Comments on: Names http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 22:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31569 Grannymar Thu, 06 May 2010 21:30:01 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31569 BHB - I think the name Cynthia is lovely. BHB - I think the name Cynthia is lovely.

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31556 bikehikebabe Wed, 05 May 2010 23:26:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31556 I like my name, though in 1st grade I had to cheat with a note that said Cynthia under the desk. I wanted to be a simple Ann or at least Mary. I like my name, though in 1st grade I had to cheat with a note that said Cynthia under the desk. I wanted to be a simple Ann or at least Mary.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31551 Grannymar Wed, 05 May 2010 17:30:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31551 Magpie - I did indeed. Your family history would make a great novel! Jenniffer - I had a grandaunt Julia. She and her sisters all used names other than those they were given at birth! None were changes by deed pole. Magpie - I did indeed.
Your family history would make a great novel!

Jenniffer - I had a grandaunt Julia. She and her sisters all used names other than those they were given at birth! None were changes by deed pole.

]]> By: jenniffer http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31537 jenniffer Wed, 05 May 2010 01:06:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31537 i always wanted to change my name to either JULIA, LUCY or CLAIRE... but now (even as popular as it is) i like jenniffer... even the crazy spelling : ) i always wanted to change my name to either JULIA, LUCY or CLAIRE… but now (even as popular as it is) i like jenniffer… even the crazy spelling : )

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31535 Magpie11 Tue, 04 May 2010 22:19:38 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31535 Only in passing.... Did you get the reference? "And did those feet, in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green? And was the Holy Lamb....etc" I heard a discussion about marriage and some expert said that in the past people had to get married to carry on relationships. Did they cuckoo? They obviously haven't come across people like my paternal grand and great grand mothers! My Great Grandmother was supposedly widowed having never married Charles Crew. She managed to have two daughters and a son by him after her widow hood and then married her lodger. Her second daughter, probably sired by the lodger, later took my grandfather's name without actually marrying him and then married one Herbert Jones using my Gfather's name as her maiden name and saying that her father was one Charles Mills when her birth cert says it was Charles Crew(dead at the time) but it was in fact Charles Larkman her mother's eventual spouse! And that is only part of the story! Only in passing….
Did you get the reference?
“And did those feet, in ancient time, walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the Holy Lamb….etc”

I heard a discussion about marriage and some expert said that in the past people had to get married to carry on relationships. Did they cuckoo? They obviously haven’t come across people like my paternal grand and great grand mothers!
My Great Grandmother was supposedly widowed having never married Charles Crew. She managed to have two daughters and a son by him after her widow hood and then married her lodger.
Her second daughter, probably sired by the lodger, later took my grandfather’s name without actually marrying him and then married one Herbert Jones using my Gfather’s name as her maiden name and saying that her father was one Charles Mills when her birth cert says it was Charles Crew(dead at the time) but it was in fact Charles Larkman her mother’s eventual spouse!
And that is only part of the story!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31534 Grannymar Tue, 04 May 2010 20:27:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31534 WWW - I know what you mean by the female histories being lost. Elly was very much aware of it since she was the last of the line on her father's side. Nancy - You know the right people! :roll: Tech U - I agree that there are some peculiar names out there. My own one seems plain and simple. There are less errors made with it than my maiden name, it was seldom spelt correctly. Magpie - I thought you would pick something unusual. Did you hear the programme? Baino - I think your name suits you! Stick with it. WWW - I know what you mean by the female histories being lost. Elly was very much aware of it since she was the last of the line on her father’s side.

Nancy - You know the right people! :roll:

Tech U - I agree that there are some peculiar names out there. My own one seems plain and simple. There are less errors made with it than my maiden name, it was seldom spelt correctly.

Magpie - I thought you would pick something unusual. Did you hear the programme?

Baino - I think your name suits you! Stick with it.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31533 Baino Tue, 04 May 2010 20:08:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31533 Nope, I fought long and hard for my last name so I'm keeping it thank you. As for my first . . I've sort of become used to it even if I don't like it however, I see names often that really should be changed. We have a funeral parlour chain here called Wood Coffill. . that always sounds a bit yuk. Had a farrier once called Geoff Slaughter and a dentist called Phillip Paine! Nope, I fought long and hard for my last name so I’m keeping it thank you. As for my first . . I’ve sort of become used to it even if I don’t like it however, I see names often that really should be changed. We have a funeral parlour chain here called Wood Coffill. . that always sounds a bit yuk. Had a farrier once called Geoff Slaughter and a dentist called Phillip Paine!

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31532 Magpie11 Tue, 04 May 2010 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31532 I'd go back to William Blake and take the fore names Dark Satanic! I’d go back to William Blake and take the fore names Dark Satanic!

]]> By: Tech Unsavvy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31531 Tech Unsavvy Tue, 04 May 2010 17:36:38 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31531 There are a lot of awful names out there. Mine is foreign sounding and difficult, a burden: Badria Jazairi. I chose the pen name Babs Jaworski because I think Babs is a hilarious shortening of Barbara (which I sometimes get called). Jaworski was the Special Prosecutor in the Watergate trial. Also, an old friend used to call me Jaworski; he's gone now and it's a smile and a wave to him. I like to write under a name that does not evoke preconceptions, as my Arabic name is understandably likely to do from time to time. I would never legally change my name, I don't think. It feels a bit like self-abandonment. I can understand, though, why some might want to leave a difficult childhood behind, throw off an identity that never served them. As long as it's not to evade consequences for wrongdoing, I try not to judge those that do. We're all seeking our true selves, and some feel that their name is a reflection of that. There are a lot of awful names out there. Mine is foreign sounding and difficult, a burden: Badria Jazairi. I chose the pen name Babs Jaworski because I think Babs is a hilarious shortening of Barbara (which I sometimes get called). Jaworski was the Special Prosecutor in the Watergate trial. Also, an old friend used to call me Jaworski; he’s gone now and it’s a smile and a wave to him. I like to write under a name that does not evoke preconceptions, as my Arabic name is understandably likely to do from time to time.

I would never legally change my name, I don’t think. It feels a bit like self-abandonment. I can understand, though, why some might want to leave a difficult childhood behind, throw off an identity that never served them. As long as it’s not to evade consequences for wrongdoing, I try not to judge those that do. We’re all seeking our true selves, and some feel that their name is a reflection of that.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/05/04/names/#comment-31530 Nancy Tue, 04 May 2010 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=7247#comment-31530 My Mother in Law came here from Germany with another young lady by the name of Emma Schitz, pronounced, well, you know. Emma never married unfortunately,and she never changed her name. My children couldn't keep a straight face when they had to introduce her to their friends. My Mother in Law came here from Germany with another young lady by the name of Emma Schitz, pronounced, well, you know.

Emma never married unfortunately,and she never changed her name.

My children couldn’t keep a straight face when they had to introduce her to their friends.

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