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doesn't it annoy you? or do you feel nice and unimpeachable in the crowds

― zemko (bob), Monday, 10 February 2003 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought I did but everyone's got something to say about my name, so I don't think they exist.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 10 February 2003 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, there's attention-proof but graceful, and then there's attention-proof, dull + tedious but i'd say u shd get over it in yr mid-teens.

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Monday, 10 February 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I curse regularly and say unpopular things in order to get attention

― Millar (Millar), Monday, 10 February 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Columbine was on the short list of potential names that my parents were considering, but obv. they eventually they chose Kimberley instead. All things considered, it's certainly nice enough.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I love being "Laura." It's quiet and calm and sits in the background. Perfect.

My poor sister was named "Jenny Lind" after the opera singer - and everyone calls her "Jennifer" and she gets all pissy about it *laughing*

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I like Aaron -- I'm happy (and yet always surpsrised) that people don't never how to spell it, despite its ubiquity, and the fact I'm a Major Christian Figure. And I remind Laura of a pivotal sexual experience!!!

― Aaron A., Monday, 10 February 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

DON'T NEVER? i mean "don't nevah"

― Aaron A., Monday, 10 February 2003 04:42 (twenty-two years ago)

My first name (Bill) is entirely camouflaging. Never gets any comment. Never attracted any playground attention beyond "Dollar Bill" (which never managed to be insulting, really) and "Bill the Dill Pickle" when I was unfortunate enough to have a green winter coat.

My last name's another matter altogether, but when I don't want to bother with it, I drop it and use my middle name, which makes me "Bill Walker" -- who sounds like a guy who teaches fourth grade in Idaho, and whose only eccentricity is that he's a Red Sox fan even though they're not from Idaho.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:50 (twenty-two years ago)

*laughing* Don't you feel ever so special, Aaron?

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

50% of the time when I am talking to people and I say my name is "Nate" they say "Nick?" and I have to say "NO, NATE" and then they get it.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 10 February 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to hate Mark when I was a teenager - for two years not a single person called me it, not even my family. But now, hell, it's my name. It really couldn't be any duller, but it's about the most harmless name there is too. However, I was named after my dad's home city of Venice, and after my great-grandfather, so that's a kind of cosy thoguht whenever I wonder why they gave me such a FUCKING BORING NAME.

Surname, again, too much of a nuisance really, though I've never used my second name instead. You wouldn't either if it was Blair.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 10 February 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

My name was pretty ordinary in the 70s (I think there were half a dozen Trac(e)ys at my school) but I hardly meet any these days.

Don't like my name, and everyone always spells it wrong (with the e, mines without). So I changed it to Trayce a few years back, seeing as everyone calls me Trace anyhow (whenever anyone calls me "Tracy" I feel like I'm being scolded!).

And amazingly, now everyone spells it right. Weird. I should get it changed by deed poll.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 10 February 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Mum and Dad, just how stupid are you? You gave me a long name with numerous spellings and pronunciations. It begins with the word 'mad' and you sent me off to school every day for endless teasing. Curse you!

I like my name now, especially as my full name makes me an alliterative super hero, but still get fed up with misspellings and mispronunciations. When I was younger, I wanted a lovely sensible name like Helen or Sarah or Joanne. Although, knowing me, I would have sulked at being so normal and cursed my parents for lack of imagination. (I am not knocking these names, they're great, but I was a petulant teen and would have complained at anything).

― Madeleine (Madeleine), Monday, 10 February 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got one of the most common names in Britain!

― chris (chris), Monday, 10 February 2003 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)

The standard normal attentionproof version of my name is "Doug." So I introduce myself as "Douglas" and people say "Good to meet you, Doug." I sign emails "Douglas" and people write back "Dear Doug." There are people I've known for upwards of ten years who CANNOT get it through their skulls that I do not, EVER, go by "Doug." I always want to be really rude and say "are you DEAF?"

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 10 February 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

maybe change to 'doogie' now

― minna (minna), Monday, 10 February 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

haha matos will forever be mike to me

― zemko (bob), Monday, 10 February 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

My first name is madeline.
Here I am just to prove how parents can vary the spelling of the name for no apparent reason than to make life difficult for friends and teachers and the like.
I like my name now, but hated it when I was little because people used to call me maddy long legs.

― Madeline Alsmeyer (madders), Monday, 10 February 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The worst are people with normal names, but spelled "uniquely" i.e. Jennypher, Meghanne, etc.

Otherwise, there are six billion people of earth, and eventually no one will have a unique name without parents giving their children names resembling autechre song titles.

