tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post1644318089130897710..comments2023-08-12T07:55:06.441-04:00Comments on Rhymes with Javelin: 8 random factsS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-34632387568011052882007-07-25T12:08:00.000-04:002007-07-25T12:08:00.000-04:00I love hearing about the middle names!In the US th...I love hearing about the middle names!<BR/><BR/>In the US these days there seems to be a competition for uncommon names, or at least uncommon spellings of common ones--umm, and those of you who know Z.'s name will know I'm not exempt.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-13718143896060187232007-07-25T02:15:00.000-04:002007-07-25T02:15:00.000-04:00Dudelet's middle name is what was originally slate...Dudelet's middle name is what was originally slated to be his first name, until a more experienced mother of three tactfully wondered whether he would, in the middle of a typical urban British schoolyard <I>really</I> want to be called Caleb. UK kid's have a very low tolerance level for uncommon names (not a problem in the US as far as I can see).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-39860656570537093772007-07-22T19:42:00.000-04:002007-07-22T19:42:00.000-04:00I have the same middle name as my mother, grandmot...I have the same middle name as my mother, grandmother, great grandmother. And I gave it to my daughter. And, by coincidence, it's the first name of one of my husband's sisters. And it's scattered hither and yon elsewhere through the family tree.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-49509011376791753372007-07-22T09:06:00.000-04:002007-07-22T09:06:00.000-04:00Thanks for tagging me. I'm generally happy to do ...Thanks for tagging me. I'm generally happy to do the meme thing, at least on an abstract level, but one warning: I tend to be ridiculously slow about responding to memes, and then sometimes as time passes I begin to feel that I had better write something really brilliant, and then I just leave a half-drafted post in my Blogger drafts folder forever. But I'll try to do this one soon. Really!Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.com