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Telcontar_Dunedain · 04-29-2006, 03:54 AM

Sorry to hear that Rian. *Gives Rian big pot of chai!*

Grey_Wolf · 04-29-2006, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

*sneaks in, gets a chai, and sits in comfy chair near the fire, thinking sadly of her cancelled trip with her friends*

*Gives Rian huge Mootbearhugs and a lot of Mootwetsmooches*

***RÃan*** · 04-29-2006, 05:29 PM

thanks guys!

klatukatt · 04-29-2006, 07:18 PM

my mind is cloudy, too much computer....

katya · 04-29-2006, 09:42 PM

Anyone ever changed their name before? I had always wanted to since I was little, and even more so now, but I was talking to a couple Japanese people about it and they were surprised it was even possible. So in America (or whatever country you`re from) what do you think would be involved?

Farimir Captain of Gondor · 04-29-2006, 09:51 PM

I might not like my name but I'd never change it. It was a gift given to me by my parents. Here's some info if you really want to do it.

Changing your name FAQ

Thain Peregrin Took I · 04-30-2006, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

Anyone ever changed their name before? I had always wanted to since I was little, and even more so now, but I was talking to a couple Japanese people about it and they were surprised it was even possible. So in America (or whatever country you`re from) what do you think would be involved?

Nope, and I don't want to either.

*gets mocha frapp and lies down on couch*
Bleh. I'm tired. MB and I went to a sleepover yesterday and I'm so tired because we were up past midnight watching Monk and Kicking and Screaming. Plus we talked for a while after that...

***Tessar*** · 04-30-2006, 01:11 AM

My dad changed his name.

It's not as exciting as it sounds.

He's Hispanic, and his Father signed the birth card as Jeorge because that's the mexican way of spelling it. Well, since he lived in America, everyone spelled it George, and he learned to spell it that way too.

Sooo everything's going all fine and dandy, until one day when my dad was about 38 and all of the sudden the bank stopped wanting to believe that Jeorge was also George.

So he went in and got his name legally changed to George

.

katya · 04-30-2006, 02:55 AM

Yeah, my mom changed her name but it wasn`t very exciting either. She just had a cousin with the exact same name so she changed the "i" to a "y" to be different.

And thanks for the link, Faramir.

Farimir Captain of Gondor · 04-30-2006, 03:42 AM

No prob Katya, I hope it helps even though it's the American laws.

Oh, btw, what names did you have in mind?

***Earniel*** · 04-30-2006, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

Anyone ever changed their name before? I had always wanted to since I was little, and even more so now, but I was talking to a couple Japanese people about it and they were surprised it was even possible. So in America (or whatever country you`re from) what do you think would be involved?

Over here you have to have a good reason for changing your name officially. Your parents giving you a rather unsuitable name like Adolf Hitler or Peter Selie (the latter translates to parsley) is a good reason. Another reason I've heard of is when somebody has had a sex change and they want to change their first name accordingly or people will think they've got forged papers. In these instances you can change your name without a cost. If you want to change your perfectly normal name into something else just because you like it better, then you have to pay a considerable amount of money.

littleadanel · 04-30-2006, 08:40 AM

Hmm, do you want to change your first name?.. For that, I think those are the acceptable reasons which EÃ¤rniel said. (At least here.) For the last name, I've heard about changing to the mother's maiden name - I don't know if it cost anything.

Grapefruit juice, anyone? *pours herself a glass*

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-30-2006, 04:36 PM

I've thought about changing my name; nothing drastic, though, just adding my confirmation name in officially. My brother tried to get me to go by it.

trolls' bane · 04-30-2006, 10:09 PM

What's a confirmation name?

My grandma is still trying every road possible to get me to change my name from Helliwell to Evanns (two 'n's--very rare!), my dad (and her) last name. It's been obvious to me for some time she hates my mom's maiden name, and I think it irks her that I have no intention of changing it.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-30-2006, 10:21 PM

'Tis a name which Catholics (and I believe Anglicans and some Lutherans) take when they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation; they choose the name of a saint.

trolls' bane · 04-30-2006, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

'Tis a name which Catholics (and I believe Anglicans and some Lutherans) take when they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation; they choose the name of a saint.

Why? Why not some arbitrary name? Like Nikolai, or Cedric, or Vinny?

