nogooddeed
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Post by nogooddeed on Feb 25, 2016 13:30:40 GMT -5
At least you can use an initial, middle name or nickname if you don't like your first name. But what about interesting last names? I had girls by the last names of Titsworth and Faggett in my sorority. Seriously. Both have married and changed to their husband's last name. I wonder why?
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kittensaver
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We cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. - Mother Teresa
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Post by kittensaver on Feb 25, 2016 13:33:27 GMT -5
I went to school with two sisters whose last name was Schmuck.
Not kidding.
ETA: DH had a neighbor and classmate growing up named Pepper Ann Salter.
Also not kidding - I met her.
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Feb 25, 2016 14:54:22 GMT -5
I've seen Roach as a last name. Pickle. Peed (yep, like the dog peed on the tree). Um.... I'm sure there's more.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 14:59:38 GMT -5
Friends in high school with a girl whose moms remarried last name was Looney. Couldn't convince her to name new baby sister to friend Ima no matter how hard we tried.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 25, 2016 15:18:03 GMT -5
I've seen Roach as a last name. Pickle. Peed (yep, like the dog peed on the tree). Um.... I'm sure there's more. I worked with a woman whose last name was Roach.
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Chocolate Lover
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Feb 25, 2016 15:27:37 GMT -5
I've seen Roach as a last name. Pickle. Peed (yep, like the dog peed on the tree). Um.... I'm sure there's more. I worked with a woman whose last name was Roach. I'm sure there's LOTS of them out there. It's not a name I'd be wanting to keep though. lol
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Feb 25, 2016 15:37:08 GMT -5
I worked with a woman whose last name was Roach. I'm sure there's LOTS of them out there. It's not a name I'd be wanting to keep though. lol Yeah, it was her married name and she was divorced. The only reason why she kept it was because it was the same last name as her son's. I'm not sure that's a good enough reason, myself! Hell, I wouldn't have changed my name to Roach to begin with!
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Lizard Queen
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 25, 2016 15:41:05 GMT -5
Friends in high school with a girl whose moms remarried last name was Looney. Couldn't convince her to name new baby sister to friend Ima no matter how hard we tried. My xSIL once told me that she went to cosmetology school with an Ima Piggee. She had a sister named Ura.
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NomoreDramaQ1015
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 25, 2016 16:09:46 GMT -5
Friends in high school with a girl whose moms remarried last name was Looney. Couldn't convince her to name new baby sister to friend Ima no matter how hard we tried. My xSIL once told me that she went to cosmetology school with an Ima Piggee. She had a sister named Ura. OMG. I don't think any jury would convict them if they murdered their parents.
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gs11rmb
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Post by gs11rmb on Feb 26, 2016 10:10:14 GMT -5
Friends in high school with a girl whose moms remarried last name was Looney. Couldn't convince her to name new baby sister to friend Ima no matter how hard we tried. My aunt went to school with Ima Smellie!
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Tiny
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Post by Tiny on Feb 26, 2016 10:22:52 GMT -5
I'm not sure why people think a prejudice against a socioeconomic class is better than a prejudice against a race. It's like everyone thinks it's justifiable to judge everyone that is poor based on the behaviour of a few, when they would scream against that if it was done to a race. Not really replying to laterbloomer.... rather what she brought up in this earlier post about different kinds of prejudice...
I think prejudice against socioeconomic class is less bad because socioeconomic class is changeable - or atleast the perception of what socioeconomic class you are in is... why else would people without money (and people with money) strive to have the 'trappings of wealth'?
It's just like the snap judgments (and the attendant prejudices that go with those judgments) we all do based on how someone's dressed or how they speak or where they live or even the setting for when we first meet them.
I think that socioeconomic prejudice can be over come (by the person/group affected by it). Racial prejudice (or a prejudice based on something that cannot be changed) is much more difficult to overcome. It doesn't make it RIGHT.
I strongly suspect that most people move between different behaviors/dress/whatever in order to fit into different groups (because of different prejudices). Again, it doesn't make it right.
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