tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post4253614909571674729..comments2024-03-27T06:22:08.326-04:00Comments on Douglas Whaley: Naming Your Baby? Some Mistakes to Avoiddglswhaley@aol.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06014306127062171178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post-31381950208054281652012-05-31T18:47:16.102-04:002012-05-31T18:47:16.102-04:00Here is url that was meant in the above Comment:
...Here is url that was meant in the above Comment:<br /><br />http://rtpgurl.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-name-is-taaaaaah-reeeeeee-aaaaaaah.htmldglswhaley@aol.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014306127062171178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post-57892834199954480042012-05-31T01:42:00.537-04:002012-05-31T01:42:00.537-04:00I started to write a response and it became a blog...I started to write a response and it became a blog post, lol. <br />http://rtpgurl.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-name-is-taaaaaah-reeeeeee-aaaaaaahrtpgurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786017589300906342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844434945868494835.post-42200843860478447782012-05-30T19:56:18.142-04:002012-05-30T19:56:18.142-04:00"Manny" was not always a joy growing up ..."Manny" was not always a joy growing up with--because where I grew up it was an unusual sounding name and many people simply had no "ear" for...it didn't sound like anything familiar so I had to repeat it a great deal which of course made me think that I could be a mumbler. In all likelihood it was a combination of the mumbling and saying something unfamilar. The spelling was often a challenge as well with "Many" and "Manie" being mispelling leaders. For some who had no "ear" it was even impossible to pronounce...one old boy I worked with at OSU one summer knew me as "Mantly". It all worked. About ten years ago or so, I noticed that nicknames that people were giving me were actually more formal versions of the name: "Manwell", "Manuel" and because of Rob Schneider and the old "makin' copies" sketch on SNL, "Manifold" and "Manitoba". I like "Manitoba"--it makes me sound so majestic!simply Manny!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15530117214219210895noreply@blogger.com