Comments on: A boy named Marion http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matthew Rayback http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577/comment-page-1#comment-31381 Matthew Rayback Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:02:06 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577#comment-31381 Hey. I'm the co-author of the book the NYT article is about, Bad Baby Names. Thanks for picking up on it. Believe me, the names shown here are only the beginning. If you or your readers want to know more, check out my blog, www.badbabynames.net. Thanks again! Hey. I’m the co-author of the book the NYT article is about, Bad Baby Names. Thanks for picking up on it. Believe me, the names shown here are only the beginning. If you or your readers want to know more, check out my blog, http://www.badbabynames.net. Thanks again!

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577/comment-page-1#comment-31370 Michael Lonie Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:53:29 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577#comment-31370 In Robert Heinlein's "Glory Road" the main character is named Evelyn Cyril. He tries to go by "Easy" but eventually changes his name to Oscar, which he finds preferable after the most beautiful woman in 20 universes dubs him that. Marion Carl was an high-scoring ace Marine fighter pilot during WWII and eventually rose to the rank of Major General. In Robert Heinlein’s “Glory Road” the main character is named Evelyn Cyril. He tries to go by “Easy” but eventually changes his name to Oscar, which he finds preferable after the most beautiful woman in 20 universes dubs him that.

Marion Carl was an high-scoring ace Marine fighter pilot during WWII and eventually rose to the rank of Major General.

]]> By: baby boy http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577/comment-page-1#comment-31369 baby boy Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:31:28 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577#comment-31369 I had a girly middle name, but I changed it. I had a girly middle name, but I changed it.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577/comment-page-1#comment-31367 Alex Bensky Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:06:36 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577#comment-31367 No, indeed, no one messed with Marion Morrison. Marion Hargrove wrote the once well-known "See Here, Private Hargrove." No, indeed, no one messed with Marion Morrison. Marion Hargrove wrote the once well-known “See Here, Private Hargrove.”

]]> By: Oceanguy http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577/comment-page-1#comment-31363 Oceanguy Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:17:18 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/03/23/4577#comment-31363 While attending a course at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, I met a fellow USNA alum a few years younger than me. He had coped with his given name by changing it. Peter Hunt had been given a name his mother loved, but didn't work for Pete, especially as he got older. So, York, started calling himself Pete. What WERE they thinking? While attending a course at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, I met a fellow USNA alum a few years younger than me. He had coped with his given name by changing it. Peter Hunt had been given a name his mother loved, but didn’t work for Pete, especially as he got older. So, York, started calling himself Pete.

What WERE they thinking?

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