tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post1654131334251085390..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: My name was once a racial slurThe Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-48152966116789312262012-07-23T17:50:09.507-04:002012-07-23T17:50:09.507-04:00I think it's cool what you did....
MTI think it's cool what you did....<br />MTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-24090563826578414482012-07-22T09:29:04.524-04:002012-07-22T09:29:04.524-04:00YAH: I like my new last name as well. I can't ...YAH: I like my new last name as well. I can't reveal it in a public forum, but it sounds like the kind of name an author might give to a fictional spy.<br /><br />TSB: Actually, there's PLENTY in a name. As referenced in my post, give a listen to Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue." He almost killed his father! I have eaten Pollock. The fish. A mild flavor.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-87331440482327579852012-07-22T03:40:00.422-04:002012-07-22T03:40:00.422-04:00What's in a name?
Nicknames are worse.
I wem...What's in a name?<br /><br />Nicknames are worse.<br /><br />I wemt through school as Yob, the backward boy.<br /><br />PS Pollock is a well known Scottish fish,<br />not to be confused with Pillock, a stupid person.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-47711394859522330502012-07-21T05:25:05.982-04:002012-07-21T05:25:05.982-04:00I had an ugly maiden name and ran the last name of...I had an ugly maiden name and ran the last name of every boy I met along side mine from about the age of 4......... I didn't keep my American husband for long but I did keep his name and I love it, it's Italian and with my first name I sound like a hood from the Sopranos!!!!Young at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-23387123014090904212012-07-20T22:20:53.898-04:002012-07-20T22:20:53.898-04:00Jenny: Smellie is pretty bad. I worked with a guy ...Jenny: Smellie is pretty bad. I worked with a guy named Raymond Bimbo who was married. How'd you like to be Mrs. Bimbo your whole life?<br /><br />Map: What a slew of pseudonyms. (Ha. See what I did there?) What's in a name people ask? Plenty. Trust me.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-20634343017480364202012-07-20T21:49:19.906-04:002012-07-20T21:49:19.906-04:00Almost everyone who knows me calls me Stewart, or ...Almost everyone who knows me calls me Stewart, or Stew, including my wife. (I always introduce myself as Stewart!)Only my Ma & siblings call me by my christian name Martin. You folks in Bloggeritaville call me Map, or Mr. Maps. One of my pals always calls me Marty. Another Pal (the taller one) calles me Marteen (pronounced Morcheen). My oldest friend Jim calls me Fred. My kids call me too early in the morning! :¬)mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-32025580738256720922012-07-20T18:19:02.896-04:002012-07-20T18:19:02.896-04:00I think you were right to change your name - it wa...I think you were right to change your name - it wasn't something you were attached to and there is no reason to keep it. I think it's a kind of evolution, that's how embarrassing or difficult surnames fade away. I knew a girl once whose surname was Smellie, that was hard for her in a class of 10 year olds, but she stood up for herself pretty well. Mind you, she might have been glad to change her name when she got married!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-76684922651998022272012-07-20T16:01:08.590-04:002012-07-20T16:01:08.590-04:00you know we changed it TO the current one! wtf, ri...you know we <i>changed it</i> TO the current one! wtf, right? the former name was so easy. xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-25514543794293798312012-07-20T15:34:54.474-04:002012-07-20T15:34:54.474-04:00Michele: Interesting. I thought you might be pisse...Michele: Interesting. I thought you might be pissed. Glad I was wrong!The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-19394003037211971732012-07-20T15:19:43.453-04:002012-07-20T15:19:43.453-04:00best. post. ever.best. post. ever.Michelehttp://www.michelepolak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50789651336196201132012-07-20T12:38:00.214-04:002012-07-20T12:38:00.214-04:00Anon: Actually, you're absolutely correct! Wel...Anon: Actually, you're absolutely correct! Well done, sir. Can't believe that got by me. In a display of fallibility and humility, I'm going to leave it as is and not correct it.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-20822453050320335182012-07-20T11:40:56.593-04:002012-07-20T11:40:56.593-04:00Not to split hairs on really great post but wasn&#...Not to split hairs on really great post but wasn't your name an ethnic slur vs. a racial one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-52250781496317322642012-07-20T10:39:15.371-04:002012-07-20T10:39:15.371-04:00daisy: It's such a hassle. What a load of work...daisy: It's such a hassle. What a load of work it was! Why bother at this point? I say you ride that name train through to its logical conclusion.<br /><br />looby: The immigration official theory was so outlandish that we initially invented it as a joke. But who knows. It could contain the root of the truth. No matter. We showed them. We killed the name.<br /><br />sav: I was thinking about you when I wrote this. What a load of trouble your name must cause in certain circumstances! Change it to Smith. It's boring but trouble-free.