tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post5115140097508845828..comments2024-03-28T15:26:50.884-07:00Comments on Laws of Gravity: Doubled NameLiz A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-79364631690561738222018-04-11T13:18:12.044-07:002018-04-11T13:18:12.044-07:00I imagine it would depend on your last name. My la...I imagine it would depend on your last name. My last name... Yeah, when a student said she knew someone else by that name, it was a relative. But Smith or Jones or Gonzalez or Rodriguez... I can have two or three Gonzalezes in one class, and none of them are related.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-82972361933844612272018-04-11T06:20:21.119-07:002018-04-11T06:20:21.119-07:00There were usually a few Amandas in my classes, bu...There were usually a few Amandas in my classes, but because I went by "Mandy" I was fine. ;) Can't imagine sharing a last name with another student. That would be weird.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415510811585368037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-85964573280215493752018-04-09T16:02:06.463-07:002018-04-09T16:02:06.463-07:00Funny how some names define an era.Funny how some names define an era.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-13449836347908092552018-04-09T15:04:12.529-07:002018-04-09T15:04:12.529-07:00There weren't many. I grew up with Debbies, Ka...There weren't many. I grew up with Debbies, Karens and Cathys.Pinky Poinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113333763119897898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-12519191197092165842018-04-07T00:30:39.310-07:002018-04-07T00:30:39.310-07:00It is crazy how that happens. No one else with my ...It is crazy how that happens. No one else with my name that I've ever encountered :)Anna (herding cats-burning soup)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422129120413380189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-4331759194901587902018-04-05T16:22:41.385-07:002018-04-05T16:22:41.385-07:00But common enough that people have heard of it. It...But common enough that people have heard of it. It's a very fine line. Your parents did well ;)Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-56352145269041093062018-04-05T14:01:22.617-07:002018-04-05T14:01:22.617-07:00I was the only Yvonne. One benefit of a relatively...I was the only Yvonne. One benefit of a relatively uncommon name.Yvonne Ventrescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06935915085584796351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-24550487152244882742018-04-05T13:02:59.697-07:002018-04-05T13:02:59.697-07:00It probably didn't come up much. Somehow teach...It probably didn't come up much. Somehow teachers manage to handle it.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-54709969815221651532018-04-05T13:02:16.638-07:002018-04-05T13:02:16.638-07:00Just one? We had a fairly substantial Asian popula...Just one? We had a fairly substantial Asian population at my high school.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-36303436189991552892018-04-05T13:01:14.588-07:002018-04-05T13:01:14.588-07:00Once I worked somewhere that had three Lindas. Two...Once I worked somewhere that had three Lindas. Two with the same last initial. So, I numbered them. It didn't really work, but they only worked together for a short time.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-38547520233957821302018-04-05T10:49:09.669-07:002018-04-05T10:49:09.669-07:00When I was in school I went by Lee (as I still do)...When I was in school I went by Lee (as I still do) and I can't remember but one other Lee in the schools I attended. Certainly not in any of my classes at least. There were almost always a few Mikes, Johns, Karens, Dianes, and the like, but I don't recall how the teachers handled the duplication. I didn't pay attention to a lot of things in school.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out </a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-65841417843630784462018-04-05T07:35:19.743-07:002018-04-05T07:35:19.743-07:00Wow! I remember having a Korean (I believe) young ...Wow! I remember having a Korean (I believe) young man in my choir during junior high. I didn't know him and always thought the director was saying 'on to' instead of his name: Han Thu. Silly, huh? Me and my imagination. I'm no longer sure about the spelling, TBH, but he was one of the rarer nice people in that school.Darla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-75040646149018396522018-04-05T04:42:35.490-07:002018-04-05T04:42:35.490-07:00Two in the same school and the same grade is amazi...Two in the same school and the same grade is amazing. It's a common last name - we had one in our grade - but paired with the first name is unusual. I've never even met someone who spelled their last name the same way as my maiden name was spelled. (Wittmeyer - all others spell it with an H.)L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-27829125532671572472018-04-04T21:42:36.577-07:002018-04-04T21:42:36.577-07:00Oh yes....there were four Pam's in my graduati...Oh yes....there were four Pam's in my graduating class. But...there were two Pam M's! When we became friends on FB we were nicknamed P1 and P2. I was P1 cause Montgomery came before Mossack! The N in Montgomery comes before the S in Mossack!!! haha...but then we had Pam Goodman and Pam Goins. There you go...two Pam's with Go's .....hahaPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211965720334593365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-21127590803333216912018-04-04T16:41:13.851-07:002018-04-04T16:41:13.851-07:00A cousin? That means your parents and his parents ...A cousin? That means your parents and his parents did that deliberately. Well, as long as it all worked out ;)Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-83993113851951630672018-04-04T16:40:26.622-07:002018-04-04T16:40:26.622-07:00Two Emilys in the same family. Yikes. I totally ge...Two Emilys in the same family. Yikes. I totally get why they would be put out.