Meriadoc Brandybuck · 04-30-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Why? Why not some arbitrary name? Like Nikolai, or Cedric, or Vinny?

I think you choose a saint that you want to pray for you. I'm not sure, though.

Farimir Captain of Gondor · 04-30-2006, 10:50 PM

Vinny is cool name. Maybe something like Vinny the Whale. Or, Vinny the Cougar.

trolls' bane · 04-30-2006, 10:53 PM

Or LASSEN! Lassen the Cougar! Like my cat, that's his nickname, because that's the way he walks. We joke that he walks like a cougar from Lassen.

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-30-2006, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Why? Why not some arbitrary name? Like Nikolai, or Cedric, or Vinny?

In honour of that saint; you choose the saint as your patron saint, because of some attachment you feel to him or her, and take their name.

Vinny is a silly name.

Lassen has potential, though.

04-29-2006, 03:54 AM	#881
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04-29-2006, 05:29 PM	#883
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04-29-2006, 09:51 PM	#886
Farimir Captain of Gondor Spaceman Spiff Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the belly of a Firefly, living in Serenity is where you'll find me Posts: 1,438	I might not like my name but I'd never change it. It was a gift given to me by my parents. Here's some info if you really want to do it. Changing your name FAQ __________________ Do you hear that?

04-30-2006, 03:42 AM	#890
Farimir Captain of Gondor Spaceman Spiff Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the belly of a Firefly, living in Serenity is where you'll find me Posts: 1,438	No prob Katya, I hope it helps even though it's the American laws. Oh, btw, what names did you have in mind? __________________ Do you hear that?

04-30-2006, 08:40 AM	#892
littleadanel of the House of BÃ«or Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	Hmm, do you want to change your first name?.. For that, I think those are the acceptable reasons which EÃ¤rniel said. (At least here.) For the last name, I've heard about changing to the mother's maiden name - I don't know if it cost anything. Grapefruit juice, anyone? pours herself a glass __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

04-29-2006, 07:18 PM	#884
klatukatt Entmoot's Drunken Uncle Join Date: May 2005 Location: ghost Posts: 1,792	my mind is cloudy, too much computer....

04-29-2006, 09:42 PM	#885
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Anyone ever changed their name before? I had always wanted to since I was little, and even more so now, but I was talking to a couple Japanese people about it and they were surprised it was even possible. So in America (or whatever country you`re from) what do you think would be involved?

04-30-2006, 01:11 AM	#888
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	My dad changed his name. It's not as exciting as it sounds. He's Hispanic, and his Father signed the birth card as Jeorge because that's the mexican way of spelling it. Well, since he lived in America, everyone spelled it George, and he learned to spell it that way too. Sooo everything's going all fine and dandy, until one day when my dad was about 38 and all of the sudden the bank stopped wanting to believe that Jeorge was also George. So he went in and got his name legally changed to George .

04-30-2006, 02:55 AM	#889
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Yeah, my mom changed her name but it wasn`t very exciting either. She just had a cousin with the exact same name so she changed the "i" to a "y" to be different. And thanks for the link, Faramir.

04-30-2006, 04:36 PM	#893
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I've thought about changing my name; nothing drastic, though, just adding my confirmation name in officially. My brother tried to get me to go by it. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-30-2006, 10:09 PM	#894
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	What's a confirmation name? My grandma is still trying every road possible to get me to change my name from Helliwell to Evanns (two 'n's--very rare!), my dad (and her) last name. It's been obvious to me for some time she hates my mom's maiden name, and I think it irks her that I have no intention of changing it. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

04-30-2006, 10:21 PM	#895
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	'Tis a name which Catholics (and I believe Anglicans and some Lutherans) take when they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation; they choose the name of a saint. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-30-2006, 10:50 PM	#898
Farimir Captain of Gondor Spaceman Spiff Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the belly of a Firefly, living in Serenity is where you'll find me Posts: 1,438	Vinny is cool name. Maybe something like Vinny the Whale. Or, Vinny the Cougar. __________________ Do you hear that?

04-30-2006, 10:53 PM	#899
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Or LASSEN! Lassen the Cougar! Like my cat, that's his nickname, because that's the way he walks. We joke that he walks like a cougar from Lassen. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

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