― fletrejet, Monday, 10 February 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah - my name is actually pronounced as 'Sue'.

― Lara (Lara), Monday, 10 February 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Anna's okay. It travels well. People all over Europe, Canada, USA, NZ, Australia and the Spanish speaking bits of South America can say it properly and often know other Annas.

All fictional Annas have terrible, tragic lives though. When things are going badly I blame my name.

(Although I do occassionally get called Spanna by friends, which I fucking hate, but they mean it affectionately, so I haven't the heart to tell them how much is pisses me off.)

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 10 February 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

For the first half of the year 2000, Sarah was the third most popular girl's name in the US. It always ranks pretty high up on the list. The first two were Emily and Hannah, which are the names of my friend's two daughters.
I used to hate having such a common name and tried to get a cool nickname for myself going several times. But, these days I'm glad to have an easy name. Everyone seems to remember it.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 10 February 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Grey Ham.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 10 February 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Being a 'Dave' in England kind of sucks, unless you're an Essex gangster or something

― dave q, Monday, 10 February 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a g-geoff which in the US damns you to a life of constant explanation; "do you live in a castle?" etc.

― g.cannon (gcannon), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

In Ireland my name is common enough I guess but abroad is probably pretty funny, I don't really mind either way, I guess it hammers home my Irishness a bit.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

when i wz small JOHN wz the most common name, year in and year out, and mark wz maybe abt 6th or 7th usually

but it had only just leapt in there: result, i hardly ever met any grown-ups called mark, and (still) tend to associate the name with being wee and not really grown-up yet

i always imagine some big kylie-type phenom had pushed mark right up the charts, in 1959 or 1960, but i never yet discovered what it was (more likely hollywood than pop) (but how many male leads are called mark?) (seeing as it is a kid's name?)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

there are far too many julies, so i'm going by julia much more often. i used to think julia was a terribly ugly name, but that was just because it was the name used for scolding me. additionally, when spoken in my parents' accent (joe-ya) it sounds especially unappealing. most say julia with three syllables, which sounds much nicer.

there weren't very good variations on my name for grade school teasing, so i guess i'm thankful for that.

being addressed by nickname (jules) in a breakup email: c/d? i thought it a bit strange...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

But what about Julia Gulia?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

never got that for some reason...

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

how do you know my name?
i thought this bad alias covered it up quite well.

― g-kit (g-kit), Monday, 10 February 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i read chardonnay is a popular name post-footballer's wives

― zemko (bob), Monday, 10 February 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I would hate having a run of the mill name. Mine is totally unique (if there is another one out there I'll be so impressed).
My other half is called Paul, a third of the people I work with have other halves called Paul, it's too confusing. Parents should make some kind of effort, it makes life so much easier.

― celeste (Celeste), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I get the best (well, the worst) of both worlds: A bland and common first name mixed with a rare and surprisingly-hard-to-figure-out-how-exactly-it's-pronounced-considering-it's-only-five-letters-long last name.

But, eh, whatever. It's just a name.

Celeste, assuming that's your name, I have known other Celestes. I mean, Celeste is the name of Babar the elephant's wife, no? Also, I play in a band called Celesteville, which surely counts for something.

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

daphne and celeste

― zemko (bob), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Mama Celeste

― Oops (Oops), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry I was meaning my whole name, should have said that.
I've only ever met one celeste, but I know there's a fair few out there, especially in France and Spain.

― Celeste (Celeste), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Celeste (by itself) is a cool name and fairly uncommon.

― Oops (Oops), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Dave q - why does being an English Dave suck?

I like my name, though my dad shares it, so to everyone I know who I know through me, I'm Dave, but to my family and people I know through them, I'm David, which can get confusing. Not to mention getting post at home, which was a pain in the arse.

Worst name to have is one that is time limited - like being called Kylie 15 years ago, or Britney now.

PS - why do name phases change? Why are there no Ernests and Alfs and Stanleys these days? Did the world suddenly go 'nah, bit shit those names actually...'

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 10 February 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Martin is a dull and ordinary name, but it doesn't trouble me at all.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I was nearly called Athlestan. Common sense prevailed.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to an Athelstan Juniour School!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 10 February 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I am doing my best to soak the name Dan in the purest filth.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

why do name phases change? Why are there no Ernests and Alfs and Stanleys these days? Did the world suddenly go 'nah, bit shit those names actually...'

Err.. hipsterism?

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 10 February 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan, my two best friends are performing that task each and every day.

― Oops (Oops), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I heart my vanilla first name, probably because of my horrorshow surname.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you have to endure people calling you Arm?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Thankfully, no.

