Comments on: What’s in a name

By: greypilgrim

greypilgrim — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:18:18 +0000

Oh wow, that has to be the most unfortunate name I have heard: Harry Butts. What were his parents thinking?!

By: jenn

jenn — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:03:30 +0000

Haha, my last name is Butts so I know a thing or two about this subject. The teasing stops after about 2nd or 3rd grade. Unless you’re like my grandpa whose name happens to be Harry Enos Butts. Then, the teasing carries on and on for ever.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:04:04 +0000

K McCurdy is Irish, I have the pic of the coat of arms and my great grandma was irish and came to the US from Ireland. Her last name was McCurdy. And I adore it!!!!!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:57:26 +0000

I think my name has only been misspelled a handful of times (but on those occasions the person deserved a beating. Spelling my name wrong gets you a top spot on the idiot scale). More often these days I get the, “Like the actress?” “Yes.” *Stupid chuckle* “Well, you don’t look like her!”

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:15:32 +0000

You’re right; teasing is probably inevitable. Kids looks for any slight variation or difference and then pick on that kid. You probably know the novel “The Painted Bird.” Well, the title comes from the fact that if you take a crow and vary it’s color even a little with a bit of paint, the other crows will kill it because it is different.