I was named after my grandfather's sister, who was one of six or eight sisters--he was the only boy. One of the sisters was named Anastasia, which has always confused me: it's not the sort of name you expect in an Irish Catholic family of the late 1800s.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jan 21, 2011 8:06:40 am PST #17994 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Strix - Jan 21, 2011 8:08:22 am PST #17995 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It was the early 70's and my dad really liked the sound of Erin. My middle name is Elizabeth, and that is my great-aunt Alice's middle name too.
If I would have been a boy, I would have been Clark Clarence, after my grandfathers.
tommyrot - Jan 21, 2011 8:08:33 am PST #17996 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was name after my uncle Tom.
A few years ago I mentioned that to him and he was surprised - apparently no one told him?
My middle name is John, named after some relative of my dad's.
tommyrot - Jan 21, 2011 8:09:37 am PST #17997 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If my second son had been a girl, her mommies would have named her after my friend Miriam. That would have been cool.
Instead, they named a pet mouse after her.
Ouise - Jan 21, 2011 8:10:00 am PST #17998 of 30001
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
My brother, sisters and I are all named after revolutionary types. I'm named after Louise Michel, who had some pretty great nicknames: the red virgin of Montmartre and the French grand dame of anarchy.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2011 8:13:51 am PST #17999 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was called "it". And then I was called "ita." Thankfully they waited 20+ years to tell me that. I have a cousin whose name was similarly coined, and I swear it factored into her psychological makeup. In no positive way.
Strix - Jan 21, 2011 8:14:25 am PST #18000 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
megan walker - Jan 21, 2011 8:15:54 am PST #18001 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How did your parents pick your name? Were you named after anybody?
Well, after giving my sister and brother the most common names imaginable, naming them after two of my Dad's siblings (my Dad was partly raised by his older siblings since his parents died when he 6 and 13), I think my mother put her foot down and insisted I have a French name. But the lack of creativity continued and she chose the most popular name of the decade in France. So, we actually all have totally boring, utterly common names, mine just seems exotic here.
tommyrot - Jan 21, 2011 8:16:07 am PST #18002 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I almost hate to mention Limbaugh here, but is this a new low for him? Limbaugh Mocks Chinese President's Untranslated Speech
Yeah, he was making fun of the Chinese president for speaking a language that wasn't English, because it sounded funny to him.
erikaj - Jan 21, 2011 8:16:14 am PST #18003 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Everyone thinks I was named after Erica Kane.(my great-grandma, who looked for reasons to lose her shit, pretty much, told my mom she was terrible for naming her daughter after such a vixen. Which made my mom love it more, as anyone who actually knows my mom would know, even though she didn't know Erica Kane.) My mom liked it cause you can't shorten it or make it cute...my grandma tried, though "Oh, you could call her Ricki," Um, no, you can't. The early seventies were an Erica-riffic era(mine is the German spelling)