3dzapper Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 ---------------- Hi Dad! My Fathers' first name was Richard, Middle name Warren. I get stuck with Winford Horace. How cruel. dodger ---------------- My father was stuck with Wilfred Augustus. I lucked out! On the way to the hospital the day I popped out, my brother said "I want a brother Rick." So here I am! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I was named after my aunt Gus. Really. Jews are named after dead relatives and it just has to be the first letter. My name was Glenn for 2 weeks before my parents changed their minds. My father was born Edmund Ira Poserow. When my folks got married he changed it to Edward I. Powers. I should have been a Poserow. My uncle and cousins are the only ones in the US by that name. None of this has to do with being famous. Got off track a little. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 My maternal grandfather came from Italy as a small child. When he went to school the first day the WASP school marm asked him his name "Antonio Giacomo Notarantonio" he said and repeated in very thick Italian when asked . The Marm could not understand any thing but the Antonio part and asked the class if any one knew him . A girl spoke up and said he is related to the Marandola's, many of whom had Anglisized their name. So the marm told my grandfather "You are Tony Randall"( not the actor). The name stuck and on his citizenship papers he changed his name to Tony Randall. Such is the American melting pot. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 The same thing happened to my grandmother when she came over from Russia as a little girl with the name of Polly. They couldn't understand her mother's thick Yiddish accent and wrote it down as Pauline which has been her name ever since. She's now 92. One of my co-workers had to choose an American first name when coming from Korea as a kid. He chose Robert. His last name is Lee. He had no idea at the time there was a connection to the General. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 ---------------- On 9/28/2004 10:11:18 PM garymd wrote: The same thing happened to my grandmother when she came over from Russia as a little girl with the name of Polly. They couldn't understand her mother's thick Yiddish accent and wrote it down as Pauline which has been her name ever since. She's now 92. One of my co-workers had to choose an American first name when coming from Korea as a kid. He chose Robert. His last name is Lee. He had no idea at the time there was a connection to the General. ---------------- I loved that car. And Daisy was hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 Hey, now, my mother-in-law is named Daisy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 How about a song for Daisy? Daisy Simone © 1997 Sean Altman Daisy, Daisy, plenty of room in my garden Daisy is a nightly dancer, and at the club she's called Simone Where in occasional fits of lonely, I got occasion to make my home She got the Lady Godiva red hair, and epidermis so criminally pert And I'm a button-nosed bumbling Boy Scout, my code of honor done turned to dirt And when she flings her head her sweat drops strafe the back row Extinguishing the burning issues of the day - look out below, won't you tell me Daisy, Daisy, can I call you Simone? Can I ring you up & call you out & chauffeur you home? Would you terribly mind if a butterfly bust out his cocoon? Daisy, Daisy, plenty of room in my garden Daisy does a thing to Zeppelin, will make the pain drain from your soul Maybe her grand-daddy was a fireman, taught her the tricks on the silver pole And if you think you're special, blink - she's gone to the next one Extinguishing your drunken dream (it ain't the money but the fun), won't you tell me Daisy, Daisy, can I call you Simone? Can a caballero suck the marrow, lips to the bone? Would you terribly mind one of my kind rise up from the tomb? Daisy, Daisy, plenty of room in my garden It's an August night and all the fans are packing heat Yeah the buck$ are flying bullets straight to the garter And she purrs my way and my chin's upon her feet But my lonely loser heart's all I've got to barter And if you think you're Don Quixote and she's ripe for rescue Extinguishing your wishful thinking is the best you'll ever do - she don't want you! Daisy, Daisy, can I call you Simone? Will you drone with me or bee the queen of the honeycomb? Would you terribly mind if the undersigned holed up in your room? Daisy, Daisy, plenty of room in my garden...for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 ---------------- On 9/28/2004 8:40:10 PM 3dzapper wrote: ---------------- Hi Dad! My Fathers' first name was Richard, Middle name Warren. I get stuck with Winford Horace. How cruel. dodger ---------------- My father was stuck with Wilfred Augustus. I lucked out! On the way to the hospital the day I popped out, my brother said "I want a brother Rick." So here I am! Rick ---------------- Hello: Back in High School in one class we had; Winifred (my first steady) Winford Wilford Wilfred Drove that poor teacher crazy Yesterday I had to call a company and spoke with a gentleman named Winfred. I never have, nor will I, read "Winnie the Pooh." It was only when I had to register for the draft that I stated that the H. stood for Horace. dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 "I never have, nor will I, read "Winnie the Pooh." " now that is sad - Win - swallow your pride and give it a go - there is nothing ever written more charming and delightful that Winnie the Pooh. I am pleased to say that it is my daughter's all time favorite at the moment - even though we have watched the self same video a hundred times together. Now scooby doo - that you can keep!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lon Armstrong Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 My name is actually Lonson Earl Armstrong; I was named after my great-uncle Lonson Earl Armstrong who died in 1920 after serving in the first world war. I guess my biggest claim to fame recently is a nice interview I conducted with Michael Cuscuna about Alfred Lion, one of the two founders of Blue Note Records, in which Michael revealed some information not otherwise recorded. The interview can still be found on the www.allaboutjazz.com website. The interview was also quoted twice in Richard Cook's recent book about Blue Note Records! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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