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dgiaimoOG 2003

Wow. You'd stop going out with a guy because you don't like his first name? There are lots of girl's names that I absolutely despise, but I would never let that affect whether I go out with them.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yeah, you'll just ask them to legally change it right?

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dgiaimoOG 2003

Their first name? No. That's an awfully shallow thing to care about.

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

i don't think it is. if i met an awesome girl and her name was Jill, a change would be required.

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toxicgirlOG 2003

you would say something like that

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

don't start...

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

she can. and you'll like it, dnhll.

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

yo, valentine, i don't see things working out well for you. in fact, you've probably eaten your last peanut butter sandwich.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

dan. are you threatening me?

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 fivezero

no. i am promising you. (a promise is more definite.)

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003 skaorsk8

oh, ok. just askin'.

tinser tinserOG 2002

what if you have trouble pronouncing the name?

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dgiaimoOG 2003

If you really like the person you'll learn to pronounce it properly.

I have no sympathy for people who refuse to learn to pronounce other people's names properly. There are people that I've known for years that continue to insist on murdering the pronunciation of my last name, and every time I hear it I cringe. I could rant for hours on this subject, but I think I won't bore you with all that.

tinser tinserOG 2002

hmm, i disagree..i think some things certain people just can't say...like i can not say the name CARL for the life of me...i think something i wrong with my tounge.

There is another name i have a lot of trouble saying too.

But, you could always come up with nicknames for a person, and just call them that. That works

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dgiaimoOG 2003

But would you let that affect whether you would go out with a guy? Besides, I'm sure you could at least get close to the correct pronunciation. What I'm talking about is people who _truly_ wreck the pronunciation of my name.

BTW, are you going to enlighten us as to what the other name you can't say is? :)

tinser tinserOG 2002

no, of course i wouldn't let if effect whether i went out with a guy or not...that'd be retarded...you'd be really shallow if you did.

and, no, haha...the other name is a secret

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dgiaimoOG 2003

Aww... Now you've got me really curious. :) Oh well, if you don't want to tell us, that's your business.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

speaking of this whole topic...what is with when a girl dates some guy let's say a mike. everyone calls him mike. why does she call him michael? you know this sort of girl? what is with that?

theremin thereminOG 2002

I never went by "Robert." Always went by "Robbie." But, there was this one girl that always had to call me Robert, instead of being like everyone else who called me Robbie. I despise "Robert," normally, but I don't know ...when she said "Robert" it had this certain unexplainable sweetness to it.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

it's a sweet formality. a bit of respect.

theremin thereminOG 2002

Hmm. Only sounded good when she said it. Normally I quiver at the name. Always make people call me Robbie, or I beat 'em up. But, made the exception for her, since she was hot, and had a voice to die for.

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

thats sounds shallow and stupid, robbie.

theremin thereminOG 2002 fivezero

Shallow, but I refuse to agree on stupid.

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dgiaimoOG 2003

I've always thought that it's because she wants to make their relationship special somehow, so she calls him something that no one else does.

sugabluejennnie sugabluejennnieOG 2002

His first i wouldnt have a problem with but other chicks do but his lasnt name...Im sorry i wouldnt want my last name something that would embrass me..

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dgiaimoOG 2003

The last name I could almost understand. After all you're, hopefully, going to be taking it as your own, but I just don't understand what the issue is with first names.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

My math teacher got married and now her last name is "Stankawitz" or something very close to that spelling.

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dgiaimoOG 2003

That's not as bad as some names I know of. There's this headhunter that my dad knows whose parents decided to name "Richard" despite of, or perhaps because of, the fact that their last name was "Head". No, I'm not making this up.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

A Headhunter? What exactly does he do for a living?

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

wellll, either he's a job scout for big companies. orrrrr he's a bounty hunter who tracks criminals and parole violators.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yeah..the word Headhunter immediately brought the word bounty hunter to mind.

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dgiaimoOG 2003

Really? You must not deal with corporate America much. Then again, neither do I, but I've heard my dad talk about them enough that I don't usually think of that meaning.

"You must not deal with corporate America much" ahaha that's an understatement.

malibu malibuOG 2001

fiji is the only place in the world where there are still live head hunters.

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dgiaimoOG 2003

As fivezero said, he's a job scout.

malibu malibuOG 2001

my mommy is a head-hunter. she scares me sometimes when i awake to find her standing over me.

tinser tinserOG 2002

haha, when i was like 7, i used to think head hunters were tribal men, who painted their faces and wore loin cloths and carried spears

malibu malibuOG 2001 tinser

there still are headhunters of this form today. except they're in fiji.

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