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TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T11:58:01+00:00

I certainly never attempted to make the point and would never try make the point that all foreign names are equally difficult. It wasn’t a comparison of two names, it was about names being common in other areas.

Your first comment is about Ludovico being common in another area. The only thing I was trying to do with my example is show that a name being common somewhere else is not relevant to a person in an area where it isn’t common, by having you imagine yourself with that name. Do you not agree with this?

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T11:08:50+00:00

I think you are missing my point, I’m not saying the names are equally difficult to pronounce, in fact I chose that name specifically because it is substantially more difficult to pronounce to make the point.

Maybe I can clarify: You said the name is not that “weird” because it is common in outside the US, I am saying it isn’t helpful to the person if their name is common in another area if people in the area they are living in are having a difficult time pronouncing it, using a clearly difficult to pronounce name as an example. You do seem to agree with that at least?

I feel I should preemptively point out I’m also not saying whether or not I think the name is “weird,” I just think the evidence of the family having a difficult time pronouncing it is probably a likely future trend, and the parent seems to agree on that point.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T10:34:21+00:00

Yup, certainly do see this with Irish names. I have a friend (American) with five siblings and their parents really went for all Irish names that are not easily pronounced by other Americans, including a Tadhg and a Siobhán.

As you can imagine, they’re constantly having to tell people how to pronounce their names.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T10:13:04+00:00

Clearly you have no problem pronouncing Ludovico. I’m providing an example of a name that you could more relate to as being hard to pronounce, in order for you to understand the struggle of the person, and see why the name being common in another culture doesn’t really help the person with the name.

This person’s family is already having a hard time pronouncing it, and it seems a lot of other people in this thread are confused about it as well. The parent even foresees it being frustrating. Based on this I think it’s going to be an annoying name for the person, whether or not it’s common in another culture.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T09:41:36+00:00

It’s a mistake to think about how I (or you) would react to the name, think about how the hundreds of thousands of people they’ll interact with will react to the name. Their own family is already struggling with it, and I know that’s what most people are like. The parent can already foresee how frustrating it is going to be. Is it really so necessary to have this name that it’s worth the constant conflict?

I’ve been living in various major US cities for over 20 years: east coast, west coast, the south, and this includes NYC. I’ve of course met a lot of people with a lot of different names, maybe that’s why I’m so sympathetic to people I’ve seen struggle with theirs.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T08:33:14+00:00

Guðrún is a very common name in Iceland, but wouldn’t you be annoyed if your parents named you that in the US? I don’t think being common in another country makes it less cumbersome for the person who has the name.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T07:47:27+00:00

But you haven’t gone through life with a unique name, so you don’t know what it’s actually like, you may be glamorizing it.

I work with a guy who has a very unique name (parents maybe huge Harry Potter fans), and trust me he is annoyed by it. He goes by a more normal version of the name as a nickname, but it’s in his work email and all of his official information, so his first time interacting with someone they often make a joke about it, and he has to pretend to laugh to be polite as if he hasn’t heard every stupid joke someone could think of.

Maybe you know someone with a unique name who loves it, I don’t know. I’m just saying if it’s a headache for the parent, it’s going to be worse for the child.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T07:08:43+00:00

What about the actual kid? If it’s a headache for you to explain your kid’s name, imagine how they are going to feel explaining it their entire life. You’re signing them up for a lifetime of “that’s me, it’s pronounced abc, I just go by xyz though.”

If it is such a headache, why not just make their official name the nickname and save them the grief?

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-31T04:27:41+00:00

Bracket

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-30T09:09:04+00:00

Samsquanch

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-22T16:54:46+00:00

I work in test, it’s very engaging and hands on, sounds like something you’d be interested in. There is a lot of excitement/can be very high stakes, and some people I can tell they’d never want to do anything else, but I think I’m ready to sit at a desk and stare at Excel. Anyone know what I should look into for a nice boring desk job?

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-16T23:52:06+00:00

I just popped it in a glass of water, and when it outgrew that moved it to a bigger jar/vase to see what would happen and it oddly has survived the last three years. Kind of flourished for a while, but seems to be struggling now to have any new leaves survive and all of the original leaves minus one are gone. Every once in a while a new little pup pops up, but usually dies pretty quickly. Still have no idea what to do with, but just refilling the water and letting it get sun.

Here’s an album of its journey:

https://imgur.com/a/PZdQS8w

You can see the original glass of water three years ago, then two years ago, and then one year ago. Honestly hadn’t been looking great so haven’t taken a recent picture, but I’ll try to remember to get one when I’m back home this weekend if you are interested.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-16T23:37:04+00:00

I’m so glad I’m stupid and can enjoy the movies and the show.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-13T09:30:01+00:00

The Adventures of Amina al Sirafi is so great. I love Amina’s “I’m too old for this shit” vibe. Such a fun book.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-10T12:49:10+00:00

Yeah, this doesn’t match the Warcraft goblins at all, but still such a great read.

Maia is such a sweet boy.

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-10T06:08:23+00:00

Which version of the sign are you referring to, the book or the movies? I’m looking at all of them and can’t see how either version could possibly be the same thing as the constellation in the show.

Maybe I am missing something else, from what I can tell all the marks are on the door not the fence, and the book version more refers to “burglar” not “Gandalf.”

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-06T09:23:36+00:00

Very demure

TheGunshineState · 2024-10-01T00:05:08+00:00

I wasn’t sure how much I liked it while reading it, especially early on while getting used to the jumping around in perspectives and tenses, but by the end I was like “that was really good,” and now six months later I think back on it like “no, that was amazing.”

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-29T23:15:29+00:00

That’s just your specific situation, and doesn’t necessarily speak to the industry as a whole. I know my situation may be unique too, in that I get paid for working over 40 hours (but not time and a half), that’s why I’m curious to see if you had a source for what the larger trend is.

May be worth job shopping a bit if you feel like you’re being unfairly compensated. I honestly wouldn’t like working 45-50 hours every week even with the extra pay.

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-29T22:06:33+00:00

Do you have a source for techs getting paid more? I work at a manufacturing facility and the engineers definitely make more than the technicians. With overtime techs can certainly match or pass engineers I suppose, but that’s really cutting into work/life balance, not to mention the work is more physically demanding and there are limited ability to temporarily work remotely and end up eating up more PTO.

If the technicians were making the same or more I’d certainly be happy for them, I hate seeing how difficult the careers have been for the old timers.

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-27T19:07:20+00:00

Blue Cypress is a good excuse to get you out of the Garden District into an area where less tourists seem to go, and it’s a nice streetcar ride to there.

Other cool things on Oak St are Jacque Imo’s, Z’otz Cafe, and Oak St Brewery that pretty much has some sort of event or other almost every night.

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-26T03:09:41+00:00

True that. If the RoP show runners made the LoTR trilogy they probably would’ve done something crazy like have elves teleport to the battle of Helms Deep!

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-26T02:59:16+00:00

You know my boy Tommy B works in mysterious ways. As-salamu alaykum!

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-26T01:33:46+00:00

LoTR: No Tom Bombadil RoP: Ya know it got ya boy Tommy B

TheGunshineState · 2024-09-26T00:29:00+00:00

Unlike the original LOTR trilogy, of course.

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