I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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I had an acquaintance in high school & college (she was the first-soprano soloist in both our chorales) named Caryn, but she pronounced it "Corinne." Bob's only cousin is named Karen (and she is definitely not "a Karen"). I feel more deeply than most for women named Karen: my name got trashed after the Nov. 2012 "Superstorm." Worse yet, my sister's name is Rona. (And remember Katrina & the Waves? They suddenly fell off playlists in Sept. 2005). At least I don't know anyone named Isaias (heck, until last week I had never heard the name, much less hear reporters attempt to pronounce it).
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I have really enjoyed seeing names go in and out of style over the years. I have a front row seat to the latest naming trends and spelling variations when I get my class list each year. Mateo/Matteo seems to be having a moment. Last year I had four girls whose names both began and ended with the letter A. I really miss teaching in person
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I truly dislike labeling the name “Karen” to middle aged women going off on rants. Why must we use a personal woman’s name to define this type behaviour? My daughter in law is a Caryn who is someone everyone likes, not because she’s super sweetly nice but because she is confident, interesting, smart and fair and not at all like the ones highlighted in the media. I also think the media is focusing too much attention to these type stories.
And then there’s my own being astounded that some women feel so entitled and self-righteous that they lay into another person in public spewing all manner of atrocities from their mouth.
Maybe being raised Catholic and having the “God sees everything you do” drilled in my head, whenever I go out, I’m aware that someone else might be observing me. With cell phone video so readily available, we are all Big Brother, and anyone’s deeds or misdeeds have the potential to be recorded.
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The going in and out of style names are so interesting. Back in the day, names like Susie, Judy, Cindy, Barbara and Mary were so popular, but it seems not too many use these names now. And if my husband mentions his boss is named Brendon, Justin, Jared or Jason, I know they're about 20 years younger than him because those names weren't big when our generation was born.
Ees - ah - eee - us (Isaias) That's how our meteorologist pronounces the name and I never heard it before, either.
My name, too, was used for a very destructive hurricane, Hurricane Camille, which occurred in 1969. It remains one of the most devastating hurricanes on record. Back then, the name Camille was seldom heard, so as a kid, seeing “Hurricane" attached to it was a bit embarrassing. These days, you hear my name more often and many people don't know about Hurricane Camille.
Btw, as I was born in May, my mom named me after a flower. Not sure why Camille, after the camellia, because they don't grow in Ohio. I was 19 before I saw real live ones which were everywhere when I lived in Los Angeles for a year. And that year in LA was the first time I met another person named Camille; she was a receptionist.
Years later, I bought a car from a man named Camille, he went by Cam.
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DivineMrsM: I had a student named Camille within the past 3 years (in her 20's) and she was one of the kindest students I have ever met. Not a popular name. Names today can be unique given that I have had names I have had to ask the student to pronounce for fear I would slaughter them. Sometimes it took practice to get the right inflections.
I have a SIL named Karen who is the complete antithesis of the "Karen's" being broadcast. I would be hard pressed to imagine her behaving in that manner even if she was hopping mad. She is completely besotted with Bruce Springsteen so the family joke has always been that if he was available my poor DB would be left in the dust. So that is the only character flaw I've noted and I am not sure it really qualifies as a flaw. I cringe when I hear someone being called a "Karen" because it is not reflective of all who are such named. Was this derived from the character on Will and Grace? Now the SIL who could qualify as a "Karen" is not named so and I will not reveal her name because she is the aberration, not the name. She is the family shrew.
My other SIL is also named Sandy and got teased unmercifully when the hurricane was named such, mostly by my DB her husband. She is not destructive and with a few drinks under her belt becomes the life of family parties due to her filter disappearing. She is sometimes clueless (not meanly) and does things that we find vastly entertaining like accidentally mailing her underpants (clean) to her DIL's parents in Europe in a package she sent them. They asked her why she mailed them because they are able to buy underwear where they live. She was so embarrassed but had no clue as to how they got in the package. She once burnt Italian sausage and felt that covering them with tomato sauce would hide the evidence. My DB said they tasted like charcoal briquets covered with tomato sauce.