'Shit', 'dick', 'tit' and 'prick' all got wrangled into my surname at different points though. Even the dumb kids scored off me.

Thank God for the janitor - Mr. Huck.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

my name should be attentionproof but fuck me, it sure ain't.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:40 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was 7 I changed my name because my given one (Yancey) was "too weird," I thought. So instead I went by Alvin (yes, 'cause of the Chipmunks) for about a year or two. My parents, my teachers, my friends, everyone called me Alvin. Through a weird set of circumstances, future NBA player Dell Curry convinced me to change my name back, and there it has stayed.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, that's grounds for an afterschool special!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

(Or a very special episode of "Punky Brewster", at least.)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

dave b i think those names all went into a "these are old geezers' names not sensible for a baby" tailspin in the 60s and 70s (ditto doris, ethel etc)

but ruby recently came back out again

also i know a baby stanley, but it's only on its own so far

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

The story on the Dell Curry thing: I grew up in Blacksburg, VA, home of the Virginia Tech Hokies, where Dell played college basketball. My dad and I were at McDonald's after a game and he came in. I went up and said hi. He asked my name and I said, "My real name's Yancey but I go by Alvin." "That's a shame, Yancey's a cool name!" he said. About two weeks later I received a VT basketball program signed by the entire team with Dell's inscription saying, "It was great to meet you. And don't change your name, Yancey's a great one! -Dell." He had mentioned the story to a person associated with the team who happened to know my father, so the family friend and Dell hooked me up. What a great guy!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

my name should be attentionproof but fuck me, it sure ain't. Hey James - Do you get the "oh come on, that isn't *really* your real name is it?" reaction a lot? :) I admit it, I thought it when I met you, haha. Sorry.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

yanc3y, i think dell curry might be your guardian angel...

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I get that reaction almost EVERY TIME mumble grumble

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:10 (twenty-two years ago)

He and Bimbo Coles, yeah.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Is your full name Jim Hatt, ESOJ?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

nnnot exactly

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

As previously mentioned elsewhere: Ned is my straight up legal name, which my parents picked partially since it couldn't be made into a shortened nickname. Logically, therefore, it is extended instead. Nedward, Neduardo, Nedrico, Nesbitt, Nedlet, Ned Kennedys, Grateful Ned...

Combine with the fact that 'Raggett' rhymes with 'faggot,' and oh the hilarity of middle school.

ESOJ's last name = Dean.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

You should TOTALLY change it to Hatt!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The trick would be if his middle initial is E.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 February 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Even now, if his middle initial is E., he could slip you the sausage.

― Chris P (Chris P), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I could tell you folks a thing or two about having an interesting last name.

― slutsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 06:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Shortened name is fairly unique though just about any adverb recalls it and I always think I hear someone calling me. It doesn't even have to have the long 'e' sound, as I've been fooled by long 'i' and long 'a' into thinking someone has said my name. I need not elaborate on Lee Pee.

Legal name is another story; I was quite ashamed of it because it was so thoroughly Chinese and nobody (white) could pronounce it without my correcting them and then suggesting that they simply call me Lee. I still have to put up with gaijin who can't pronounce it, but there's no more shame invovled.

Last name on the other hand, disregarding its vulgar slang reference to dicks, I'm sensitive to being misheard so that I always spell it out anyway. Plus, the romanization of it is not how it's pronounced in Chinese.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 07:44 (twenty-two years ago)

PS - why do name phases change? Why are there no Ernests and Alfs and Stanleys these days?

And no Berts, or Clarences, or Erwins? They are Dutch footballers these days, you see.

Dennis Bergkamp
Winston Bogarde
Edgar Davids
Bert Konterman
Erwin Koeman
Clarence Seedorf...

― OleM, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't require anyone to call me Michaelangelo; Michael is fine, so is Matos (that's what Felicity calls me in person, which is cool), but I feel at least as annoyed by "Mike" as Douglas does by "Doug." WHAT IS SO FUCKING DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS? (I am thinking of someone specific, who's not on the board, that I have pretty constant contact with who does this. Want. To. Fucking. Kill.)

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 09:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I get the reverse: people are constantly lengthening "Bill" to "William" (it isn't short for William: it's just Bill; even the guy I'm named for wasn't William), to the extent that one of my college transcripts is under "William," even though not a single piece of identification or documentation I gave them had that name.

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

With me it's a spelling thing -- people always misspell it as "Jodie" or "Jodi." It only gets to me when someone I know relatively well does it, or when I've actually written my name out on a form and then I receive mail addressed to "Jodie." As if I can't spell my own name and some pencil-pusher has to correct me.

