tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post7802677534338840388..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: What's in a name?nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-37720877396419699682010-12-19T09:30:31.550+00:002010-12-19T09:30:31.550+00:00Val - I guess it's the Geldof daughters we all...Val - I guess it's the Geldof daughters we all think of when the subject of weird names comes up. What's really strange is that they've never felt the need to change them. But then, Tracey Geldof would be a bit of an anti-climax after Peaches Honeyblossom....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-2811893842558024162010-12-18T21:23:51.921+00:002010-12-18T21:23:51.921+00:00D'you know, from the moment I started reading ...D'you know, from the moment I started reading this post, I thought: "I've got to mention Geldof's kids" - and you did it! So you've stolen my punchline, damn you, you bounder!<br />;)Valhttp://absurdoldbird.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-59888222199431637552010-12-16T13:24:27.108+00:002010-12-16T13:24:27.108+00:00Anon - Yes, fancy being called Tiger, that must ge...Anon - Yes, fancy being called Tiger, that must get some weird reactions. Though I like the overtones of assertiveness and strength. As you say, the others must like their names. Either that or they enjoy all the extra attention they get.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-1336133975080141602010-12-16T11:16:12.911+00:002010-12-16T11:16:12.911+00:00Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof what ...Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof what a mouthful huh.<br /><br />Since she was later adopted by Bob Geldof he added another name to her already huge name. <br /><br />Paula and Michael Hutchence usually only referred to her as Tiger though and that's the name she's been known as.<br /><br />Cute for a 2 year old...but she's a 14 year old teenager. <br /><br />I wonder if she'll ever change it. I am assuming Fifi, Peaches, Pixie and Tiger all like their names otherwise they would have been changed already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-40227377121929561992010-12-15T14:01:30.240+00:002010-12-15T14:01:30.240+00:00Heart - I didn't know about any of those stran...Heart - I didn't know about any of those strange names except Apple Paltrow. What were their parents thinking when they chose such names? Or were they just totally stoned?<br /><br />I remember your long-ago post about your first name. I still think Susanna would be good.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79442586452264247442010-12-15T07:39:29.564+00:002010-12-15T07:39:29.564+00:00I think Frank Zappa started the celebrity custom o...I think Frank Zappa started the celebrity custom of giving children bizarre names: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter is Apple. Sylvester Stallone's child is Sage Moonblood, and Nicholas Cage's son is Kal-El, original name of Superman. I think my parents weren't half trying when they named me Susan.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-27280838631391113892010-12-13T20:20:01.056+00:002010-12-13T20:20:01.056+00:00Roses - I can completely understand that. Why shou...Roses - I can completely understand that. Why shouldn't you choose a name of your own rather than one that's been handed down to you? In fact I'm surprised more people DON'T do that.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67948118996549985562010-12-13T18:01:42.273+00:002010-12-13T18:01:42.273+00:00On my divorce I changed my surname. It was a new n...On my divorce I changed my surname. It was a new name, not my maiden name. I did it because I no longer felt like my husband's wife, nor my father's daughter. It was MY name.<br /><br />No, my family still don't understand why I did it.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67311009319412324032010-12-13T16:28:22.754+00:002010-12-13T16:28:22.754+00:00Terra - How intriguing. I wonder what this unusual...Terra - How intriguing. I wonder what this unusual name could be? It must be quite an ordeal having a name that lends itself to unwanted jokes.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42294409968848586022010-12-13T10:40:16.458+00:002010-12-13T10:40:16.458+00:00Weird names can end up being the butt of jokes... ...Weird names can end up being the butt of jokes... <br /><br />My middle name is not exactly weird, but is a constant fodder for conversation, although when I was younger, it was at the receiving end of countless jokes and other nicknames - some rather unpleasant. I hated it back then, but now I quite like it, because it differentiates me from the others who share the same first name as me. <br /><br />(Sorry, you don't know my real name... so this is probably an unnecessary long story)Terra Shieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039195435967190497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-47911088948956678732010-12-12T21:14:29.263+00:002010-12-12T21:14:29.263+00:00Myra - Keeping a name that's easier to pronoun...Myra - Keeping a name that's easier to pronounce is sensible. I'd forgotten about Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. I wonder if she ever shortens it to Eve?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-61233524922627557132010-12-12T20:13:23.733+00:002010-12-12T20:13:23.733+00:00I kept my married name after I divorced. It's ...I kept my married name after I divorced. It's a nice name and much easier to pronounce than my maiden name. It's also the same as my children's and as I don't dislike their father I never felt the need to alter it.