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Thu, 12 September 2002 10:55

tim

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Registered: February 2002
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Parents name children. Now that is pretty obvious, isn't it?

Sometimes the names given to the children don't help them in life. The name sets an expectation, either in the public view, or in the child's mind.

I rememebr, when I was a kid, hating my name. It made me feel like a stupid little kid. The picture it dredged up each time was of The Nestles Milky Bar Kid, a blond haired wimp who had milk bottom bottle spectacles and couldn;t even eat real chocolate!

I asked to be called something else. I had a name in mind. Not important what it was. They laughed at me. "We called you 'Timothy' because we like the name," they said. Well they must have, because they gave me no middle name.

So I did my best to be 'Tim', because it sounded at least a little manly. But with my surname I get a staccato machine gun effect. Monosyllabic name with T at start and end! That with a T at the beggining, gives me three of the damn things.

My parents insisted on calling me Timothy, though. And the rest of my family still does. I loathe it and cringe.

Doesn't mean it's a bad name. I am the one loathing it.

It;s too late to change it, of course. But I am seriously thinking of modifying it a little, to make it a gentler dimunitive than 'Tim'.

Does anyone else have trouble with their given names?

		Names By: tim on Thu, 12 September 2002 10:55
		Well, you know I do... By: lenny on Thu, 12 September 2002 11:10
		Not as bad as it could be... By: david in hong kong on Thu, 12 September 2002 12:25
		Oh, HELLO David! So good to see you again! By: lenny on Thu, 12 September 2002 15:53
		Re: Not as bad as it could be... By: trevor on Thu, 12 September 2002 20:45
		Re: Names By: timmy on Thu, 12 September 2002 15:06
		Re: Names By: timmy on Thu, 12 September 2002 15:12
		Timmy it is then! By: lenny on Thu, 12 September 2002 15:48
		has a lower case "t" By: timmy on Thu, 12 September 2002 15:54
		What's in a name... ? By: warren c. e. austin on Thu, 12 September 2002 16:55
		Re: Names By: Guest on Thu, 12 September 2002 20:38
		Ah, the classics! By: timmy on Thu, 12 September 2002 20:52
		Re: Names By: kevin on Fri, 13 September 2002 01:17
		Re: Names By: e on Fri, 13 September 2002 06:01
		Don't Get Fooled by a Name By: charlie on Sat, 14 September 2002 00:20

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