The "Jody Beth" thing doesn't bother me, even though I prefer to be called Jody. On the other hand, my first name doesn't lend itself to any diminutives (except "Jo": my mom calls me that), so lengthening it to Jody Beth allows me to create a sort of retro-diminutive when people address me using only my first name.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

''Grateful Ned...''

I like that.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Julio is actually pronounced with a J-sound not H. can get annoying and i always used to correct anyone who made the mistake. Now I don't so some call me 'hulio'.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)

(I am thinking of someone specific, who's not on the board, that I have pretty constant contact with who does this. Want. To. Fucking. Kill.)

Maybe he's confusing you with the New York Press' Michelangelo Signorile, who does go by "Mike."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I have an editor that I cannot train not to address things to Susie instead of Suzy (but Susan goes on my work, for better or worse). Unfortunately there are not a whole lot of variations on Avr!l to retaliate with! I loathe my first middle name because it's trailerish, my second middle name is gran's gorgeous French maiden name.

Whenever I have been in charge of naming things, it goes well. My cousin Kelly's name (which I chose) scans properly and everything; my mum's naming attempts are non-scanners and I don't even wanna know what the 'boy' option chosen would have been.

My mum has the curse of an interesting name, Claudia, and will go ballistic if people call her Claude ('it's just so harsh: CLAHHHHHHHD!').

But it could be worse. There was a faction calling for me to be named Rosamond.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"julio is actually pronounced with a j"

in what language is that, my brother-in-j? spanish is with the guttural h last time i spoke it (cf 'jorge') and in portuguese it's like the s in leisure. portuguese sounds weirdly like russian actually

― zemko (bob), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

unless you mean like in a pidgin-english style?

― zemko (bob), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

suzy, kelly for a girl is more trailerish than anything! unless you mean a boy?

― zemko (bob), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home.earthlink.net/~ryalh/bhpic.jpg

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i never noticed how much david silver looks like wham era george michael

i like the name david amongst other plain boy names

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Kelly in America in 1975 was/is not trailerish at all.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BLOODY KATES THERE ARE IN THE WORLD?!?!? Especially in England, it seems there are even MORE of them than there were in the States. (Cause many Yank Kates end up as Kathy's.)

I am quite proud, however, that despite however many Kates people may know, that on this board, when people say just "Kate" they almost invariably mean *me*. Mwah hah hah, I finally attain some degree of uniqueness...

Heh heh. I've discovered that Hilton's *real* real name is actually the incredibly common and boring Michael. No wonder he changed it to the wonderful moniker he goes by now!

― kate, Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

''in what language is that, my brother-in-j?''

er...english?

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

actually = english, ok gotcha

― zemko (bob), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I was to be named "Mingus Spacemore McKay," however, I was instead named after Ry Cooder. As common as my name is, "Cooder McKay" would probably be worse.

― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Tuesday, 11 February 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, Ry Cooder - I think I've a bootleg of one of his concerts floating around the chaos of my house, somewhere.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

There were many many Amys in the US in the 1970s, so my parents went with Aimée. I hated it then as no one could ever spell it, but I've gotten used to it now. I do get misspellings all over the place: everything from Amie to Eighmie. Go figure.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

that's exactly how my ex spells her name - with the é and everything. I found it quite odd at the time

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

In school I used to feel fairly unique as it seemed all my classmates were Jessicas and Jennifers. Now, Nicole seems like the most common name out there. Invariably if I'm in a bookstore, movie theatre, etc. someone will yell "Nicole!" and I will turn around expecting them to be talking to me when it's some 5 year old they're looking for or somesuch. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it can just get confusing.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Nicole!

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"Jennifer" is such a common name (most popular in the U.S. in my birth year), that I expected this bar to be overrun with Jennifers last Tuesday. But there were surprisingly few of us there.

― Jen (nstop), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 01:14 (twenty-two years ago)

In truth, my father is the only one who uses the é.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I heart my vanilla first name, probably because of my horrorshow surname.

M3 t00. "Klutz" is still fightin' words in my hearing.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Accents in names = hott. But my ex had an accent in his middle name (he often went three-namedly), so it was the best of many worlds, I guess.

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

my name is okay, but I like to think up anagrams of it to spice things up

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Wednesday, 12 February 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok, my surname is Balaam. I've yet to meet anyone who can pronounce it properly without my help. It is handy if I'm getting spam telephone calls. "Hello, is that Mr Balem?" "How can you be so cruel, he died last year, why don't you people leave us alone" etc.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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