From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Sat Aug 31 2002 - 03:39:18 MDT
Natasha Vita-More wrote:
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> My name is me. It comes from no where other than a reflective
> personal place in me and my biological family. So, you ask, why am I
> half German with a Russian sounding name? Because it sounds sweet to
> my ears and I need that sweetness in my life, just as we all do. We
> want to feel comfortable about our names and to respond with a
> positive outlook when we hear the sound of our name pronounced. It
> simply feels good.
Nice one! D'you know, I consider one of the rudest things in life a
person refusing to call another person what they wish to be called. (It
happens a lot in name-change cases).
All the unfortunate people born to hippie parents and named things like
'Moonflower Leaftitty' or 'Windswept Badgernipple' or whatever, went
through this when they wanted to be taken seriously doing things like,
well, working for NASA, and now they're all called John Smith or
whatever and some outrageously rude people still insist on saying, "Hi,
Windswept!" in public places!
My son is in this position, since I thoughtfully named him something so
original nobody had ever heard of it...for the first 15 years...his
name, much to the amusement of his sci-fi-loving-friends, is 'Anakin'.
Woops. Wonder if I could sue George Lucas? : )
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