Lula wrote: |
Long names aren't too bad (coming from someone with a two-syllable name who always thought it was too short) |
Dawn wrote: | ||
And I don't like having a name that can't really be shortened! Instead I get Dawni which is just urrrrrghhhhhh |
Beth wrote: |
My problem is that my name isn't short for anything - I really am just 'Beth'. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had arguments with people, desperately trying to persuade them that my real name isn't Elizabeth, or Bethan, or Bethany - and neither is it hyphenated with Louise, which is my middle name. I once had a supply teacher who announced that she didn't like shortened names, and spent the whole three days I had her calling me Elizabeth, and getting cross when (unsurprisingly) I didn't respond! |
Jennifer wrote: |
If I have kids, I'm determined not to call them anything in the top ten. |
Claire wrote: |
I agree about Louise being such a common middle name (another one over here) |
angel wrote: |
Then again one of my cousins was Montgomery Albert Plantagenet Foxteese. |
LadyGuinevere wrote: |
I was Sarah Elizabeth (after both branches of the family - we named people after people as well!) and I know SOOOO many Sarah Elizabeths. ~LadyG |
Sarah_L wrote: | ||
I'm a Sarah Elizabeth. There were sometimes four Sarahs in my class at school, I knew about seven Sarahs at college, there was another Sarah doing law at Magdalen with me (out of four girls), and there's two Sarahs in the new starters group at Deloitte (out of about eight). Why couldn't I be a one-and-only for a change! |
Kathy_S wrote: |
Likewise Katherine Marie. In Latin class, as I recall, the teacher took it upon himself to rename the K/Catherines Prima, Secunda and Tertia . |
JackieJ wrote: |
It'll be fun when I marry though. Ben has a German surname which people have trouble spelling in this country. I forsee a life of spelling my name out to people. |
Dawn wrote: |
I refused to be: (takes deep breath)
"Schonbeck I'll spell it for you yes his dad came over just befoe the war yes it used to have an umlaht but doesn't anymore" |
Jennie wrote: |
Try having my surname, no-one can ever spell it, or pronounce it properly.
It's MacLeod, pronounced MacLoud. |
Jennie wrote: |
Try having my surname, no-one can ever spell it, or pronounce it properly.
It's MacLeod, pronounced MacLoud. |
MissPrint wrote: |
Kirsty-actually, kind of snazzy, I say you keep that! |
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LadyG, I'll bite (metterforically ). How is Elesabeth pronouced if not like Elizabeth? |
Donna wrote: |
I often have to spell Kelly as well - it's got to be one of the most common surnames around, but people still manage to mis-spell it! |
Laura wrote: |
There's a girl at school called something like Howard Sarah Something (Howard was an example, it's very definately a boys name!) for some very long and complicated reason... however she is at present very unamused as the school and 6th form have just found out and the Head of 6th form has taken to addressing her mail to Howard! |
Ann wrote: |
I once met someone with the very unfortunate name of Dickon Head (yes, really). What were his parents thinking? |