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In 2001, it appears that one of my students posted a message about my daughter's name. I'm not very happy about the "fun" some of you had in your responses. I have read the names of the people that responed and they aren't that great. For everyone's information, I really don't care about the meaning. The meaning of a name doesn't make the person. A person's character and values make a person who they are. Aughtney was my great-grandmother's name. I didn't make it up like some people are today just to be different. Why does Christopher have to be spelled in so many different ways: Christoper, Kristopher, Christofer, Kristofor? Just people searching to be different. Your name doesn't make you who you are. YOUR CHOICES AND ACTIONS DO!
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If it's any consolation, Cheryl...
you'll note that there were a total of SEVEN respondents in that message thread back in May, 2001. Only TWO (shudder!) remain here on the board.
The others? As long gone as a 1988 Argentine dissident, I'm afraid. Desaparicio. Vanished.
WARNING TO ANYONE ENJOYING THEMSELVES ON THIS BOARD: Only for the moment are the Fun Police lying dormant! Keep making light of people's names and yo' ass and baggage will be NEXT on the tailgate of that big gray truck! TOO BAD if the damp morning air at 4 AM doesn't agree with you. You von't haff to suffer long...
(Hey, Phyllis! What's the kanji for "humorless"?)
- Da.
you'll note that there were a total of SEVEN respondents in that message thread back in May, 2001. Only TWO (shudder!) remain here on the board.
The others? As long gone as a 1988 Argentine dissident, I'm afraid. Desaparicio. Vanished.
WARNING TO ANYONE ENJOYING THEMSELVES ON THIS BOARD: Only for the moment are the Fun Police lying dormant! Keep making light of people's names and yo' ass and baggage will be NEXT on the tailgate of that big gray truck! TOO BAD if the damp morning air at 4 AM doesn't agree with you. You von't haff to suffer long...
(Hey, Phyllis! What's the kanji for "humorless"?)
- Da.
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Cheryl, it sounds like too many people have been on your back for too long about your daughter's unusual name.
I think Aughtney is a great name, but I also think that you shouldn't care too much about what I think. Deal with the fact that your daughter's name is going to stir up interest for the rest of her life and relax already.
I think Aughtney is a great name, but I also think that you shouldn't care too much about what I think. Deal with the fact that your daughter's name is going to stir up interest for the rest of her life and relax already.
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Aughtney may have been your ggm's name, but perhaps you could have saved yourself the embarrassment you clearly feel by keeping it as a middle name. (I'm assuming that you wouldn't be so defensive and prickly if you weren't hurt. And that the mother of a child named Jane wouldn't have to feel that way.)
Clearly you are right; the person counts, not the name. Equally clearly, if you have ever sung along to A Boy Named Sue(who had to get tough or die), names given with the best of intentions can be needless burdens to their owners, not all of whom will want to battle their way through life because of some aged ancestor they didn't even know.
Please refer to a message above from a young man named Jody who is running into trouble from the school bullies because of his parents' decision to give him a name that is perceived to be girly.
Clearly you are right; the person counts, not the name. Equally clearly, if you have ever sung along to A Boy Named Sue(who had to get tough or die), names given with the best of intentions can be needless burdens to their owners, not all of whom will want to battle their way through life because of some aged ancestor they didn't even know.
Please refer to a message above from a young man named Jody who is running into trouble from the school bullies because of his parents' decision to give him a name that is perceived to be girly.
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