If you had an awful name, wouldnt you change it?

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

I had a rather generic 40's/50's nickname all of my early years... named after my dad's younger brother who died before he was 5/6 from complications from pneumonia, as I remember it.

I didn't really dislike it until I pondered using it when introducing myself at college, so I dropped it... especially thought it might be a liability with the wimmens... and went with John. One of the girls in my class had been calling me John all through high school, anyway... it just seemed like it was time.

It was a good decision too, because it would have probably followed me into my first summer job in college, and maybe even beyond.

When I'm around my siblings and people I grew up with, it still pops out fairly frequently, but I don't mind it.

No, I'm not going to reveal it. Heh heh.

Pepe?

[widgeon13]

Lots of laughs here. Makes up for some of those nasty threads. Nobody has even gotten banned yet.

I knew Edith Dyck!! There are still Dyck's that live in that town.

Cruel parents.

[jshape]

Guy I know is Les More - he introduces himself as the walking contradiction
Local guy here is Jack Meekhof
Went to HS with a girl named True Love
Wife knew an April May LeJune

[A930Rocket]

Worked with a guy named Maurice Lester. Everybody called him Mo Lester.

[mjohnson]

What about the changing your perfectly ordinary name?

Friend in college changed his name FROM Mike Smith to something unique.

Mike Johnson just doesn't understand that...

[pc100porsche]

Heehee,
We had a guy at our High School, his name was Tad Bass.
That school used to call the role using the last name 1st ... hence questioning his parentage each role call .... "Basstad"

[vonsmog]

Went to high school with a girl who's last name was Duckles, fathers first name is Donald.