Posted on 03/28/2014 12:08:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Or his cousin.
Very famous author, noted for his excellent tome:
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“The Yellow River” by I.P. Freeley...
There was thread a while back that involved black people, and one of the names mentioned was Darius. I guess they get one right once in a while.
I have the same problem, but a different solution.
Yep, been there, done that --- for years. Introducing yourself should not be that complicated.
Now, if you are looking at my screen name and wondering how I know this; it is because I changed my name. I couldn't take it anymore, I never liked it, so I decided to change it. I'm much happier with my name now.
My mother refused to speak to me for over a year because I did that.
Interesting thread and glad that I finally have an opportunity to recall a neighbor (England in the 50’s) who had three daughters in as many years, naming them - ‘Merry’, ‘Bright’ and ‘Gaye’.
Everyone thought it was lovely.
And let’s not forget Yasista Bin-Ahrawnd.
My dad used to work with a guy named Dick Long.
My first name is old fashioned and I hated it, but have people say they like it. Not sure why people like to misspell it, though. I have never seen it with two L’s. lol
When I was pregnant, we thought carefully abut his name. I wanted one that would not be shortened. We ended up picking a family name (from both sides, we discovered) and then my Dad’s name for his middle. My Mom was not happy because my father’s name is somewhat unusual and the spelling was different from most. My son uses it, and so do his friends, at times.
Good for you. No one HAS to go through life with a name they don’t like.
I met a kid onece whose first name was “Success” apparently his parents thought that would be helping him out to be successful. Can you imagine what the other kids called him for short?
The worst name I’ve ever heard was ‘Dick Kreck’. Sorry, Mr. Kreck, but your parents may as well have just called you ‘Ick Ack’.
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You left out people thinking that your last name is your first, or people bailing on your first name altogether and just calling you by your last. How about wishing you were named something as average as a boy named Sue?
Hey! My family goes back to the 1760s in what is now West Virginia. :)
Same here. I got Sicilian last name as well and people always pronounce it wrong.
Why should you hate it? I have maybe the most common first name ever given to boys. Figured it out yet? Never bothered me in the slightest that it was very common. I like my very (used to be) common first name.
It is not hard to spell.
But I still have to do 2,3,4,7.
I think people just don't pay attention.
This silly broad wrote an article about her odd name and I’m not sure WHAT her name is. I didn’t see it anywhere on the page or definitively indicated in the story. I’d call her ‘Stupid’ or, for variety, ‘Youannoyingidiot’.
Why would you think that? In my life, I've only known one person who didn't like their first name.
I think people just don’t pay attention.
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True. My first name is only 3 letters. One syllable. I tell them my name - they ask how do you spell that?
(heavy sigh) Really?
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