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JRossedd writes:


> The funny part is now that she's become such a theatre buff, she tells
> 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.
>
>


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!


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pam sorooshian

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. 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
> 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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>
> 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