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Pilchard123:
My birth name is Richard - guess what fun people had with that!
Actually, it became Pilchard. I have no idea why.
nekowafer:
My name and the misspelling and mispronunciation of it has really shaped who I am. I can remember that in high-school, having a guy learn how to pronounce and spell my name properly was very exciting to me. If my name was Mary, this would not have been the case.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: Linds on 11 Oct 2012, 11:40 ---Cats and birds sounds like a bad idea. I'll stick with cats and teflon.
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Ha! Yes, I agree with this.
Funny bird story- Nick wanted a sun conure for the longest time. I was not keen on the idea (hello expensive and creepy pet). However, I knew that this thing would really make him happy and he promised that it would be his pet and he would take care of it completely. He bought the bird, I started to ease up around it after a day or so, decided that I'd let it perch on my fingers. It decided that my fingers were not good enough. Started to walk up my arm. I start laughing nervously. It sits on my shoulder, I tense up. It makes its way to the top of my head. I burst into tears.
I have no idea why*, but apparently I can not deal with birds on top of my head.
Needless to say, Nick decided that the birdie had to go and we sold it.
*Although I have a sneaking suspicion that it might have something to do with the pigeon that practically flew into my head when I lived in Manhattan. I was downtown near 14th street and it was windy and busy as all hell. I felt something on my head and went to brush off what I thought was a plastic bag (i have no idea) and touched a bunch of feathers. Not worthy of tears at the time, but maybe my brain formed some bizarre connection and now birds=bad.
--- Quote from: Papersatan on 11 Oct 2012, 17:44 ---yes. There are studies, I will try to find, which show that in the US having a "black" name means you get chosen less for job interviews even if you have and identical resume to someone with a "white" name.
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That's disgusting. First of all- it's ignorant all the way around. Secondly- people usually don't choose their own names, so why should they be punished for something done by someone else?
What really makes me shake my head are the people who think that it's a good idea to name their kid "Princess" or "Sparkle" (I've actually met children with both of those names). Why do parents feel the need to give their kids names that are going to be completely ridiculous when they reach adulthood? They're not pets, they're people.
Barmymoo:
Prejudice isn't usually about punishment. The employers probably don't even realise that they are making that discriminatory judgment based on the names of the applicants, they simply have a gut feeling about their suitability and don't investigate it. When you have a huge stack of applications to get through for one vacancy, I don't think anyone would spend twenty minutes self-examining for each one, even if they might be better off doing so. That doesn't make it ok, of course.
jwhouk:
After some thought, I guess you do have a point.
May, I can't remember if I told you about that unfortunate nickname I picked up my first day out of training at my workplace. I'm still fighting it to this day.
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