Cory here. Tired of spelling it for everyone, just pick a spelling and if I think it is important, I will make sure you have the right one. My last name is not a common one, constantly have to repeat it and then spell it. When they ask my name at restaurants so they can call it out, I usually just pick a random word, like 'beast', or something with three letters, like Tom, or maybe even a just a letter, like J. I'd have changed my name as a kid if I could have. Now I'm too lazy to go through it.
Donald. Between the former President and the Duck, I've not enjoyed it. And yet, I still can't go by Don...even when I hear it, I assume they are talking about someone else.
I’m a Ken too, and I sympathize. Bunch of unoriginal fucks. Hurr durr shit right there. The name’s fine, and I have a sweet last name to go with it, but I get glassy-eyed hearing the same fucking joke thinking about choking them uncontrollably.
A Christopher here as well, but please don’t call me that. There’s very few people I don’t correct when they use my full name. And no I’m not a “Topher” either. Which could be pronounced “top her”... maybe it should be and they’d stop using it. Decades ago, a friends mom said I looked more like a “Gary”. I still have no idea what that meant. What would I name myself? I’d probably go with “Michael” my middle name.
(sigh) Hi, I'm Wilder. Yep, that's my 1st name. I got named after Thorton Wilder(playwright). I hated my name growing up, cause kids are cruel. Being in my mid 30's now, I just judge people on weather or not they make the same lame 3 jokes upon meeting me, or if they just move on. Also, not sayin/just sayin, you give your kid a name that everyone remembers, it makes it very hard to be an asshole.
Anyone ever noticed that a beautiful woman’s ass looks like a cat smiling? ....no? ... just me? Spoiler Spoiler maybe that’s why they call it a pussy
I am a Katherine and I go by Kate, NOT Katie. But when you're a short girl and you look young, people like to diminutive-ize your name, even if it means adding an extra syllable and ignoring how hard you roll your eyes. I think there was a brief time in middle school when I wanted some elaborate fluffy name like Isabella or something, but that's just proof that 11 year olds are stupid.
Any Steve's here? Buddy's kid's name is Magnus. At first I thought he was joking. It's "Unik" and memorable, but if you had to guess how it's pronounced and spelled, you'd probably guess right. It's grown on me,
I mean, Magnus is a real name, it's just most popular with a culture that is somewhat small and not well represented. There have been six saints, four Kings of Sweden, and seven Kings of Norway named Magnus, and one chess grandmaster.
I have the Italian version of John Smith as my name, but I was going to be a Joe one way or another. Both of my grandfathers were Joseph and my grandmother was Josephine. I've always like somewhat unusual, but not too crazy names I wished my parents had gone with instead. Oscar, Jasper, Oliver, Sebastian, Dominic.