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Today I finally sat down with my professor that named his daughter Wednesday and talked names with him. I don't really have a nameblog anymore so Ops is what gets my fieldnotes.
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Wednesday - the Addams family was really big in his life
Seven - the second choice, they thought it wouldn't age well
Arwen - LOTR, etc
Rain - partly inspired by a Woody Allen movie
Ach I forget the others! There was at least one more.
The only boys' names he remembered were Beckett (his choice, for Samuel Beckett) and Ian (his wife's choice).
Her middle name is Lyra, for the golden compass character.
They pretty much just call her Wednesday but some of her friends call her Winnie or Winwin
He hates his own name (Stanley). He says it's a loser's name. He says when people forget his name they usually call him Steve and that Steve is a "winner's name" and his life would have been so much better if his name were Steve.
Pretty funny! I don't think Stan is a loser name at all. I think it fits him pretty well! I adore him! He's the best! His kid is gonna be such a goth. She's like 9.
His name choices are interesting because he's a composer, and he's very minimalist and hands-off and doesn't like the idea of forcing the listener to feel something (and hates being forced to feel something), but his daughter's name seems very "hands-on" and laden with expectations.
Wanna hear??
Okay!
Wednesday - the Addams family was really big in his life
Seven - the second choice, they thought it wouldn't age well
Arwen - LOTR, etc
Rain - partly inspired by a Woody Allen movie
Ach I forget the others! There was at least one more.
The only boys' names he remembered were Beckett (his choice, for Samuel Beckett) and Ian (his wife's choice).
Her middle name is Lyra, for the golden compass character.
They pretty much just call her Wednesday but some of her friends call her Winnie or Winwin
He hates his own name (Stanley). He says it's a loser's name. He says when people forget his name they usually call him Steve and that Steve is a "winner's name" and his life would have been so much better if his name were Steve.
Pretty funny! I don't think Stan is a loser name at all. I think it fits him pretty well! I adore him! He's the best! His kid is gonna be such a goth. She's like 9.
His name choices are interesting because he's a composer, and he's very minimalist and hands-off and doesn't like the idea of forcing the listener to feel something (and hates being forced to feel something), but his daughter's name seems very "hands-on" and laden with expectations.
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