tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post160481781004557733..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: What's 'er name??meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-75981359211684929122008-10-14T22:46:00.000+11:002008-10-14T22:46:00.000+11:00I grew up hating my given name and would cringe wh...I grew up hating my given name and would cringe when I heard it. I've been tagged with the nickname version all my life and the true name was used only by those who either didn't know me well or at times such as when grade cards were passed out by our priest in grade school. I always wondered why I wasn't just given the nickname to start with. Then again, I prefer my name to some of the most unusual made up names given to children these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-22639917246027211172008-10-13T11:34:00.000+11:002008-10-13T11:34:00.000+11:00funny how so many of us don't like our given names...funny how so many of us don't like our given names. Mine sounds much better on a foreign tongue too - the French soften that horrible "leen" sound to "lin" but the Italians go one better by dropping the long e and substituting an a. Now, if only I looked like Paulina!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-43304368224206175272008-10-13T07:55:00.000+11:002008-10-13T07:55:00.000+11:00I don't like my first name either. And yet I'd be ...I don't like my first name either. And yet I'd be hurt if my children didn't like theirs. Very inconsistent. Meggie suits you; I always assumed it was your name. An Irish name? Siobhan? Theresa?Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-78597908921698774672008-10-12T18:20:00.001+11:002008-10-12T18:20:00.001+11:00You know that I love the names Meg & Meggie!!!...You know that I love the names Meg & Meggie!!! And we share a birth stone! I hope you had a good weekend too!Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291201967272241281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-58956644787412017672008-10-12T18:20:00.000+11:002008-10-12T18:20:00.000+11:00You know that I love the names Meg & Meggie!!!...You know that I love the names Meg & Meggie!!! And we share a birth stone! I hope you had a good weekend too!Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291201967272241281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-61225516402739694672008-10-12T11:07:00.000+11:002008-10-12T11:07:00.000+11:00Names are such a funny thing. The name I have now ...Names are such a funny thing. The name I have now is not the name I was born with. Sometimes in my head I say the name that was given to me at birth and it sounds so foreign. Yet it is still me. But not really. <BR/><BR/>My wife's name is Anne but if someone spells it Ann, the hair on her neck stands up and she will go to great length to correct it. My son's name is James and no one is allowed to call him Jim--ever. Except I think my mom did once. He let it slide the first time. Corrected her the second time.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81752335752107035082008-10-12T07:33:00.000+11:002008-10-12T07:33:00.000+11:00I like the name Meg or Meggie. Certainly your "giv...I like the name Meg or Meggie. Certainly your "given name" can't be that bad....unless the movie star you're named after is John Wayne or something!!!!!Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809828176514703114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-82411218974005212342008-10-12T03:52:00.000+11:002008-10-12T03:52:00.000+11:00Names, and the way they influence our characters, ...Names, and the way they influence our characters, have always fascinated me.<BR/><BR/>I have one of those names that people always feel the need to shorten. I went through my childhood being called George or Georgie. When I got to University I decided I would break that and introduced myself as Gina. So I am called Gina by all my friends but George by all my family. I also use two surnames so live most of my life in a state of perpetual confusion.<BR/><BR/>But I am SO intrigued now to know what your REAL name is!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-72158506593288445452008-10-12T01:49:00.000+11:002008-10-12T01:49:00.000+11:00As a child I hated my given name. I now reluctantl...As a child I hated my given name. I now reluctantly accept it is what it is. Kitty has become so firmly attached that I now answer to both that and my given name.<BR/><BR/>xKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-67187581929639504212008-10-11T20:06:00.000+11:002008-10-11T20:06:00.000+11:00They were showing beautiful purple flowers on Gard...They were showing beautiful purple flowers on Gardening Australia tonight. <BR/><BR/>I wonder how many people really like their own names? I disliked mine as a child, would sometimes avoid going to places if I knew I would have to tell people my name, but now I don't mind it so much, and it's not all that common.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901064145483995261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-70689915801918829142008-10-11T14:10:00.000+11:002008-10-11T14:10:00.000+11:00Beautiful Pendant Meggie. And I love the colour of...Beautiful Pendant Meggie. And I love the colour of those flowers. I am amazed at the way passion flowers grow like weeds! I would have thought a flower so intricate and delicate would be difficult to grow!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-21542962474020868532008-10-11T09:44:00.000+11:002008-10-11T09:44:00.000+11:00HaHa Meggie , I do know your ' real' name/...HaHa Meggie , I do know your ' real' name/s & don't mind it/them at all -- your first name could have had several diminutives- I wonder why none were used by our family ?<BR/>I have always been very pleased with the names our beloved Mary chose for me -- better , I think, by far than the ones our father had picked out for me .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-25075411321343127732008-10-11T09:25:00.000+11:002008-10-11T09:25:00.000+11:00I love the amethyst piece of jewellery....yes, do ...I love the amethyst piece of jewellery....yes, do have it repaired.<BR/><BR/>Well as I know your real name as well ( and No I won't tell )I'd like to say I like all 3 names Meg, Meggie and the one on your birth certificate.<BR/><BR/>I am very lucky I like my 2 given names and my Surname and my shortened nick name. Considering my maternal Grandmother was called Florence Hilda Mary I think my Mum picked some very pleasant names for me( LOL )Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-11642074352373508962008-10-11T04:38:00.000+11:002008-10-11T04:38:00.000+11:00Is it Megan? I feel like the queen in Rumpelstilts...Is it Megan? I feel like the queen in Rumpelstiltskin except that my first born son is quite safe now, thankfully.<BR/><BR/>I love amethyst, the stone and the flowers of that color, even though I was not born in February. And I think the flower in your first pic is Ranunculus.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-4836278040230814362008-10-11T03:22:00.000+11:002008-10-11T03:22:00.000+11:00And so I shall guess from your nickname that your ...And so I shall guess from your nickname that your "real" name is Margaret, which reminds me of my mother, Marguerite, who was always being renamed Margaret by unknowing folk -- she absolutely <I>hated</I> that name!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-55905157577908713032008-10-11T02:04:00.000+11:002008-10-11T02:04:00.000+11:00Oh.. I can relate to this... Always at home I was ...Oh.. I can relate to this... Always at home I was one name...(my second name) at school another...(my first name.) All my close friends call me by my second name. All my business dealings and doctor dealings require my first name. I've always been two beings! LOLancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-34394291360657747022008-10-10T23:51:00.000+11:002008-10-10T23:51:00.000+11:00Yes, but Meggie, what is the real name??? I love ...Yes, but Meggie, what is the real name??? I love the name Meggie -- it's always been one of my favorites!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-2630787801070183772008-10-10T22:57:00.000+11:002008-10-10T22:57:00.000+11:00I have a friend who deliberately named her two chi...I have a friend who deliberately named her two children with names that lent themselves to a wide variety of nicknames so that they could use any or all as they grew to discover which name/s fit.jovaliquiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658198685121310571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-20919977223300261002008-10-10T21:52:00.000+11:002008-10-10T21:52:00.000+11:00How can you torment us like that, and not tell us ...How can you torment us like that, and not tell us what it is!<BR/>I am intrigued now to know your real name. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours! hee heefifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.com