My gramma's name is Dorothy, so I think of it as an old people name. Like Agatha or something.
Like I just expect a Dorothy to pop out like Benjamin Button.
Margaret. Dorothy. Elizabeth.
all of these names are old people names to me because of my grandmothers/great-grandmothers. Bill and Louis, my grandfathers, oddly enough do not share the "old"-ness that the female names get.
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My gramma's name is Dorothy, so I think of it as an old people name. Like Agatha or something.
Like I just expect a Dorothy to pop out like Benjamin Button.
Margaret. Dorothy. Elizabeth.
all of these names are old people names to me because of my grandmothers/great-grandmothers. Bill and Louis, my grandfathers, oddly enough do not share the "old"-ness that the female names get.
I felt the same way about Margaret and then oh hey, Mom and Dad, my new sister is really gonna be named Margaret?
My gramma's name is Dorothy, so I think of it as an old people name. Like Agatha or something.
Like I just expect a Dorothy to pop out like Benjamin Button.
Margaret is the ultimate old woman name to me. But that's maybe because both of my grandmas, one of my great grandmas and I don't know how many old lady aunts have that name.
Dorothy is totally an old lady name, but I just like it.
I guess I just have a hard time understanding why people would go out of their way to give their kid an androgynous name
Then why didn't you pick a fight with the "Alex" people?
because Alexander and Alexandra are actually different names
And people who go by Alexx are tools and just trying to be edgy?
I mean, I'm just following your argument to its logical conclusion.
uhhhhh
not really
I never said anything about "tools" or "edginess," and that's entirely irrelevant to what I'm saying
I feel like you're just kinda being a dick because I expressed an opinion about someone else's choice of names
I don't believe I've made any dick like comments, Shank. However adding the double X does seem slightly...I don't know, off putting maybe?
Some names work both ways. Also, parents get dumb sometimes. That's really all I believe.
I dunno. If I knew someone named Max who made his name "Maxx" I'd be like yeah, that's bullshit, stop.
But I'm with her on this one. Alex is pretty masculine, and every Lexi or Lexa I've ever known has been a slut. Alexa's cute, but it doesn't fit. Alexx is unusual, but I like it.
yeah, parents are dumb. Picking a name is tricky business.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
Adding another X doesn't make it less androgynous at all though.
It calls out for attention. Like guys named Tom who "no, it's Thom, with an H."
Thom seems...more gentle. I think I prefer that, and I don't think that makes me a tool. Though it is hella lame when people freak out about minor things like that.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
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I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
John.
look let's just put it out there.
if you have a normal name your parents probably got it out of the Bible.
Adding another X doesn't make it less androgynous at all though.
It calls out for attention. Like guys named Tom who "no, it's Thom, with an H."
you don't think another X makes it more feminine?
I've never actually heard that
edit: also, she changed it when she was like eight. it's not like this shift was in college or anything.
See...the eight thing helps, I'll certainly go with that.
However, no, I don't think that another X adds to the fem factor. It may be that I'm focusing on daily conversation there I don't think she's pronouncing the second X. It's just there and she knows it.
In writing? I mean, if you know she added it when she was eight, sure. But I still think I'd flinch a little at seeing something signed that way. Six to one, half dozen the other. If it works, cool. If she makes it big as a pop star though I'd like to reserve the right to mock.
I had a friend who was named Katherine. Her last name started with a C. What did she go by? Casey. Get it? K.C. except she actually used Casey. Names are funny things.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
John.
look let's just put it out there.
if you have a normal name your parents probably got it out of the Bible.
My name is actually a bible name. I have yet to meet anyone else with the same name.
The rest of my name is fairly standard fair, I suppose. My first name is the name that neither of my parents hated. One wanted Michael, the other Mark and the compromising "meh" that followed was my name.
I think I'm pretty much gonna have to give my hypothetical future children weird names - it'd feel wrong to give them names that are more normal than my own.
bitch my name is Michael. get more normal than that motherfucker.
John.
look let's just put it out there.
if you have a normal name your parents probably got it out of the Bible.
