from a large Irish Catholic family--12 or 13 kids. All the girls were named Mary Something Lastname. So yeah, that kind of thing is done. Of course, their mom and everybody else called them Mary Catherine (MaryCat), Mary Elizabeth (MaryLiz), Mary Rose, Mary Margaret, etc. It was like polysyllabic names, the first two of which were Mary.
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
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Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
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Beverly - Nov 27, 2010 10:02:48 am PST #9574 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Vortex - Nov 27, 2010 10:10:31 am PST #9575 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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Strix - Nov 27, 2010 10:58:38 am PST #9576 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Got the job, my Bitches!!!!
SO, SO HAPPY! See Annoucements for more deets, although I will be happily burbling for DAYS!
-t - Nov 27, 2010 11:01:14 am PST #9577 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Erin! I'm so happy for you.
Shir - Nov 27, 2010 11:21:45 am PST #9578 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Congrats, Erin!
Barb - Nov 27, 2010 11:26:40 am PST #9579 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
GYAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!
Oh, my darling Erin, there aren't enough exclamation points and emoticons in the Universe for how happy I am for you!!
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2010 11:28:07 am PST #9580 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Congrats, Erin!
In Montreal, it was very popular for the Quebecers to be named Mary-something. I think that's fallen out of vogue now.
sj - Nov 27, 2010 11:30:17 am PST #9581 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Erin!!! I'm so happy for you.
Strix - Nov 27, 2010 11:31:37 am PST #9582 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am doing the happy dance in every atom!
Thank you, thank you!
Steph L. - Nov 27, 2010 11:45:10 am PST #9583 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Erin, WOO!!!!!!
Having gone to Catholic school for 12 years, I knew a LOT of girls whose official first name was Mary, but who went by their middle name.
I admit that I didn't even consider changing my last name when ND and I got married because of all the paperwork involved. And the whole liking my name thing, but you get what I mean.
I think when my mom married my stepdad, she never legally changed her name to his, but uses it socially (Mr. and Mrs. W_____, etc.) and still uses her previous name (which is actually my dad's name, since she didn't change it back after the divorce) professionally.