Comments on: By any other name… http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/ Read in Bed! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lee http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2537 lee Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:11:04 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2537 do you remember garbage pail kids? well, there was an UGlee. It took a while to live that one down in the 6th grade... I like my name. It's just getting people to spell it properly. How many ways can you spell Leeanne? do you remember garbage pail kids?

well, there was an UGlee. It took a while to live that one down in the 6th grade…

I like my name. It’s just getting people to spell it properly. How many ways can you spell Leeanne?

]]> By: limecello http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 limecello Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:13:17 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2536 I like my one name. It's quite common, but that didn't really bother me because enough about me was different otherwise. I always grew up with a number of nicknames... from my family. (In fact I don't think my extended family enough knows my real other name.) I don't have a middle name... but I have a middle initial. Sort of. I never remember how it goes- I think it's on my social security card, but not my driver's license? (Maybe my middle name is the letter?) :P My post is confusing. lol. Ah well. I like my one name. It’s quite common, but that didn’t really bother me because enough about me was different otherwise. I always grew up with a number of nicknames… from my family. (In fact I don’t think my extended family enough knows my real other name.)
I don’t have a middle name… but I have a middle initial. Sort of. I never remember how it goes- I think it’s on my social security card, but not my driver’s license? (Maybe my middle name is the letter?) :P

My post is confusing. lol. Ah well.

]]> By: Carol http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2535 Carol Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:10:10 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2535 Well, my full name is Caroline -in grade school boys would sing Sweet Caroline to me, which wasn't bad really. But whenever I filled out a form or something, people always pronounced it "Carolyn", which I didn't like. So I ended up just going by Carol. And that was fine and all until some pain in the a$$ woman at work started emailing me as Carole. GRRRRrrrr... and she was doing it to piss me off because my signature always indicated the correct spelling of my name! Well, my full name is Caroline -in grade school boys would sing Sweet Caroline to me, which wasn’t bad really. But whenever I filled out a form or something, people always pronounced it “Carolyn”, which I didn’t like.

So I ended up just going by Carol. And that was fine and all until some pain in the a$$ woman at work started emailing me as Carole. GRRRRrrrr… and she was doing it to piss me off because my signature always indicated the correct spelling of my name!

]]> By: Lori T http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Lori T Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:21:37 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2534 I don't mind my name, but it is a bit boring. When I was younger, I always wanted to have the pretty spelling of Laurie but instead I was stuck with the plain old Lori. This was how my Dad wanted to spell while my Mom wanted the Laurie spelling. My Dad got to pick however, because he really wanted to call me Louise (which is apparently his favorite name and my Mom's middle name) but thankfully my Mom said NO to that. So, then I ended up with just Lori as the spelling. This must have been a relatively popular name when I was born because all through high school I had at least two in class with me. I don’t mind my name, but it is a bit boring. When I was younger, I always wanted to have the pretty spelling of Laurie but instead I was stuck with the plain old Lori. This was how my Dad wanted to spell while my Mom wanted the Laurie spelling. My Dad got to pick however, because he really wanted to call me Louise (which is apparently his favorite name and my Mom’s middle name) but thankfully my Mom said NO to that. So, then I ended up with just Lori as the spelling. This must have been a relatively popular name when I was born because all through high school I had at least two in class with me.

]]> By: Karin http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Karin Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:51:26 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2533 I really do like all of my names. None of them are spelled in the 'normal' way and until I went to college, I only knew one other Karen, whose name isn't spelled like mine, Karin. One of the most interesting things is that my oldest brother married someone whose name is pronounced the same as mine but spelled differently, who also happens to have a birthday two days after mine. The funny thing, though, was that the first month they were married, she and I worked at the same place. Got a bit confusing when talking to some of our coworkers and customers. The other thing is that I'm quite used to having my middle and last names mispronounced but had never had my first name mispronounced until my college graduation. My friends and some of my professors turned it into a joke and it definitely made that event stick out. I really do like all of my names. None of them are spelled in the ‘normal’ way and until I went to college, I only knew one other Karen, whose name isn’t spelled like mine, Karin.

One of the most interesting things is that my oldest brother married someone whose name is pronounced the same as mine but spelled differently, who also happens to have a birthday two days after mine. The funny thing, though, was that the first month they were married, she and I worked at the same place. Got a bit confusing when talking to some of our coworkers and customers.

The other thing is that I’m quite used to having my middle and last names mispronounced but had never had my first name mispronounced until my college graduation. My friends and some of my professors turned it into a joke and it definitely made that event stick out.

]]> By: Dana http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 Dana Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:11:30 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2532 Yep, I was ok with my name though I was the only female Dana that I knew at the time. Thus... I thought it was cool. But...here be the little rhyme/jingle that was chanted all through elementary school. And believe it or not... I was bean pole skinny, and assume thats why it never really bother me too much. Dana Dye died on the 4th of July because she ate so much pie she had to die. Needless to say...I wasn't the popular kid. LMAO...But by 5th grade at 5 ft 8..I was the BIGGEST...and the jingle suddenly quit. :twisted: Yep, I was ok with my name though I was the only female Dana that I knew at the time. Thus… I thought it was cool.

But…here be the little rhyme/jingle that was chanted all through elementary school. And believe it or not… I was bean pole skinny, and assume thats why it never really bother me too much.

Dana Dye died on the 4th of July because she ate so much pie she had to die.

Needless to say…I wasn’t the popular kid.

LMAO…But by 5th grade at 5 ft 8..I was the BIGGEST…and the jingle suddenly quit.

:twisted:

]]> By: jennifer http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 jennifer Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:38:03 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2531 Another thing, that's a nice pic of you...kinda dark like you belong in a vampire movie...or is it because I'm reading vamp books at the moment...Hmm Another thing, that’s a nice pic of you…kinda dark like you belong in a vampire movie…or is it because I’m reading vamp books at the moment…Hmm

]]> By: jennifer http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 jennifer Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:35:46 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2530 Being that I'm another "Jen" on the list...I love my name Jennifer Marie Franklin..there were alot of Jennifer's I went to school with but I was the only black girl with the name so very easy to stand out....But MEGAN i'm so glad you don't hate "us" anymore! Being that I’m another “Jen” on the list…I love my name Jennifer Marie Franklin..there were alot of Jennifer’s I went to school with but I was the only black girl with the name so very easy to stand out….But MEGAN i’m so glad you don’t hate “us” anymore!

]]> By: Jen http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2529 Jen Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:53:44 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2529 @ Joanne: Seriously, that's how it was at my high school too! Its either come yp with something like what your sister did, or call all Jens by their full name, which also sucks. My last name isn't the greatest! @ Joanne: Seriously, that’s how it was at my high school too!
Its either come yp with something like what your sister did, or call all Jens by their full name, which also sucks.
My last name isn’t the greatest!

]]> By: joanne http://www.meganhart.com/2008/12/15/by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 joanne Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:45:12 +0000 http://www.meganhart.com/blog/?p=1037#comment-2528 My sister's name is Jennifer - she used to say that if you called "Jen" down the hall at her high school, 15 girls would turn their heads. And, her best friend is a Jen, too - they refer to themselves as "this Jen" and "that Jen." Somehow, they always know who they're talking about, but none of the rest of us did. My sister’s name is Jennifer – she used to say that if you called “Jen” down the hall at her high school, 15 girls would turn their heads.

And, her best friend is a Jen, too – they refer to themselves as “this Jen” and “that Jen.” Somehow, they always know who they’re talking about, but none of the rest of us did.

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