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These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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First and last, from dad and his dad. Middle, after a friend of the family, and my disfunctioal parents got the spelling wrong, going for the common rather than the unique. Fugged me from the beginning... Up until about 3.5 years ago I went by my miss-intended middle name finally got tired of explaining why I am not using my first name. So now I am me and I have never been Normand.
Just to complicate life I gave my first daughter five names and my second one four. Have a grandson now with four also, however, they are correctly spelled.
Made up a new one, Novi, for my youngest. Then we moved to Montana next to my folks and rummaging through their junk, they had an intercom system that had the brand name Novi on it. Trippy. Misspelled and made up names, a pet peave. What thee hell are people thinking when they do this to a kid. My name is not common, but it's not unusual. However, My dad used the German spelling, so it often gets spelled wrong. If it's important, I say, "Karl with a "K". Otherwise, who cares. With a German derived last name, I have to photenitically spell it. Real names, spelled correctly, why do people intentionally screw this up? Dam desperate for attention!
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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First and last, from dad and his dad. Middle, after a friend of the family, and my disfunctioal parents got the spelling wrong, going for the common rather than the unique. Fugged me from the beginning... Up until about 3.5 years ago I went by my miss-intended middle name finally got tired of explaining why I am not using my first name. So now I am me and I have never been Normand.
Just to complicate life I gave my first daughter five names and my second one four. Have a grandson now with four also, however, they are correctly spelled.
Made up a new one, Novi, for my youngest. Then we moved to Montana next to my folks and rummaging through their junk, they had an intercom system that had the brand name Novi on it. Trippy. Misspelled and made up names, a pet peave. What thee hell are people thinking when they do this to a kid. My name is not common, but it's not unusual. However, My dad used the German spelling, so it often gets spelled wrong. If it's important, I say, "Karl with a "K". Otherwise, who cares. With a German derived last name, I have to photenitically spell it. Real names, spelled correctly, why do people intentionally screw this up? Dam desperate for attention! If you were a normal Carl like me, you'd understand...
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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Five pages and no Boy named Sue references.
"Maybe we're all happy."
"Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."
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I was named after Clark Gable, as was Clark Kent.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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No 7&1/2 either. 
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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First, after my maternal GF, middle was also my father's middle name he never used, last, of course was my Father's. Since my GF was always called "James, Jim, Jimmy", I only used it in my signature. My middle name was an old Irish generational name spelled old style, "Prentice". Since Texans do not pronounce the "T", It was pronounce "Preniss". So all my young life I had to deal with crap being called "Preston, Princess, Premise, Penis..and so on. When I went in the Army, I went by "Jim". Still do. ha Only my family and a few good friends call me the "P" word. so, when my twin daughters cam along, I gave them their "own names". Nothing hard to pronounce or spell out for strangers, ha. Just a quirk of mine. As hard of a time I had choosing those names, I don't know how some of the Black culture comes up with these names! ha But hey, it's their business, right?
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Ok......
My dear old going nowhere in life dad named me after the star of his favorite cowboy show in the late 50,s and early 60,s
Show called: "The Texan".
Gee thanks dad....
Name me after a felon turned actor.
4 letter name ......
Loved by few.
Hated by many.
Forgotten by none......
Of those who have met and interacted with me.
My grandfather actually thougt so little of my dad( I concured)
that he asked me to change my last name to Morrison when I would turn 18. And he would pay for it.
He never said that to my brother.
We both knew he was a mini me ......
I didnt do it.
But understood his thinking 100%
Thank God it wasn’t Buffalo Bob Emil or Howdy I can hang with what I got I geuss..... Lol!!
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My first name, James, is for my paternal grandfather. My middle name, Leon, is my dad's middle name.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Had a black dude in a unit one time.
Named
Claub...
LOL!!!
He told us his parents were too cheap to change the typo on his BC to Claude.
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Met a Navy Seal named Buffalo Bill, big tuff lookin guy. Rio7
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Was born a blue baby, back in those day's few blue baby's lived, started out as Baby Blue, then Blue Boy then Blue, Not as bad as Sue, but close. Rio7
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Good stuff, Blue. Sure glad you made it.
My boy is named Sue.
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First and last, from dad and his dad. Middle, after a friend of the family, and my disfunctioal parents got the spelling wrong, going for the common rather than the unique. Fugged me from the beginning... Up until about 3.5 years ago I went by my miss-intended middle name finally got tired of explaining why I am not using my first name. So now I am me and I have never been Normand.
Just to complicate life I gave my first daughter five names and my second one four. Have a grandson now with four also, however, they are correctly spelled.
Made up a new one, Novi, for my youngest. Then we moved to Montana next to my folks and rummaging through their junk, they had an intercom system that had the brand name Novi on it. Trippy. Misspelled and made up names, a pet peave. What thee hell are people thinking when they do this to a kid. My name is not common, but it's not unusual. However, My dad used the German spelling, so it often gets spelled wrong. If it's important, I say, "Karl with a "K". Otherwise, who cares. With a German derived last name, I have to photenitically spell it. Real names, spelled correctly, why do people intentionally screw this up? Dam desperate for attention! If you were a normal Carl like me, you'd understand... I am a normal Karl. The Carl, came later!  It's a weird thing. A normal name, that's not often used. We have three at our little country church. Only 1 K. An old friend of my Dad, and his great-grandson. That kid.... Drives me nuts at functions. Someone is always hollering his name. Of course, I always snap to. Then they talk to the old man. Perk up, look around. Neck gets stiff.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Speaking of spelling........
I am a Eugene, but go by Gene..........
At restaurants when waiting, 'can I have your name?' ........ 'Gene' ...... 'is that with a J or a G?' .... While I appreciate the 'care' and 'honor' to get anothers' name right,1st - I am clearly a man, 2nd - when you holler it over the intercom, does it sound different based on how you spell it????
So now I just say BOB!
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"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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I use my first name for anything like that, even if they ask for the first.
It's easier.
Karl is a surname here, so it works. And like you spelling don't matter.
Be weird to be Tom Smith, or Bob Miller. (I know them)
Some things would go much smoother.
My wife's whole first name essentially was the same as her shortened
first, middle, and last name. That created issues.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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