<br /><br />And as for Geldof's girls. I wouldn't mind being called Pixie. I think it was Paula Yates who liked unusual lengthy names....remember Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence?nursemyrahttp://nursemyra.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-9390779699367128532010-12-12T09:59:03.077+00:002010-12-12T09:59:03.077+00:00Oops, I just read Peaches Honeyblossom as Peaches ...Oops, I just read Peaches Honeyblossom as Peaches Honeybottom. Now there's a good reason for changing it....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-38189190075218183782010-12-12T08:53:52.017+00:002010-12-12T08:53:52.017+00:00Hulla - Yes, I know your new Dutch name and very s...Hulla - Yes, I know your new Dutch name and very sexy it is! Hullaballoo is quite sexy too, in a wild, rollicking kind of way.<br /><br />Of course I'm not a secret agent. My frequent visits to Russia and Cuba are purely for sightseeing purposes. And to visit my elderly aunt in Havana.<br /><br />Suburbia - If that's the name I know you by, it is a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? Very distinctive though, I like it.<br /><br />(Some of my more occasional visitors must be very baffled by now. And for that matter, those blogmates who don't know each other....)Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-16401371989606387712010-12-12T08:43:33.905+00:002010-12-12T08:43:33.905+00:00www - Naturally I understand bloggers not wanting ...www - Naturally I understand bloggers not wanting to use their real names. Which is why I don't have photos of myself or reveal my surname.<br /><br />Quickie - They must have been drunk at the time. Or they hoped the name would inspire you to become a world-famous cartographer.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-14874192982188015442010-12-12T08:28:35.198+00:002010-12-12T08:28:35.198+00:00Not sure what to be when my divorce is through! Ch...Not sure what to be when my divorce is through! Changing your name seems so pretentious but I don't want to stay saddled with my married name. It's very long besides anything else, you always have to spell it and when you sign something the person always hovers over the pen before I've finished!Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5458636402155233642010-12-12T07:43:45.510+00:002010-12-12T07:43:45.510+00:00Since marrying again, I have a sexy new Dutch name...Since marrying again, I have a sexy new Dutch name. I feel different saying it and love the sound of it. I would never choose to have a run of the mill name, hence hullaballoo :).<br /><br />WWW: I bet you conceal your real name because you are secretly a secret agent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-52955648151082656542010-12-12T07:29:38.646+00:002010-12-12T07:29:38.646+00:00I curse my parents for naming me Quickroute - what...I curse my parents for naming me Quickroute - what were they thinking?Paddy in BA (Quickroute)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12748161252400814925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-58233384464071858552010-12-12T00:12:09.184+00:002010-12-12T00:12:09.184+00:00Ah Nick:
I use my mother's birthname for revie...Ah Nick:<br />I use my mother's birthname for reviews and sometimes columns and the hotmail account. My real name is very much under wraps for a variety of reasons.<br />XO<br />WWW<br />PS one of which is clients finding my blog....:DWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-38165917222018304572010-12-11T21:24:08.698+00:002010-12-11T21:24:08.698+00:00Kylie - True. Though it's quite okay for a man...Kylie - True. Though it's quite okay for a man to be either. But a randy woman is usually frowned upon.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-12275817317768631602010-12-11T21:18:21.726+00:002010-12-11T21:18:21.726+00:00Secret Agent - Yes, we have plenty of studs as wel...Secret Agent - Yes, we have plenty of studs as well. Or womanisers or skirt-chasers. As opposed to sluts, tarts, hussies, tramps, floozies, easy lays (etc etc).<br /><br />Hmmm, this question of names has gone into a whole new dimension....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-52953670559861416522010-12-11T21:09:07.815+00:002010-12-11T21:09:07.815+00:00theres a big difference between randy and a stud!theres a big difference between randy and a stud!kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30394755575846453902010-12-11T18:59:55.949+00:002010-12-11T18:59:55.949+00:00Exactly! (Only here they are studs - Randy is a p...Exactly! (Only here they are studs - Randy is a pretty common man's name.)secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-49605118535884909502010-12-11T12:47:25.099+00:002010-12-11T12:47:25.099+00:00Secret Agent - Well, there's divorcé, but who ...Secret Agent - Well, there's divorcé, but who ever uses it? You're dead right about all those gender-pairs that are invariably disparaging to women. Like men are randy but women are sluts.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-70588678080456661692010-12-11T12:39:36.172+00:002010-12-11T12:39:36.172+00:00I don't like the word both because it carries ...I don't like the word both because it carries a negative stereotyped image with it and also because there seems only to be a word for women who are divorced and not men. Divorced and married men are just men, married women are just women, but then there are divorcees. I am not a divorcee, I'm a single woman who happens to have been married in the past. (It falls into a whole class of words that get made up to describe women in a slightly or blatantly derogatory way, like "cougar" Or when there is a corresponding word, it's worse for women: "old maid" versus "confirmed bachelor.")secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.com