What is in a name?
Ok, just to let everyone know, we are back down to just 2 cars. We sold the Altima. I was really sad to see it go, but I have felt the hand of comfort in knowing that I won't actually have to fix it anymore, and my family now has a car large enough to carry them to their destinations in relative safety. The cash didn't hurt either as it helped pay back the "car" fund.
So, What is in a name? A rose by any other name would probably smell just as sweet and attract girls... I mean bees. But everyone keeps asking if we have chosen a name for THING 3 waiting to come out sometime this next month. The answer is not really. We have a few names that are nearing the top of the list. But we have to remember that there are a few hardships for us in naming a child. While I love my first name, I am sensitive to the fact that apart from the Northeast where accents are a little more defining of the actual spelling of a name, my name can easily be mistaken for a girl's name. This is kind of strange when I am at school or working and someone comes to find me only to find out that I am not a girl. So, I am sensitive to this and try not to choose names that are easily confused in English. We realize that Michael sounds like a girl's name in French.
There are other considerations to be had. I find that the most important with a last name like ours is not so much the choosing of the name but the acronym of the name. I don't have the problem like the lady who really liked the name Chase, but could never use it when she married a man with the last name of de Car.
No, acronyms are a strong point for me. If my parents would have switched my first and middle names (which they were strongly considering doing) I would have had the initials of C.A.P.. But I didn't have any cool acronym to go by. I did think about trying to go by A.C., but with Saved by the Bell as the only reason of influence; I thought better of it.
Michael ended up with M.A.P. for initials. This wouldn't be so bad if I weren't studying Meteorology. My grandpa actually noticed this immediately when he heard the name. I was hesitant to use the name because of the acronym, but my sweet wife won out.
Isaac was not so much of a problem. We knew that we had to give him a middle name that wouldn't give him some bad acronym though. It was already going to be I.P., so I.P.P. wouldn't be so good. Neither would I.S.P. or just changing his name to just P.P.. Changing his first and middle name's position to J.I.P. would have been poor taste too.
So, this is part of our dilemma in choosing names. We invite you to think about the types of names that would provide acronyms that would be poor in choice, funny, wise or otherwise. We are still thinking about names, but you can find fun in this too.
Ok, just to let everyone know, we are back down to just 2 cars. We sold the Altima. I was really sad to see it go, but I have felt the hand of comfort in knowing that I won't actually have to fix it anymore, and my family now has a car large enough to carry them to their destinations in relative safety. The cash didn't hurt either as it helped pay back the "car" fund.
So, What is in a name? A rose by any other name would probably smell just as sweet and attract girls... I mean bees. But everyone keeps asking if we have chosen a name for THING 3 waiting to come out sometime this next month. The answer is not really. We have a few names that are nearing the top of the list. But we have to remember that there are a few hardships for us in naming a child. While I love my first name, I am sensitive to the fact that apart from the Northeast where accents are a little more defining of the actual spelling of a name, my name can easily be mistaken for a girl's name. This is kind of strange when I am at school or working and someone comes to find me only to find out that I am not a girl. So, I am sensitive to this and try not to choose names that are easily confused in English. We realize that Michael sounds like a girl's name in French.
There are other considerations to be had. I find that the most important with a last name like ours is not so much the choosing of the name but the acronym of the name. I don't have the problem like the lady who really liked the name Chase, but could never use it when she married a man with the last name of de Car.
No, acronyms are a strong point for me. If my parents would have switched my first and middle names (which they were strongly considering doing) I would have had the initials of C.A.P.. But I didn't have any cool acronym to go by. I did think about trying to go by A.C., but with Saved by the Bell as the only reason of influence; I thought better of it.
Michael ended up with M.A.P. for initials. This wouldn't be so bad if I weren't studying Meteorology. My grandpa actually noticed this immediately when he heard the name. I was hesitant to use the name because of the acronym, but my sweet wife won out.
Isaac was not so much of a problem. We knew that we had to give him a middle name that wouldn't give him some bad acronym though. It was already going to be I.P., so I.P.P. wouldn't be so good. Neither would I.S.P. or just changing his name to just P.P.. Changing his first and middle name's position to J.I.P. would have been poor taste too.
So, this is part of our dilemma in choosing names. We invite you to think about the types of names that would provide acronyms that would be poor in choice, funny, wise or otherwise. We are still thinking about names, but you can find fun in this too.
posted by The Pagets in Florida at 3:27 PM
5 Comments:
I think the initial things only realy mattter when you are in elementary school. That is when you get taunted the most. Now, I don't remember the last time someone asked for my initials. They certainly wouldn't taunt me about it now.
We were thinking that you could have a girl named Allison Lindsay Frost. That would be ALF. Although, you have that problem a bit too with your current initials. I hadn't realized that.
How about Levi Irving? Hay, don’t give me any lip on this one.
At my BYU job a guy gave his route y id as STD2. When his parents named him it was called veneral disease. Poor kid.
I know you won't like it, but how bout D.R.P (Dr. Pepper) My favorite soda. hummm??? jk I had one right by me while I was reading and wanted to submit something.
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