tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post112909103104365237..comments2023-10-10T10:09:48.794-05:00Comments on Letting me be . . . random wondering and philosophy: What's My Name?"ME" Liz Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129318378302772782005-10-14T14:32:00.000-05:002005-10-14T14:32:00.000-05:00Mark,You are a wonder and a joy,smiles,LizMark,<BR/>You are a wonder and a joy,<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129317827159119632005-10-14T14:23:00.000-05:002005-10-14T14:23:00.000-05:00Lizzy Bizzy you are to me... fo shizzy!Lizzy Bizzy you are to me... fo shizzy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129238071293392302005-10-13T16:14:00.000-05:002005-10-13T16:14:00.000-05:00Oh Garnet,Do not argue for your limits. You are as...Oh Garnet,<BR/>Do not argue for your limits. You are as big as the sky. You make me small by comparison. UMEU WEI<BR/>LOVE<BR/>LIZMEU"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129235201505583902005-10-13T15:26:00.000-05:002005-10-13T15:26:00.000-05:00By any name you will be ME, another of myself, a N...By any name you will be ME, another of myself, a NewMe, as in, you NewMeBetter, but I will call you Liz. And your blog will always be ME You, MEYU. <BR/><BR/>At least you've had choices, I've alway been a chameleon with one name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129213179205744392005-10-13T09:19:00.000-05:002005-10-13T09:19:00.000-05:00Hi Theresa,I've been so piled under with work. i t...Hi Theresa,<BR/>I've been so piled under with work. i think the reason I chose names to post on was that I was beginning to forget my own. I'll come over and read about yours.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129209835641100642005-10-13T08:23:00.000-05:002005-10-13T08:23:00.000-05:00I'm pleasantly surprised! Havent had time to come ...I'm pleasantly surprised! Havent had time to come visit your blog but when i did I realised we both posted on 'names'. haha.. Thanks for putting a smile on my face!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129177537061408492005-10-12T23:25:00.000-05:002005-10-12T23:25:00.000-05:00Hi Betty,You're Whirling Betty now!Do you think th...Hi Betty,<BR/>You're Whirling Betty now!<BR/>Do you think there's anyone who's just plain satisfied with his or her name? I guess it would be like being satisfied with yourself I guess.<BR/><BR/>As far as Mama goes . . . How could he not know that?<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129177342250260012005-10-12T23:22:00.000-05:002005-10-12T23:22:00.000-05:00Hi Liz,I think I'm envious, but I'm not sure. I o...Hi Liz,<BR/>I think I'm envious, but I'm not sure. I only had one name all my life until "mama" became an alternative. Now, I am oddly offended when my son tries to call me "mom". I am not mom, I am mama. How can he not know that?! <BR/>Hugs,<BR/>BettyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129171235981386132005-10-12T21:40:00.000-05:002005-10-12T21:40:00.000-05:00I can't find the word to say how touching, loving,...I can't find the word to say how touching, loving, beautiful, revealing of a special thing, it is that your kids still use such special names for you. It's a testament to how close you've been.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking throughout this week about how because names are so important they are one of the first places kids go to tease. At five years old, they hardly know they're being more than clever, unless they're the ones who are on the receiving end. <BR/><BR/>Take heart in your first name. I think of the episode of Major Dad where his wife Polly wouldn't tell her middle name until the very last line of the show. It was a great hullabaloo and made a big deal of--what was wrong with her? Until she said it. Her middle name was Ester.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129170668804001472005-10-12T21:31:00.000-05:002005-10-12T21:31:00.000-05:00Oh man, I forgot to tell you what my children call...Oh man, I forgot to tell you what my children call me. My daughter calls me momma, she will be twenty-six next month, and still it is momma. I like that. <BR/><BR/>My youngest son calls me Mom, sometimes mommy. My oldest son heard Samps calling me mommy once, he teased him incessantly about it and Samps said, “She LIKES it, pfftt.”<BR/><BR/>My oldest son, has been known to refer to me as the pit viper, particularly when he is angry with me.