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-53956604158876180182018-04-04T16:39:45.054-07:002018-04-04T16:39:45.054-07:00It is. Yikes. You had it bad.It is. Yikes. You had it bad.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-53294157053222477722018-04-04T16:38:53.300-07:002018-04-04T16:38:53.300-07:00Of course there was. Everyone tries to go all uniq...Of course there was. Everyone tries to go all unique, but then that happens to be "the" name that year. At least he won't be alone ;)Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-14384908732875305082018-04-04T16:37:47.762-07:002018-04-04T16:37:47.762-07:00I bet. Although, Melissa isn't as big a name n...I bet. Although, Melissa isn't as big a name nowadays. Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-62975323787340594942018-04-04T16:34:23.756-07:002018-04-04T16:34:23.756-07:00We had multiples of my names! But not always the s...We had multiples of my names! But not always the same second name. And there were some differences in some classes.<br /><br />My name is Nasreen. So there were Nazreens- with a 'z' lots of them! Nasreen is sort of less out there! When I google all I get are authors named Nasreen. Imagine that! Nas https://www.blogger.com/profile/08341843048288374472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-38077227132298330272018-04-04T15:42:40.996-07:002018-04-04T15:42:40.996-07:00My name is a little unusual. No one with my name ...My name is a little unusual. No one with my name in school, but I have a cousin with my exact name (my maiden last name, that is) except his first name is lacking the last letter of my first name, to make it more masculine. We were named after the same relative. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.combookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-38659812162632318232018-04-04T15:14:59.010-07:002018-04-04T15:14:59.010-07:00It's any time you get a large ethnic populatio...It's any time you get a large ethnic population together. <br /><br />I used to know a guy named Marc Cohen. He went to a huge university with a substantial number of Jewish students, and he knew of four other men with the last name "Cohen" and the first name weither "Marc" or "Mark" who were enrolled at the same time he was. I can think of a lot of schools where he would have been the only Marc Cohen on campus. songbird's crazy worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473854543986991104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-91649954149531524312018-04-04T14:34:15.174-07:002018-04-04T14:34:15.174-07:00When I married my husband we "Brady Bunched,&...When I married my husband we "Brady Bunched," each bringing 3 children to the brood. We each had an "Emily." No one said anything, but there was definitely a little jealousy (That's the best way to describe it) on both of the the girl's parts, despite 20 years difference in their ages. One of the girls was an adult , married and out of the house, but here came this new "Emily." It was hard enough for her to watch her dad become dad to 3 new daughters, but to share her name? That added insult to injury. He did adopt my daughters so we had 2 Emily Ericksons. Thankfully, they have both grown to love one another, but it is an interesting thing to have 2 daughters with the same name.Heather Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504581197597982992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-73505608853563863272018-04-04T14:31:49.564-07:002018-04-04T14:31:49.564-07:00My first name is fairly common. My maiden name is...My first name is fairly common. My maiden name is also fairly common. I've known two other girls who had the same first and last name. One lived in the same town as me but went to a different elementary school. The other went to college with me. The college computer was able to tell us apart as long as we were both on campus, but when she graduated, I started getting her mail, and her unpaid bills. <br /><br />My mnarried name is also fairly common. I use my maiden name as a middle name.<br /><br />I went to college with a girl who has the same first name as me. Her maiden name is my married name and her married name is my maiden name. so if I signed my letters "Mary Smith Jones" she would sign hers "Mary Jones Smith". <br /><br />My younger daughter went to preschool with another girl with the same name. My sister went to junior high with another girl with the same name, even the same middle name. <br /><br />Very confusing.<br /><br /><br />songbird's crazy worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473854543986991104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-39442182393567589812018-04-04T14:30:10.839-07:002018-04-04T14:30:10.839-07:00My name is pretty common, so I had a few others th...My name is pretty common, so I had a few others the same. I tried to give my son a unique name so he wouldn't have the same problem - Caden. Lo and behold in his nursery class there is another boy called Cayden!<br />https://iainkellywriting.com/2018/04/04/d-is-for-dresden-germany/Iain Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08985628484548823345noreply@blogger.com