tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post162264065359717537..comments2024-03-22T07:29:41.391+00:00Comments on Jayne Ferst: Identity CrisisJaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-77100662357275021392011-08-08T21:30:03.976+01:002011-08-08T21:30:03.976+01:00Not that I'm trying to play detective or anyth...Not that I'm trying to play detective or anything... but your name/diminutive name/'ie' situation sounds like you could have the same name as me....!Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024744446466968741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-4393919742902965492011-08-06T17:21:53.911+01:002011-08-06T17:21:53.911+01:00So nice to meet you. I've only read this one ...So nice to meet you. I've only read this one post, but your (and this is a compliment, btw) quirky, funny style drew me right in. As to the name thing, my first name is only used with banking and bill paying and such. My parents nicknamed me Tina at a very young age. The only person to ever really use Katrina was my Swedish grandma, and it was always in love, not in "you're now in trouble." Middle name? It's Mai, as in May, but NO, they couldn't spell it correctly. I don't know if I've ever seen it anywhere but in my name. The Engineer has a kazillion nicknames for me, I never know what's going to come out of his mouth...<br /><a href="http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Tina @ Life is Good</a>Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-60005952541454330282011-07-28T09:23:06.100+01:002011-07-28T09:23:06.100+01:00What a great post, I enjoyed this. i changed my f...What a great post, I enjoyed this. i changed my first name (the real one) in 1983 when I separated from my first husband. I actually made it longer (adding an "na") because the original sounded too old-ladyish. Now, only my mother sometimes calls me the original. Even my Dad quickly got used to the new name. Any friends post-1983 don't even know my name now is not my birthname. And I never think of myself as anything but the current name. Names are fascinating thingsDollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12477812986531102750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-52237957843993784112011-07-27T17:36:28.493+01:002011-07-27T17:36:28.493+01:00I have a nickname too and hardly ever use Elizabet...I have a nickname too and hardly ever use Elizabeth except on documents (and, of course, for my writing.). Since I've started blogging, I'm getting more used to Elizabeth, but off line, I.still have a tendency to forget to answer to it. Ironically, I went to the nickname because Elizabeth was such a popular name -- always two or three in my classes, etc. Now I notice that there sure are a lot of Elizabeths in the writing and blogging world, but I don't think my nickname would work as an author name.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-48929271949179681572011-07-27T17:19:43.903+01:002011-07-27T17:19:43.903+01:00You are hilarious! I really love your writing voic...You are hilarious! I really love your writing voice. I'm not quite sure what my name does for me. I just know it's all mine, and that hardly anyone else in the world has it. Good enough for me!Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-87036942673118529102011-07-27T00:37:03.754+01:002011-07-27T00:37:03.754+01:00Sounds painful, just enjoy your existence, whoever...Sounds painful, just enjoy your existence, whoever you are. :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957545161716269528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-52916708783780537832011-07-27T00:11:54.885+01:002011-07-27T00:11:54.885+01:00Lucky for me, my name is nearly impossible to shor...Lucky for me, my name is nearly impossible to shorten. Unlucky for me, everyone assumes it's the French Denis spelled wrong, and constantly refers to me as Mr in written correspondence. Waa! I'm a girl!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-72687909686799525282011-07-26T23:50:08.913+01:002011-07-26T23:50:08.913+01:00I laughed at the being called your full name when ...I laughed at the being called your full name when in trouble.I take a shortened version myself.<br />steveOut on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-10737617205768431462011-07-26T22:51:12.996+01:002011-07-26T22:51:12.996+01:00'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art t...'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;<br />Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.<br />What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,<br />Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part<br />Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!<br />What's in a name? that which we call a rose<br />By any other name would smell as sweet;snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-44579595926160220402011-07-26T19:51:51.537+01:002011-07-26T19:51:51.537+01:00I'm drawn to the fwuppy pup name. I like fwupp...I'm drawn to the fwuppy pup name. I like fwuppy pup names! They may seem all cuddly and sweet but i suspect there be lions roaring underneath such veneer. I think so anyway!! I say go for the fwuppy pup name!! And Jayne with a y! :-) take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-61523978777269360452011-07-26T19:49:35.969+01:002011-07-26T19:49:35.969+01:00I think you are who you choose to be. Not what yo...I think you are who you choose to be. Not what your name implies, just the choices you make. How you treat people. What you like to do, eat, watch, read, your beliefs, fears, joys, etc.. :)Giles Hashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772067878017549159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-60235281954124397312011-07-26T19:27:25.496+01:002011-07-26T19:27:25.496+01:00I splurted my tea on my shirt when I read your ema...I splurted my tea on my shirt when I read your email get buried in spam playing with Viagra. Too funny.<br />You have a perfectly beautiful name.<br />Mine is Helen and people always tell me they have a late aunt or grandmother by that name. Like our looks, we do not get to choose our names. I knew a girl who legally changed her name and that costs money and hurt her mother's feelings.<br />Helen (not of Troy)helen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-57432277621882137342011-07-26T18:19:22.079+01:002011-07-26T18:19:22.079+01:00I can't think of you as your real name! It'...I can't think of you as your real name! It's just not you. You will forever be Jayne to me!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-39568627974037106322011-07-26T18:08:06.396+01:002011-07-26T18:08:06.396+01:00Most people call me Pamela.
A few call me Pam.
My ...Most people call me Pamela.<br />A few call me Pam.<br />My husband calls me Elf.<br />Go figure.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-23095452158707001252011-07-26T17:42:16.596+01:002011-07-26T17:42:16.596+01:00I don't know, I think getting lost in London b...I don't know, I think getting lost in London bookshops while looking for a cupcake and wearing paint spattered jeans and a cat on my shoulder all at once sounds like my idea of a perfect day!<br /><br />I don't have the option to choose a shortened version of my name. My parents meanly made it "Jenny" on my birth certificate instead of "Jennifer". You can imagine the fun and games when the school people and doctor's offices and legal sorts called me Jennifer and I didn't answer! Very frustrating. And my middle name isn't even a name, so that made it all the worse!<br /><br />I wasn't happy with all of this, so I made up a nickname for myself in high school that most of my peers used til college. Now I choose to complicate things further by having an alter ego when I sew and create things for local festivals and such. If Lucy Jane Pennybright ever says hi to you, it's ME! :DJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867458102445088755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-57242982296517335152011-07-26T17:34:09.015+01:002011-07-26T17:34:09.015+01:00Weeeeeeeeeeell (she says, trying to think of somet...Weeeeeeeeeeell (she says, trying to think of something terribly amusing), those who go messing with their name are just bad, bad, bad.<br /><br />Ok, fair cop.<br /><br />I agree with you about the non ie name. It's fun and friendly. The sensible version is sophisticated and, well, more sensible.<br /><br />But I do think 'Jayne Ferst' is a cracking literary name. <br /><br />Is it a problem being all three? Why? <br /><br />(I think you must be terribly clever having three names. I know I'd end up on a funny farm with three. Two's enough for me. Kit for writing. Claire for not.<br /><br />Simples. As they say.)<br /><br />Now, stop worrying. Hildegardeney is a lovely name.Kit Courteneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211606676705095432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507901142971459084.post-36362665206558572202011-07-26T17:19:43.530+01:002011-07-26T17:19:43.530+01:00I've never dealt with an identity crisis; howe...I've never dealt with an identity crisis; however, a few years back "Emily" was the top girl's baby name, so now everywhere I go I'm answering to mother's yelling at their daughters, "Emily come back here!" It's very irritating.Emily R. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892444969625637064noreply@blogger.com