<BR/><BR/>I cannot bring myself to tell what my first name is, but I was told by my mother that I should be glad for it since they had debated naming me Moira. I wasn’t glad then and I am not glad now, at least Moira would have been unique, though I shudder to think what the nicknames would have been. Yes, I know that in nineteen sixty-six the name Rain was pretty unique too, but there was a beautiful white headed girl in my class whose name was Sandy…and the boys were fond of singing Rain, Rain go away….and well, you can imagine the rest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129166503569089362005-10-12T20:21:00.000-05:002005-10-12T20:21:00.000-05:00Hello M. Lori, Sandy Rain,Names are the most impor...Hello M. Lori, Sandy Rain,<BR/>Names are the most important words we know. You just did a beautiful job of explaining why. Our names are in some way hotwired to who we are. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, I miss it when you're not hear to listen,<BR/>M. Elizabeth"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129165991456338762005-10-12T20:13:00.000-05:002005-10-12T20:13:00.000-05:00Hello ME, I understand what you are saying here. ...Hello ME, I understand what you are saying here. I have a first name that I do NOT use. It causes me to go flush and break out in hives when it is used, so I use M. Lori instead. <BR/><BR/>My official middle name is Lorraine. In kindergarten they called me Rain. Being the little fruit that I was, I went home during the first week of school and demanded that my mother change my name, to something less weird, like Sandy. She said sandy reminded her of dirt and would Lori be okay? Then she told me my REAL first name. I cried. I settled on Lori, but coveted the name Sandy for the rest of the year.<BR/><BR/>My dad calls me Snooks, my brothers call me sissy, and my grand loves call me Nana. I think Nana is my favorite.<BR/><BR/>I have missed your words. Love and peace, LoriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129155464799422992005-10-12T17:17:00.000-05:002005-10-12T17:17:00.000-05:00'Zilla,I have heard anyone else say anoything. My ...'Zilla,<BR/>I have heard anyone else say anoything. My friend who reads in the morning surely would have said something--she found some typos.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129155308442468942005-10-12T17:15:00.000-05:002005-10-12T17:15:00.000-05:00Hollo Mushroom and welcome,What a well-thought and...Hollo Mushroom and welcome,<BR/>What a well-thought and beautifully written comment. Your logic is as compelling as your wisdom on this issue and I appreciate you adding it to your discussion. <BR/><BR/>Your point about naming people before they are people is one well taken. I was thinking about writing about that tonight, but perhaps now I won't have to. <BR/><BR/>Now I'm left wondering what your daughter, which you won't have, would have thought of her name. :)<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129153635573534892005-10-12T16:47:00.000-05:002005-10-12T16:47:00.000-05:00Seriously, am I the only one who had to copy & pas...Seriously, am I the only one who had to copy & paste to read the post? It still doesn't show up on my screen!<BR/><BR/>Me thinks Liz doesn't really need me to inspire mischief ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129149861145960172005-10-12T15:44:00.000-05:002005-10-12T15:44:00.000-05:00That which one has to cut and paste in order to re...That which one has to cut and paste in order to read is often worth the effort.<BR/><BR/>I like my first name, hate my middle name (my mother says I was named after her father, but her father went by PJ or Barney so even <I>he</I> didn't like it), and have no use for my last name. I made up my own name at age 15, which I haven't officially changed it to (along the same lines as why a popular black comedian named his daughter something rather plain, "so people wouldn't know she was black until the job interview"... I want to be taken seriously in the professional world even if I don't want to be taken seriously in the real world). I prefer Mushroom, and the people who prefer me call me that... oddly, except for my spouse, whom I have half a dozen cute nicknames for and she refers to me as "Pissant".<BR/><BR/>I did once change my taken name, from Mushroom Mandrake Ketchup to Mushroom Malappris Mandrake, but that was for legal reasons. Just a rite of passage.