Aw, JZ, thanks! I actually think I might have liked being named Greta, but it definitely would have been very unusual in my super-WASPy hometown.
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.
I have no porn name!
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My porn name would be Barky Hwy 156.
Our pet-naming history was pretty wretched. Or nerdy, whichever. But Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Lucky, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, and Bimba only gives you 50% passable stripper nameage.
((Jilli)) I am so sorry.
So much that my friend and I are constantly saying, "Hey Baby!" to her daughter. Like, "Hey Baby! Are you teething? That's pretty awesome. Want to chew on my hand. That's cool." "Hey Baby! Where'd your sock go? You're really good at losing socks. Good going, baby." And so on.
Hee! Too bad now I'm hearing that in Andy-Samberg-as-Mark-Wahlberg voice. Or maybe not too bad!
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I am using my alias here
My mother was going to name me Naomi, but one day she was looking at Naomi in the baby name book and her eyes strayed to Nadine and she thought it was beautiful. My real middle name was Marie, which was because my mom wanted me to have a saint's name even though I was not baptised because she thought children born out of wedlock weren't allowed (she was a converted Catholic because my grandparents were a mixed Catholic/Protestant marriage and there was some tension there).
I use the middle name of Brooks, however, which was my grandpa's mother's maiden name, and his middle name both because of the flow, and because I was my grandpa's baby and I wanted to be closer to him after he dies my first year in college. Weirdly, I didn't realize that was the reason for a long time, but I started using it the year after he died.
My porn name is Heidi Washington, which makes me feel like I should be in a blaxsploitation film.
My porn name would be Ginger Shorewood. (It is first family pet name + street name where you grew up, right?) If I had to make one up based on my current info, it'd be Amarna Corey.
My porn name would be Fiddlesticks Alachua. The next pet and street would be Frisky Hickory Ridge... I guess Frisky Ridge isn't a bad porn name.
So much that my friend and I are constantly saying, "Hey Baby!" to her daughter. Like, "Hey Baby! Are you teething? That's pretty awesome. Want to chew on my hand. That's cool." "Hey Baby! Where'd your sock go? You're really good at losing socks. Good going, baby." And so on.
My grandpa's sister was called "Babe" for her entire life for that very reason. And she married a man whose last name was Darling. And her son's name was Jim Darling, like Lady and the Tramp. I also recently found out that she didn't really live with Mr. Darling, but instead a very handsome boyfriend who my mom had a crush on. Oh the 50's in the poor side of town-- very scandolous!