[Magdalen] Interesting Names Redux.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Good Lord!  That poor man.  HE should have changed his name, long since.

But, not wanting to be attacked by the propriety police, I graciously
withdraw.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Richard S. Crawford <richard at underpope.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
>