<BR/><BR/>And if I have a daughter, which I won't, her name will be Dracocia Gertrude. Dracy Trudy! She can call herself whatever she wants and I will call her that too. Problem with naming anyone is that the names are given before the people are people. Some people become their names, other people (usually named Tiffany) are quite the opposite of the implication their names give.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129128014284632572005-10-12T09:40:00.000-05:002005-10-12T09:40:00.000-05:00Oh Easy,Now THAT'S what I call a term of endearme...Oh Easy,<BR/>Now THAT'S what I call a term of endearment. :)<BR/><BR/>I called my son "my little alien child." His initials are ET.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129127867702701762005-10-12T09:37:00.000-05:002005-10-12T09:37:00.000-05:00My nick name when I was little was Charlie Dumbo. ...My nick name when I was little was Charlie Dumbo. Gee, thanks Mom...and they wonder why I'm the way I am. :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129124477375073422005-10-12T08:41:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:41:00.000-05:00Hi Indie,Yes, that has a little bit to do with whe...Hi Indie,<BR/>Yes, that has a little bit to do with where I was thinking of going with my next post. That names seem to be tied to personality. Sometimes when I change a name to write for the blog even. I have trouble finding one that fits the person well and doesn't distort his or her character.<BR/>smiles,<BR/>I likes Eliza. It was my g-ma's name."ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129124359243360242005-10-12T08:39:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:39:00.000-05:00'Zilla,Now you have sparked the mischief in me. I'...'Zilla,<BR/>Now you have sparked the mischief in me. I'm going to have to figure out how to put a mystery message into a post like that. <BR/><BR/>But alas, no, being always the forgotten one. No one told me the g-baby was here. YEAA!!! and Congrats!<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129123751473873642005-10-12T08:29:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:29:00.000-05:00I sometimes spend as muich time thinking up the ri...I sometimes spend as muich time thinking up the right name for the characters in my stories. <BR/><BR/>Liz is cool. There's Liza and Eliza, too. I onced worked with someone who had a long Polish name with a Z in it. Everyone just called him Z, and that stuck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129123090876816112005-10-12T08:18:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:18:00.000-05:00I thought you were pulling a practical joke -- in ...I thought you were pulling a practical joke -- in order to read your post I had to highlight invisible text and copy it into Word, sort of like holding a sheet of writing in invisible ink over the toaster to get the secret message to appear.<BR/><BR/>Is that not flattering? <BR/><BR/>Introducing Myrtle to Moose's new girlfriend last night I said, "Who are you today, sweetie, Mary or Katie?" She said she had no idea anymore. <BR/><BR/>Her name is Mary Catherine. Her father wanted a Katie and, having been one of a gazillion Jennifers all my life, I wanted her to have a way out. <BR/><BR/>I like Liz. My sister's best friend is Liz. We call her Liz-woman. Like you, she is tall and blonde. She is a biologist who expatriated to Australia. Scuba is her passion.<BR/><BR/>I've never met an uncool Liz.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129121191243485932005-10-12T07:46:00.000-05:002005-10-12T07:46:00.000-05:00Of course you wouldn't think of it as musical it's...Of course you wouldn't think of it as musical it's YOUR name. :)<BR/><BR/>Have a good day at work. :))"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129120925492519272005-10-12T07:42:00.000-05:002005-10-12T07:42:00.000-05:00That's a new take on it! I've never thought of it...That's a new take on it! I've never thought of it as musical :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1129118205427803572005-10-12T06:56:00.000-05:002005-10-12T06:56:00.000-05:00Hi J. Jennifer, Queen of Sheba's morning friend,I ...Hi J. Jennifer, Queen of Sheba's morning friend,<BR/><BR/>I think I've only met one person who like her name and she liked every single, minute detail about herself so much that she wasn't very likable as a person. I've always thought that Jennifer was a musical name, like Zachary.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.com