And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue."
Well, he must o' thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named "Sue."
Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.
Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue."
--- In [email protected], "Ellen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Gender-neutral nicknames for gender-specific names are sort of OK,
> but not great--Chris for Christine and Christopher, Pat for
Patricia
> and Patrick, Terry for... Terrence and Teresa? Isn't the actress
> from ER Michael Michele? Sometimes I think girls get boys' names
> because the parents were expecting a boy and had picked out a boy's
> name and couldn't think of something else fast enough, and they
> wanted to honor the child's grandfather or something..
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> <dlochund@> wrote:
> >
> > I agree about gender-specific. Leslie and Ashley are pretty much
> girls names now, Terry, Chris, Pat, etc can still go both ways, as
it
> were. I worked with a girl named Michael once. Not Michaela, or
> Michele... but Michael. Why give your kid a name that so
> predominately and obviously belongs to the other gender? Somehow I
> have in my head that I knew someone once who named her daughter
Gary.
> >
> > Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: My name criteria are that they
> have to be gender-specific and easy to
> > spell and pronounce. If there are 10 spellings of the same name,
> > invariably the person with the unusually-spelled name will have
to
> > spell their name to everyone they give their name to orally,
which
> is
> > a waste of time IMO. People have enough trouble spelling my name
> on
> > the phone, or even pronouncing it when it is in front of them.
> > Telemarketers, especially.
> >
> > Hello, may I please speak to Elaine, Eileen, Alan, Eelan, you
name
> > it. The next time someone pronounces my name wrong that I don't
> know
> > I am going to tell them that there is no one here by that name.
> When
> > I give someone my name over the phone they spell it Ellan,
Eileen,
> > Ilene, Elaine, Elane, Elayne, and on and on. What is wrong with
> > people? And with all those Hayleys, Haileys, Hailees, Halees,
etc.
> > etc. someone will eventually get it wrong. Why take the chance?
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "denisesudell"
> > <dsudell7781@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Diane Lochner
> > > <dlochund@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I of course mean no offense to any parents on the list who
> have
> > > given their kids any of these names - I'm not judging...just
> > noting,
> > > as Gene would say. I'm amazed at the variety of spelling of
some
> > of
> > > them, and also all the duplicates! I especially like the
> > variations
> > > on Madison (And we all know how Gene feels about that name)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's a sampling (there were of course a smattering of
more
> > > traditional names)
> > > >
> > > > Addison (2) (forgot an "M" there..)
> > > > Kailey (like Hailey, with a K!)
> > > > Kaylee
> > > > Kaelie
> > > > Hayley (2 on the same day!)
> > > > Hailey
> > > > Keira (2)
> > > > Rylee
> > > > Cayla
> > > > Jayla
> > > > Karlissa
> > > > Jenevive
> > > > Zoe (2)
> > > > Leah (4)
> > > > Emma (3)
> > > > Maykala
> > > > Maya
> > > > Madison (2)
> > > > Madyson
> > > > Madisyn
> > > > Madilyn
> > > > Aspen (wtf?)
> > > > Alexis (5)
> > > > Faith (3)
> > > > Damani (Sounds like a brand of bottled water..)
> > > > Ava (3)
> > > > Ashtyn (Joining her brother, Demi, no doubt)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Boys
> > > >
> > > > Aiden (2)
> > > > Colin (4)
> > > > Mason (2)
> > > > Riley (2)
> > > > Rylan (2)
> > > > Taj (???)
> > > > Jacob (2)
> > > > Jakob
> > > > Haiden
> > > > Austin (3)
> > > > Talan
> > > > Talon (Let the eagle soar...!)
> > > > Cazmere (wtf?)
> > > > Jaiger (meister?)
> > > > Jaidyn
> > > > Kyedahl
> > > > Jaxson
> > > >
> > >
> > > Eek. Some of the spellings are particularly . . . tasty.
> > >
> > > Four years ago, my own sister and her husband named their
> daughter
> > > Carey. (They had an excuse, though, as that's our mom's maiden
> > > name.) Two years ago, they named their son Jake, although the
> rest
> > > of us argued for Jacob.
> > >
> > > And one of my coworkers just announced the birth of his new
> > > granddaughter, Makayla.
> > >
> > > FYI re: "Taj": it's actually a word defined in the
> > dictionary. "A
> > > tall conical cap worn by Muslims as a headdress of
distinction."
> > > I'd bet the parents are Muslims.
> > >
> > > Just realized: there's an Aspen, but no Sierra? (Or Ciera, as
> > I've
> > > also seen it spelled?)
> > >
> >
> >
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