Choosing Names was: Nearly Gone
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JRossedd writes:
Both of the name stories above refer to men, yet her full name sounds
feminine and not particularly unusual. Huh!
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> The funny part is now that she's become such a theatre buff, she tellsActually, there's something else funny I never noticed until just now.
> various stories among her fellow performers about the legacy of where her first
> and middle names came from. The latest -- quite plausible -- version she's
> having fun with is that her first name came from a famous Broadway
> composer-choreographer, while her middle name was given in honor of the Wizard of Oz
> movie.
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Both of the name stories above refer to men, yet her full name sounds
feminine and not particularly unusual. Huh!
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pam sorooshian
On Dec 12, 2003, at 8:54 AM, jrossedd@... wrote:
storytelling. My kids, also very very into theater and drama, can be
pretty inventive, too. I have always told them that they have to make
sure that their "listeners" know that they are being inventive, just
like in the theater or reading a fiction book people know its not
necessarily true. Don't want the kids to think its okay to tell lies as
long as the lies are entertaining ones <G>.
-pam
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>This does bring up the issue of "lies" versus just some fun
> Actually, there's something else funny I never noticed until
> just now.
> Both of the name stories above refer to men, yet her full name sounds
> feminine and not particularly unusual. Huh!
storytelling. My kids, also very very into theater and drama, can be
pretty inventive, too. I have always told them that they have to make
sure that their "listeners" know that they are being inventive, just
like in the theater or reading a fiction book people know its not
necessarily true. Don't want the kids to think its okay to tell lies as
long as the lies are entertaining ones <G>.
-pam
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J. Stauffer
<<<<Don't want the kids to think its okay to tell lies as
town Texas. Growing up without a lot of planned entertainment, my family
(and everyone we knew) put little stock in the veracity of a story but a
whole lot of stock in its entertainment value.
Jerry just kept getting this dumbfounded look on his face, saying "But thats
not true". Well, duh.....but it was funny <grin>.
Julie S.
> long as the lies are entertaining ones <G>.>>>>This was the hardest thing for my yankee dh to get when he moved to small
town Texas. Growing up without a lot of planned entertainment, my family
(and everyone we knew) put little stock in the veracity of a story but a
whole lot of stock in its entertainment value.
Jerry just kept getting this dumbfounded look on his face, saying "But thats
not true". Well, duh.....but it was funny <grin>.
Julie S.
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From: "pam sorooshian" <pamsoroosh@...>
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Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Choosing Names was: Nearly Gone
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> On Dec 12, 2003, at 8:54 AM, jrossedd@... wrote:
>
> >
> > Actually, there's something else funny I never noticed until
> > just now.
> > Both of the name stories above refer to men, yet her full name sounds
> > feminine and not particularly unusual. Huh!
>
> This does bring up the issue of "lies" versus just some fun
> storytelling. My kids, also very very into theater and drama, can be
> pretty inventive, too. I have always told them that they have to make
> sure that their "listeners" know that they are being inventive, just
> like in the theater or reading a fiction book people know its not
> necessarily true. >
> -pam
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In a message dated 12/12/03 12:52:43 PM, jnjstau@... writes:
<< This was the hardest thing for my yankee dh to get when he moved to small
town Texas. Growing up without a lot of planned entertainment, my family
(and everyone we knew) put little stock in the veracity of a story but a
whole lot of stock in its entertainment value. >>
I don't think it's regional. My parents were from small town Texas and
southern New Mexico and were big on truthfulness. I don't mind stories for
entertainment value, but when they're passed off as truth I'm not having fun anymore.
Sandra
<< This was the hardest thing for my yankee dh to get when he moved to small
town Texas. Growing up without a lot of planned entertainment, my family
(and everyone we knew) put little stock in the veracity of a story but a
whole lot of stock in its entertainment value. >>
I don't think it's regional. My parents were from small town Texas and
southern New Mexico and were big on truthfulness. I don't mind stories for
entertainment value, but when they're passed off as truth I'm not having fun anymore.
Sandra