I was in attending a christening which was part of a Sunday service, where 5
or 6 babies were baptised. One of these infants (not the one I was
attending for) got the 11 first names of the players in the Liverpool
football team. What was even worse than having 11 names, is that 2 of the
names
My best friends mum, when I was a child, was called Daisy. She married
Walter Lawn. When nuseing I had a Duncan Duncan a John Thomas AND a Clamidia!
If any one doesn't know the John Thomas or the Clamidia email me. The
Clamidia is spelt different from the infection! Vivienne
To
One of my husband's best friends from childhood was named James Dick
(Dick was his last name). His father was Dr. Dick (and he was a
proctologist). James met a woman who refused to even go out with him at
first, but finally agreed, and they ended up getting married. Her name
was Anita. She
I've got one to match that! Came across a female Porphyria. Nothing
like being named after a rare and potentially fatal blood disorder!
Thurlow
Lancaster OH
viviennewal...@aol.com wrote:
AND a Clamidia!
If any one doesn't know the John Thomas or the Clamidia email me. The
Clamidia is
My daughter needed a long copy of her birth certificate from England and when
she compared the two she realised that the short copy did not include her
parents names! I never noticed that fact before.
My son is a Robin which was more of a male name in England when he was born
in 1971 but
Subject: [lace-chat] names
My daughter needed a long copy of her birth certificate from England and
when she compared the two she realised that the short copy did not include
her parents names! I never noticed that fact before.
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The short copy of the birth certificate is usually the one used by the
parents of adopted children -
From what I remember of DH registering our two daughters, the short
certificate was free (ie at initial registration)
In one family I know, the children all got the same initials so they
could inherit the monogrammed items and they'd be still applicable!
Though I never saw that they had all that much - maybe it just came
out for family feasts, and I'm not family!
--
Some time in his life, he'd obviously just got confused, but all important
documents were in his correct name.
My brother's father-in-law died a couple of years ago and he had been rather
'difficult' over the previous few years. On looking over some of the mounds
of paperwork they found in
This thread has been very interesting to read. Some years back I had
cause to go to the courthouse and get a certified copy of by birth
certificate. Paid my money and the lady comes back with the
document. That is when I discovered that my middle name was
Christian instead of
!!!
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Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame
le
It's always been given name in my dialect -- perhaps
because most of the churches around were anabaptist.
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Every place I've lived, even when Christianity could mainly be
assumed, we just called it first name. We do understand given
name to mean first name - but logically if a person has a first and
one or more middle names, those are all given rather than
inherited. Never heard Christian name -
Wow! What an interesting thread.
Personally, I cannot abide being called Miss, Mrs or Ms. Never could, before
marriage, during marriage, or after, always hated them, from as far back as I
can remember. I see them as sexist and degrading to women, since their sole
purpose is to indicate
Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame le
docteur. I'm not to crazy about that, but it is difficult to make people
believe that I'm a Monsieur. I was rather distressed this spring, when
everyone in France seemed to want to call me Mademoiselle.
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Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Names Titles
My pet hate is when someone who is young enough to be my granddaughter
calls me Luv. Ugh!! Told one young thing of about 16 that I
was not her Luv and what's more, I never would
Carol wrote:
This thread is making me chuckle!When I first went to Newcastle, in the
north of England, I couldn't wait for someone - anyone! - to call me 'Pet'.
In some areas you could be called be called by the
not-intended-to-be-derogatory term of chuck or lass, and in Scotland
hen.
But now I'm curious: the tendency in the US of
children addressing
elders by their first name;.
You brought to mind the small child of our friends who
was just learning to talk. He could pronouce DH's
name of Chuck but not mine. He solved it by calling
both of us 'Chuck'. He knew we
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E Nathan and Mrs Jean E Nathan. Since marriage I've
My husband has five sisters and two younger brothers.
Since one brother is only a little older than my sons,
the title of uncle is not always used.
Anyway, being that my older son, when small, saw his
five aunts more often than his other uncle, he was in
the habit of using the title aunt.
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Subject: [lace-chat] Names and titles
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thurlow Weed
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But now I'm curious: the tendency in the US of children addressing
elders by their first name; while I abhor it, I am curious to know if
this is the case in other countries as well. Is this a US phenomenon, or
does it exist
That is much better than the ones who call you 'Honey' or something similar!
Our former dentist had a Southern middle-aged woman for a receptionist who
constantly used Honey or something similar. At home I called her 'Rotten
Magnolia'. I was really glad when she left.
At least when they call
In theory the title Ms refers to any female and is the equivalent of
Mr. In practice, (here in England) nearly all women who choose to use
the title Ms are divorced, or at least separated from their husband and
so it actually says a lot more about the personal circumstances than Mr
does. If
My pet hate is when someone who is young enough to be my granddaughter
calls me Luv. Ugh!! Told one young thing of about 16 that I
was not her Luv and what's more, I never would be.
Helen.
That is much better than the ones who call you 'Honey' or something similar!
Lorri
To
Alice Howell wrote:
He could pronouce DH's name of Chuck but not mine. He
solved it by calling both of us 'Chuck'. He knew we
always came together
Our nickname for uncle Frank was Franken -- because we
were always talking about Frank 'n Lena
--
Joy Beeson
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Hello all,
Like Mr. Weed, (or perhaps I should call him 'young Thurlow' as I am 3
years older) I too, deplore the use of first names of adults by
children. However, it is sometimes difficult to insist that my children
call others by their titles. We had some friends who insisted that they
I find it quite interesting how strong our feelings are about names and
titles (there is an almost identical discussion going on at the moment in
another group I am involved with).
I am in that camp which abhors titles and has no problems with children
addressing adults by their first names.
I
My father had 3 Christian names, and they were such a pain to write out in
full on any Official form, that he insisted I only have one - to spare me
that problem!
One title' I hate is Ms. - However I do use it when I don't know if the
person is a Miss or Mrs!
But everyone knows I am a Mrs,
Since I've been divorced since 1977, I don't consider myself a Mrs,
nor am I a Miss. Unless I'm forced to use a 'title' I don't use one -
I'm just 'Helen Ward'. If I'm forced to use one I use Ms.
I don't see why in this day and age, that when men don't need to use a
title, that women have to.
Seeing all these comments about married women being addressed by their
husbands name prefixed with Mrs set off one of my pet niggles. My
family background is Quaker, and I taught to address people by their
given name family name and not to use titles as everyone is equal,
and using titles
Rosemary's post got me thinking a bit about my upbringing. I was
discussing this thread with my mother by phone this morning, and she too,
despised being addressed as Mrs Thurlow Weed. She had her own name,
thank you very much. Shortly after she was married, she encountered Mrs
Thurlow Weed,
Susan wrote:
all you
need is a phone book in the city and state and then you have the
address of whoever you want.
Don't know about the US, but in the UK we have the option of not having our
telephone number listed. My number hasn't been listed for any address I've
lived at since1967. We
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