hok382@houxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) (02/14/84)
The last time my friend Halper was thinking of getting married, we discussed names. Since she doesn't use or particularly like her first name but thought she should do something or other symbolic, she was considering changing her FIRST name. Come to think of it, it's probably just as well that the marriage fell through.... But more or less more seriously, my S.O. and I have only discussed naming kids as far as his vetoing "x sub 1" and my vetoing "active progressive Democrat," but I think the first names that we are most likely to converge on go better with his last name than mine so we would probably use his name.... pjc
annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) (03/01/85)
>References: <1680@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <1962@sun.uucp> <539@wlcrjs.UUCP> <265@celerity.UUCP> <590@wlcrjs.UUCP> <976@ihuxn.UUCP> point # 1 > .. how to deal with the situation in a sensible and comfortable > manner (one which might even increase productivity though easing of > tensions and facilitiating intelligent communication) draws what I > can only place in the same category with some men I have been forced > to work with. The attitude is one of humor her and she will go away > or perhaps maybe "She's just trying to be cute....lets patronize > her and then we can get on with serious things which she is, by her > nature as a woman, not able to cope with or understand. > > ............. > I want to thank you for helping me point up some of the attitudes > which working women have to cope with. It is your style of ignorant > behaviour and thinking which has worked to keep women down for so long. > > Jeanette L.Zobjeck point # 2 > ....little Zubbie.. ..suggestion that the article belonged in net.jokes... I couldn't resist adding my $.02. point # 1 Funny, I have experienced a lot of the same attitudes in some of the men whom I have worked with. Being able to conduct business on a reasonably complex level is easier if you can get past all that. point # 2 I have faced the situation over the years where a large number of people make a big production over MY name. So I can really identify with what Jeanette is expressing about people's reactions and attitudes. As a matter of fact, I didn't use my first name for a long time (14 yrs) because I didn't want to put up with the hastles. When I got my first Technician's position, I started using it again. I felt that the people in the Technincal World could handle it. For the most part, I was right. However, I do still run into people who pronounce it wrong even after I tell them the right way to say it. They say that it reminds them of Anna Rosanna Danna.( a as in can) (a as in auto) _ (It is pronounced Aunnaudeaunau) Annadiana Beaver A Beaver@Tektronix "You think the present is moving fast, Wait 'til you see the future." -Ruby-
dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky) (03/03/85)
[] I too have had some problems with my name. I grew up in New York, but went to college in Israel, where for four years my name was Ytzhak (pronounced Yitz<guttural h>ak) Dimitrovsky (well, it's a really common name in Jerusalem ...). When I returned here, I continued giving this as my name for a while, but I've more or less converted to the English version (Isaac) now. Is this a really conformist, white bread thing for me to have done? Isaac (Ytzhak) Dimitrovsky
annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) (03/10/85)
>References: <127@azure.UUCP> <4160004@csd2.UUCP> > (pronounced Yitz<guttural h>ak) Dimitrovsky (well, it's a really common > name in Jerusalem ...). When I returned here, I continued giving this > as my name for a while, but I've more or less converted to the English > version (Isaac) now. Is this a really conformist, white bread thing > for me to have done? > > Isaac (Ytzhak) Dimitrovsky Do what you feel comfortable about doing and use the name that YOU prefer. As long as you don't do anything to hurt others, YOU are the one that you should try to please. Annadiana Beaver A Beaver@Tektronix "It's the media, Ruby. The media has given them the power." -Rodant-