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- From: cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott)
- Subject: My name is worse than yours (was: Re: What is attractive to women?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.013409.9268@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
- References: <DRG.92Nov22123125@candidus.ma30.bull.com> <1992Nov22.224107.20089@sol.UVic.CA>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:34:09 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
-
- >In article 92Nov22123125@candidus.ma30.bull.com, drg@candidus.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov22.151315.4882@wetware.com> diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:
- >>
- >> ] >all "Robert"s liked to be called "Bob"
- >>
- >> ] consensus has decreed that all Elizabeths be called 'Liz'.
- >>
- >> [all Dianas]
- >> getting called "Princess Di"
- >>
- >>All Ezekials are called "Zeke"
- >>All Philips are called "Phil the pill"
- >>All Patricias are called "Patty cakes" or "Peppermint Patty"
- >>
- >>All Daniels are called one of these
- >>"Dan the man"
- >>"Book 'em Danno"
- >>"Oh Danny boy the pipes are ..."
-
- >Oh no! You think you got it bad?
- >I get called things like "Raggedy" Andy, "Randy" Andy, "Handy" Andy, and
- >Andy "Panda." When my legal name's in print, "Is there more than one
- >'Andrea' here today?"
- > / ^
- >A couple of years ago, somebody said, "He, 'dreas, Comment ca va?"
- >[too bad this keyboard isn't rigged for French. :+(] S
- >
- >He sympathized with me because his name was "Marie-Louis."
- >dreas
-
- Try explaining how to pronounce "Cal" to your new classmates in
- elementary school. It inevitably comes out "Cow", which is a source of
- endless fun and amusement to some. "Cow", "Cow Patty", "Cow Lot" (my last
- name is Lott), etc.
-
- Cal is also fun for junior high: "Cal-ifornia", "Cal-Can", "How
- now Brown Cow."
-
- Now that I am supposedly more mature, though, I have come to
- appreciate having a less common name.
-
- -Cal (nee Calvin Jesse Lott)
-
-