Hi All, I answer to almost anything - 'Carol' spelled Carole, Carroll, Carrolle, Caroll ..... all sound the same, and when correspondence is sent, it usually says 'Mrs C. E. Adkinson' on the envelope, so there's no problem at all there. The problems come with the surname - 'Adkinson' spelled with a 'D' is *very* unusual - when I last looked, none even in the London telephone directories, and when I contacted an Adkinson in the Lancashire area, where we lived for several very happy years, he turned out to be a cousin of my husband. So - another on the Christmas card lists.
Isn't it funny what aggravates us though - I am perfectly happy to be called Mrs, but get unreasonably annoyed when I am referred to as Ms! But there again, I am old enough to get a bit prickly when my husband is referred to as my 'partner', and I am asked what my 'given' name is instead of my 'Christian name' - oh dear - perhaps I have already turned into one of the 'Grumpy Old Women'. Carol - in Suffolk UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 7:51 PM Subject: [lace-chat] RE: names & titles > I went to school (in Australia) with a Vivian who was a female. > > The other interesting one is when selecting names for a baby, which > spelling do you choose? > > We named our son Jonathon, because I didn't realize there was > 'Jonathan', but for Katie we chose Katharine, because we thought it was > a little less common spelling (and I liked Katharine Hepburn). > > Not a lot of variation for Helen, but I did have a former boss who > occasionally used the Greek version in the office, which didn't bother > me, but rather amused me at first. > > Cheers, > Helen, Aussie in Denver > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