Isaias is one I am glad I did not have to learn to pronounce. But it is surprising what you can learn to pronounce, with practice, with the exposure to original names (from many cultures) as I had over the years in teaching and clinical practice. You can almost guess the decade by the name as well. I've had Cindy's (in their 40's), Barbara's (in their 50's), Caren (30's), etc. Interesting topic.
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IllinoisLady...my name is spelled Jacqueline. I always say it's the correct way. 😁 I was named after my Dad (Jack) and Jackie Kennedy.
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My DH is named Steve, my brother-in-law is named Steve, and I have a cousins named Steve on both sides of my family. If there's a family gathering & you yell "Steve", you are bound to get someone to come help you with whatever you need.
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Don’t see many Barbara’s around. In almost 24 years with my school district I can’t remember any. One at my dog park, we both prefer Barb.
Did have a hs girl one year named Mystical. Thought she was being a smarty, so asked her about it. She said her mom was an old hippy.
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My husband's name is Bob, and we have a plethora of Bob friends. We have had our share of "hey, Bob" moments!
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One of my favorites was a baby in the newborn nursery named Aquanet! Have often wondered if that name changed I to something else as she grew up.
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Balance is the key to my serenity. I attain balance by listening to my inner wisdom and to the wisdom of others. There is no situation in which I cannot find a point of balance. There is no circumstance in which I cannot find inner harmony. As I ask to be led into equilibrium and clarity, I will find that my answers come to me. I am wiser than I know, more capable of right action and attitudes than I yet believe. In every event, I seek the balance point of God's action through me. -Julia Cameron
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No good story as to how I got my name. I had an older sister ( passed on 11 days after Mom ) and since she came first she was give a name that started with R since my mom's name started with R. I was named with a letter that came from my Dad's name which started with J. Not too esoteric but simple and easy. My mom had hoped to have at least 6 boys -- she got two girls.
The one name coming from my daughter's time ( she is 48 now ) was Isa but pronounced as though it began with an E. Reminds me of a little town we have down the road from us. It is called Ina. When we took my BIL ( he always thought of himself as one of the smartest people alive ) up that way and he said, hmmm Inn Ah. I still laugh now and then, and that day for sure I think I giggled for hours.
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Just a chip off you know where these days.
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I think John Lewis knew that glorifying Trump in any way would not benefit him, his cause, or his soul. He did what was totally right for him to do and missed nothing at all.
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Brought to you from the All The Best Words GUY:
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In Spanish, "Yo Semite" (no, really--I am Jewish).
In a sign of the Apocalypse, I have learned that DJTJ agrees with me (and disagrees with his dad!) on something: we both oppose the proposed Pebble Mine (gold, copper) in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska. Granted, Junior wants to preserve Bristol's sport fishery, but I want to preserve its commercial wild salmon fishery--which is North America's largest, and has sustained generations of Native Americans in the area. Tailings from the mine would run off into the waters in which the salmon (and halibut & black cod) spawn. The Pebble Consortium is Canadian-American (UK pulled out after the initial EIS during the Obama Admin., which recommended the permit not be granted), and many of them are Drumpf's buddies (and if you scratch the surface, likely donors). When he took office, he ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to do another EIS, which unsurprisingly found the mine acceptable.
Disclosure: I am a proud member of Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay (headed by Si Kahn, assisted by my singing partner Stephen Lee Rich).
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He knows the best people?
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My favorite teacher to sub for (7th grade American History), is retiring. He had planned to teach one more year; but with all this crap, threw in the towel. I did a long-term gig for him a couple years ago when he had some medical issues, and have been his 'go to' sub ever since. I would seriously teach that class for free (in a normal year). Very sad!
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Anyone else here feel like they're living the film Groundhog Day, except for the occasional escalation of ever-worsening events (especially ones that affect us personally)? These days it seems as if God is asking a whole lot of people to "hold" His "beer." I've stopped both saying "it could be worse" and asking "could it get any worse?" The answer to both is "it will."
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