[Magdalen] Interesting Names Redux.

[Richard S. Crawford]

A law student friend of mine once told me about a cohort of hers, whose
first name was "Rosie". A perfectly solid name. Nothing interesting about
it. Until she married a man whose last name was "Nipples", and she chose to
change her last name.

Hilarity obviously ensued.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, folks, and especially David, for snark. (I still don't think
> the name is amusing.)
>
> I have been listening to all the lily-white folk out here on the
> Pacific NW coast making snide comments about names like Kiara and
> Keisha (not ALL--but enough comments to make them memorable) and those
> being the possessors of names like Gladys and Maude--seriously.
>
> My perceptions of what is an appropriate name and what is amusing is
> formed by my cultural norms--unless I can intentionally turn those
> off, and realize that every name had to have someone who had it first,
> who may have been laughed at by the nearest Osric for being Oswald.
>
> Georgia+
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think it's a fine name, and why is it amusing, and why should she
> > need to understand the meaning of diamond tiara, since that is not her
> > name.
> >
> > The post sounds condescending to me.
> >
> > Georgia+
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I am amused at the new aid-in-attendance for my partner.
> >>
> >> Her name is.......Tiara Diamond.
> >>
> >> She doesn't wear a diamond tiara at work, and, in fact, doesn't
> >> seem to understand what a diamond tiara is.
> >>
> >> It's probably better that way.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David S.
>