My name is actually a bible name. I have yet to meet anyone else with the same name.
I have the coolest full name but I'm a little leery about posting it on an internet forum
this was one of those situations where I started typing the sentence and I thought about which word to use as I was typing and I was like "oh leery works" and as I was doing so I started thinking about that old book series Lake Eerie which fucked me up
my middle name is Brandon which is a little unusual. I see absolutely no point in posting my last name which is kinda uncommon (though I have met several people with the same last name, no relation, and only one person (female) with my last name as her first).
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when I was younger I briefly flirted with the idea of insisting that I go by Cole but now I'm so used to Graham it would be weird
all of these names are old people names to me because of my grandmothers/great-grandmothers. Bill and Louis, my grandfathers, oddly enough do not share the "old"-ness that the female names get.
C or K? It's an important distinction.
My assumption would be K, considering the Biblical reference.
like Blanche
Brilliant work, Watson.
I felt the same way about Margaret and then oh hey, Mom and Dad, my new sister is really gonna be named Margaret?
Blanche is a horse's name.
Margaret is the ultimate old woman name to me. But that's maybe because both of my grandmas, one of my great grandmas and I don't know how many old lady aunts have that name.
Dorothy is totally an old lady name, but I just like it.
I don't believe I've made any dick like comments, Shank. However adding the double X does seem slightly...I don't know, off putting maybe?
Some names work both ways. Also, parents get dumb sometimes. That's really all I believe.
I know that if my name was Patrick I wouldn't go by Pat
if my name was Casey I would probably do something with that to make it more masculine
for Dorothy I am just imagining pages upon pages of Wizard of Oz fetishism.
It would all be black and white images.
Old ladies were once young.
Which is weird, because that means there used to be a whole bunch of young girls named Agatha and such.
It calls out for attention. Like guys named Tom who "no, it's Thom, with an H."
I dunno. If I knew someone named Max who made his name "Maxx" I'd be like yeah, that's bullshit, stop.
But I'm with her on this one. Alex is pretty masculine, and every Lexi or Lexa I've ever known has been a slut. Alexa's cute, but it doesn't fit. Alexx is unusual, but I like it.
yeah, parents are dumb. Picking a name is tricky business.
I only recognize K as the true spelling, and anything ending in "-cus or -kus" is a terrible bastardization.
you don't think another X makes it more feminine?
I've never actually heard that
edit: also, she changed it when she was like eight. it's not like this shift was in college or anything.
Thom seems...more gentle. I think I prefer that, and I don't think that makes me a tool. Though it is hella lame when people freak out about minor things like that.
Like that douchebag Thom Yorke
John.
he's a cool guy
if you have a normal name your parents probably got it out of the Bible.
See...the eight thing helps, I'll certainly go with that.
However, no, I don't think that another X adds to the fem factor. It may be that I'm focusing on daily conversation there I don't think she's pronouncing the second X. It's just there and she knows it.
In writing? I mean, if you know she added it when she was eight, sure. But I still think I'd flinch a little at seeing something signed that way. Six to one, half dozen the other. If it works, cool. If she makes it big as a pop star though I'd like to reserve the right to mock.
I had a friend who was named Katherine. Her last name started with a C. What did she go by? Casey. Get it? K.C. except she actually used Casey. Names are funny things.
Okay, Alexander is pretty rad, but it's far from exciting.
My name is actually a bible name. I have yet to meet anyone else with the same name.
but maybe she is the exception to the rule?
I don't know any other Lexis
The rest of my name is fairly standard fair, I suppose. My first name is the name that neither of my parents hated. One wanted Michael, the other Mark and the compromising "meh" that followed was my name.
I would be, but I'm pretty sure nobody cares who I am on here.
And I've posted that I share a name with the singer of Def Leppard once or twice. That's close enough.
By the way, I'm not proud of sharing a name with that fuck at all.
Is it Jesus?
this was one of those situations where I started typing the sentence and I thought about which word to use as I was typing and I was like "oh leery works" and as I was doing so I started thinking about that old book series Lake Eerie which fucked me up
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There are five letters, easily guessed, that are not part of my forum name.