tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post6491258861544799598..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: Same Name AwkwardnessJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-16263263767006672412009-11-21T15:02:24.112-08:002009-11-21T15:02:24.112-08:00Hei Joared. Just call me Charles. Regarding with t...Hei Joared. Just call me Charles. Regarding with the Christines in our class. I call name with their fullnames. It's a bit tiring, but it does clear the confusionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-9823731325872946832009-11-21T04:31:31.084-08:002009-11-21T04:31:31.084-08:00Bjornsen or should I call you Charles? Glad to we...Bjornsen or should I call you Charles? Glad to welcome you here. I can understand the confusion having two boys with the same name in your 3rd grade class. As for 5 or 6 Christines, in your classes now, keeping them straight must really be a challenge. <br /><br />Jen: Pleased to welcome you here. Jen seems to have become a popular name in recent years as don't recall any "Jens"joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-86093449361221755542009-11-20T19:34:35.833-08:002009-11-20T19:34:35.833-08:00I have met sooo few people throughout my life with...I have met sooo few people throughout my life with the same first name as me that I'm afraid I have no experience with this, at all.<br />The only "probelems" I have ever had with my first name have to do with pronunciation. Someone will ask me: What's your name again? And I will say my name with what I percieve to be the correct probunciation and they repeat it back to me OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-41408323376146890892009-11-20T11:56:33.554-08:002009-11-20T11:56:33.554-08:00There are so many people with my name everywhere t...There are so many people with my name everywhere that it happens daily. It must be the frequency that makes it a non-issue for me. It's just a name.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573262524755768643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-69478361603528674912009-11-20T09:08:08.867-08:002009-11-20T09:08:08.867-08:00I can somewhat relate with this post. I got two na...I can somewhat relate with this post. I got two names but most people especially at home usually calls me with my second name. I rarely used my first name until during the 3rd grade when I got a classmate who has the same name as I have. It created sort of a confusion amongst the teachers and ourselves. It was kindof inconvenient.<br /><br />Now, at school we have like 5 or 6 Christines in our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32600165387816035032009-11-20T00:25:20.219-08:002009-11-20T00:25:20.219-08:00Alan G: Yes, I recall now being aware men often ca...Alan G: Yes, I recall now being aware men often call each other by their last name, and sometimes even a shortened version. I think of last names -- a Brown I knew that was called "Brownie," and a Barton that was "Bart." Then there was "Shorty"(and he was short) and "Red" (red hair.) At least 3 of the 4 had been in various branches of the military, but joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32692467245962651722009-11-19T12:11:00.041-08:002009-11-19T12:11:00.041-08:00I was in my 30's before meeting another Darlen...I was in my 30's before meeting another Darlene. She was in her 20's and I always felt like she had stolen my name. Since then I have met several other Darlenes. <br /><br />I now have a near neighbor named Darlene. Since she is older than I, she may feel like I stole her name. She lived here when I bought my house so I always said that I was number two so I had to try harder. <br /> <Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-64231053579043441102009-11-19T06:40:46.165-08:002009-11-19T06:40:46.165-08:00I think I can understand what you're talking a...I think I can understand what you're talking about. Although I've run into very few women with the name 'Joy' in my life, I have known a few Joyce's; which is my true first name...but noone except a couple of family members have called me that since I was a teenager. I did know a Joyce or two in high school. There is another 'Joy' who works at BlogHer whom I've Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-47377408875333410922009-11-18T17:43:38.509-08:002009-11-18T17:43:38.509-08:00I think I understand where you're coming from ...I think I understand where you're coming from on this. I've never experienced it but I can see the difficulty that could arise.<br /><br />And goooooooooo Buckeyes!!!!!Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-61414597174090001562009-11-18T11:31:23.167-08:002009-11-18T11:31:23.167-08:00joared, this is all so fascinating, especially the...joared, this is all so fascinating, especially the observation that in writing to someone with the same name, it was observed that you were really writing to yourself. Maybe there is something in that observation because it has been said when artists paint portraits, they tend to paint more a likeness of themselves, and I believe this is true. When I do pencil sketches of people and tuck them Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-37815101012731145052009-11-18T08:08:37.872-08:002009-11-18T08:08:37.872-08:00My thought on starting to read this post, "Re...My thought on starting to read this post, "Really?" Then realized that my experience is so limited with meeting others with the same name that it might be a lack of empathy on my part. <br /><br />Rolled the idea around some more and recognized that the limited times I'd met another Naomi that it felt odd to call them by name. And did I mention that almost no one pronounces my naomi dagen bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636592739857173279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-22246793436190057052009-11-18T05:47:15.710-08:002009-11-18T05:47:15.710-08:00Over the years I have known many girls and women n...Over the years I have known many girls and women named Judy. I haven't found it odd to call them that at all. For about 10 years in the 70's, my best friend was Judy and her husband had the same name as mine. And in the 90's, the same was true - but with another couple. <br /><br />Maybe my ability to do that without problems is related to becoming comfortable with it in the first kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-10178715466969309822009-11-18T04:59:57.063-08:002009-11-18T04:59:57.063-08:00I would have to say I probably feel somewhat the s...I would have to say I probably feel somewhat the same as you do about that situation. Although I can’t recall ever having been around someone with the same first name as mine for any length of time such as in a work environment.<br /><br />You know, I guess it is a ‘male’ thing but men often call other men by their last names rather than their first names. If there are a couple of Bob’s or Jim’s Alan Ghttp://www.cyberspacedawdler.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com