On Dec 18, 2005, at 12:00 PM, PAT MATHEWS wrote:
From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
She's not going to name him "Hoss" or "Skeeter", but he might
have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more
of his first cousins, and nicknames like "Hoss" or "Skeeter"
will identify him more precisely than "Sterling" if there are
already 5 Sterlings out of 50 male relatives in the county.
You really think that there are a lot of Sterlings "up holler"? I
know you're way behind on your email, but "Sterling"? That's a
name to get your ass a good whoopin' in some parts.
Whereabouts are you from? There's plenty of Sterlings down here.
I live in San Jose, CA, where there is no shortage of Sterlings,
Spencers, Taylors, McKenzies and other children with last names for
first names (it is something of a rage to have kids whose names sound
like the first class passenger manifesto of a British ocean liner of
the 1920s), but I am originally from Pittsburgh, PA, which is closer
to Appalachia than you might think. That said, I may be talking out
of my ass on this one. Nick's dad is *from* Appalachia, so he's
probably a better authority on how many Sterlings there are in a
typical hollow.
One of my childhood pals -- a boy -- was named Jan ("Yawn"), but
everyone called him Josh ("Yosh"), and nobody kicked his ass. We also
had Stash ("Stosh") and Gabe (who was really Gabor), and nobody
kicked their asses, either. Actually, a good name to have to get your
ass kicked in my neighborhood was "Dave Land".
Dave
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