How is Jamaican naming complicated, ita?
I have a unit plan to write up for class tomorrow. ugh!
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Nov 16, 2010 6:24:37 pm PST #5818 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
amych - Nov 16, 2010 6:25:00 pm PST #5819 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
{{{Dana}}} Glad you're home, sorry for the sad circumstances.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 16, 2010 6:25:04 pm PST #5820 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
awww!
I'm glad you're home.
And not on the plane.
Dana - Nov 16, 2010 6:25:46 pm PST #5821 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Seriously, 45 minutes waiting for a gate. In New Orleans!
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2010 6:29:52 pm PST #5822 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is Jamaican naming complicated, ita?
People tend to randomly not go by what they're officially named, so it's hard to remember what the real name is. Also with the lack of marriages and great number of bastards, siblings sharing last names can't be assumed. I know what to call my mother's siblings, for instance (and at least they all have the same last name), but I only know the real first names of less than half of them. I have no idea what my father's siblings' last names are, but I am pretty sure about their real first names.
So it goes. I still check the family tree to spell my mother's full name.
-t - Nov 16, 2010 6:39:28 pm PST #5823 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{Dana}} Glad you're home.
P.M. Marc - Nov 16, 2010 6:49:04 pm PST #5824 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
People tend to randomly not go by what they're officially named, so it's hard to remember what the real name is.
My Jamaican Aunt goes by Cindie. I think her official name is Vernelle, but I've always been unclear on that part. (I mean, I could ask Mother, but I'd still probably forget by the time I got off the phone.)
Cass - Nov 16, 2010 6:59:08 pm PST #5825 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
People tend to randomly not go by what they're officially named, so it's hard to remember what the real name is.
I am fairly sure my mom's legal name isn't the name she uses at all. At one point a few years ago, I tried to get her to change it legally because she was annoyed that there was an issue with a car lease or bank account using the name she uses and not, oh, the legal one. No idea if she did or not.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2010 7:13:16 pm PST #5826 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother's pretty good. What she goes as that's not her given name she only goes as to her side of the family, so we're clear. But I don't know how to spell her entire middle name nor her maiden name. My father never officially told us he was being called by his mother's last name, and that was only to non-family. Family called him Moore. Merely because he has a brother named Leston...Les. I dunno what Les' last name is.
Cass - Nov 16, 2010 7:20:02 pm PST #5827 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Les and Moore! Okay, it's good my sister's twins were fraternal. For them. Bummed me out because of all the wasted experimentation options. But clearly I am only good around kids that I have to answer to other adults for. I think Les and Moore is hysterical.