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-65777473625117869762012-07-20T10:10:54.320-04:002012-07-20T10:10:54.320-04:00none of the women who married into the krewe took ...none of the women who married <i>into</i> the krewe took our surname, but super nana (our only daughter) took mr. matrix's when they married...<i>interesting</i>, but then you know my last name <i>and sometimes, i think i should change it!</i> *sigh* xoxoxoosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-66667772487556060002012-07-20T07:10:39.729-04:002012-07-20T07:10:39.729-04:00That's very unfortnate Mr C--a surname coincid...That's very unfortnate Mr C--a surname coinciding with a racial insult.<br /><br />It was certainly possible for immigration officials to change a name. A friend of mine's surname is Jerdan, and there's a family tale that the English immigration official write it down like that because that's how her Irish immigrant forebears pronounced Jordan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-89535959687966097562012-07-19T23:05:49.902-04:002012-07-19T23:05:49.902-04:00i was married at 22 years old - before i finished ...i was married at 22 years old - before i finished my undergraduate degree. took my husbands name - but made a half-hearted argument that perhaps i should keep my family name, as i'd already had one lame technical publication as an undergraduate. after dad died, i regretted changing my name... may change it back when i retire, and those publications/business cards really don't matter any longer...<br /><br />"polish sausage"? hellz yeah!daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-87805465643126559052012-07-19T20:25:40.860-04:002012-07-19T20:25:40.860-04:00GB: I don't need no stinkin' Poldark alias...GB: I don't need no stinkin' Poldark alias to make the ladies swoon. And I will leave you not only my nipple clamps, but also the ball + gag, a leather mask and a pint of vanilla ice cream.<br /><br />dinah: I know! He's so funny, isn't he?! It certainly doesn't bother me much anymore, but it was touch-and-go for a while there.<br /><br />SB: I should have legally shortened it to just my first name. Just like Madonna did. Or Cher. Or Sade. Or Rhianna. Or Shakira. Or...waitaminute...those are all girls. Never mind.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-33417509031831044922012-07-19T17:43:40.696-04:002012-07-19T17:43:40.696-04:00I've had so much more fun being a Blue.
I thi...I've had so much more fun being a Blue. <br />I think that at the age of 18 we should all be given the chance to choose our own names.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-57996319053058618632012-07-19T17:39:23.651-04:002012-07-19T17:39:23.651-04:00Polish sausage-haha!
The surname you know me by is...Polish sausage-haha!<br />The surname you know me by is my father's.I see no reason to change it. Even after all these years I still sometimes have to tell people my name is not Patricia More!It used to annoy me; now I have other, better things to do.<br />But I can understand your feelings.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-52580941033477861072012-07-19T13:06:48.770-04:002012-07-19T13:06:48.770-04:00What a pity you didn't change your name to Pol...What a pity you didn't change your name to Poldark, after the fictional captain who made the ladies swoon. You can change it to Bananas if you leave me your nipple clamps in your will.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-5613296005669787592012-07-19T08:52:39.605-04:002012-07-19T08:52:39.605-04:00sausage: HA! You are so funny.
kono: I always wis...sausage: HA! You are so funny.<br /><br />kono: I always wished my last name had been Bond. That would have opened some doors, don't you think? Good that you have a kono jr. and a spare.<br /><br />Eryl: Here's what's funny: my father's first name was Dick. Richard, but he, perhaps fittingly, preferred Dick. Your maiden name is a verb.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-22792058117592395222012-07-19T08:47:33.226-04:002012-07-19T08:47:33.226-04:00Your theory sounds spot on to me, a Godfather fan....Your theory sounds spot on to me, a Godfather fan. My surname, before I married, was slang for a smoker's cough. Growing up with it was torture. My man's surname is Dick, his brother has taken their mother's maiden name, but Dave carries valiantly on.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-50871184796322017582012-07-19T08:43:08.874-04:002012-07-19T08:43:08.874-04:00This is understandable, from all i've gleaned ...This is understandable, from all i've gleaned from the relationship you've had with your father why would you want his name? i've always loved my last name even if my first name is straight outta the trailer park, of course i was the end of the line, the last male, but not anymore, now there are 2 more...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-65907189799364227672012-07-19T08:41:45.958-04:002012-07-19T08:41:45.958-04:00What will we call our club?
Polish Sausage....
Che...What will we call our club?<br />Polish Sausage....<br />Cheers.Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14563985186537460358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-81811747902642819332012-07-19T08:18:57.137-04:002012-07-19T08:18:57.137-04:00Pat: I'm not even sure that's what happene...Pat: I'm not even sure that's what happened. For all we know, that was the name he arrived with. It's just a theory.<br /><br />sausage: That was a delicate way to put it. Your tale is as harrowing as mine! We should start a club. Or a cult.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.com