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Benzgirl 10-30-2010 07:42 PM
The Daily Mississippian has started to post New Member lists for KD, Theta, Phi Mu and Pi Phi.

OleMissGlitter 10-30-2010 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Benzgirl (Post 1999512)
The Daily Mississippian has started to post New Member lists for KD, Theta, Phi Mu and Pi Phi.
I posted that earlier in the thread before it sidetracked ;)

aggieAXO 10-30-2010 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by FSUZeta (Post 1999192)
i had wanted to name our daughter mary(after my mother) and to use the mil's name as the middle name, until i found out that "kitty" was her actual name-mary kitty just didn't cut it-lol! so we took a different tack and named her kathryn and my maiden name.

carnation-how about mary claire? i grew up with a girl whose name was that, but she went by claire. mary margaret, mary kathryn, mary grace, mary elizabeth or mary(insert mother's maiden name or old family name)are popular names down south.

there were bunches of mary whatevers in my daughters chapter. one girl was mary austin last name. i thought that was kind of cool.
My grandmother's name was Mary Evelyn, but she usualy went by Evelyn or Mary rarely both.

FSUZeta 10-31-2010 08:37 AM
mary evelyn is a very pretty name.

pinkyphimu 10-31-2010 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 1999300)
I get this. My oldest son is one of many in both families who have the same first name and surely the family has used every nickname possible of that name. It's been confusing for years, especially at family get-togethers, and we probably should've called him by his middle name.
Sounds like in my family....at every party if someone says, "Maria," we all respond in unison, "Which one?" Actually, after my grandmother's wake, my mom was standing in the middle of two Marias when she said, "I really hope Maria makes it here." Everyone laughed! Of course she was talking about the other Maria, but it was amusing! There are also a number of Anthonys, Jims, Angelos, Sals, and Sams.

Titchou 10-31-2010 01:28 PM
You must remember though that in the South we slur the second syllable of the first name to make the middle name sound like it's part of the first name. So, my friend's daughter's name of Sarah Ashley is pronounced more like Sarashley...and Mary Grace is Margrace both with a slight hint of the 2nd syllable of the first name but not really articulated.

ellebud 10-31-2010 02:20 PM
With absolute best of intentions a good friend (who was only going to have one child, not by choice) decided to get ALL her favorite names (with honoring relatives) into one name: Hence: Carolinerose Hillary. Try saying that fast!

AOII Angel 10-31-2010 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou (Post 1999633)
You must remember though that in the South we slur the second syllable of the first name to make the middle name sound like it's part of the first name. So, my friend's daughter's name of Sarah Ashley is pronounced more like Sarashley...and Mary Grace is Margrace both with a slight hint of the 2nd syllable of the first name but not really articulated.
So true...my grandmother is Marjorie Ann but is called Marjann.

turqwind 10-31-2010 08:01 PM
My late aunt who was a Birmingham Southern Zeta was Ma'themma. I think I was probably fourteen or fifteen before I realized she was "Martha Emma." I also didn't know "bob war" was "barbed wire" until about that time. :rolleyes:

carnation 10-31-2010 08:12 PM
When I moved to Alabama, there were lots of older people who kept talking about women named May-rie, Ma-tha, and Say-ra. Took me some time to realize that they were talking about Mary, Martha, and Sara. You still hear the WW2 generation pronouncing those names thusly.

Titchou 10-31-2010 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by turqwind (Post 1999719)
My late aunt who was a Birmingham Southern Zeta was Ma'themma. I think I was probably fourteen or fifteen before I realized she was "Martha Emma." I also didn't know "bob war" was "barbed wire" until about that time. :rolleyes:
Or that "far tar" was fire tower?????

Titchou 10-31-2010 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 1999722)
When I moved to Alabama, there were lots of older people who kept talking about women named May-rie, Ma-tha, and Say-ra. Took me some time to realize that they were talking about Mary, Martha, and Sara. You still hear the WW2 generation pronouncing those names thusly.
And I knew a Say-ra who had a sister named E-rin....

Pirouette 10-31-2010 09:48 PM
It's common for the women in my family to have double middle names (and we're not from the south). My great-grandmother thought this was a great idea and it's been a tradition ever since.
My middle name is Mary Jade, my sister's is Anna Marie, and my mother's is Mary Catherine. The list goes on for several aunts and countless cousins.

carnation 10-31-2010 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou (Post 1999759)
And I knew a Say-ra who had a sister named E-rin....
Agggh! Memories! When I first went to Auburn, I dated this guy and he said that his sister was Shay-ron and her husband was Hay-ron. So I had no idea how those were spelled but pronounced them for months like he and his mother did and found out, embarrassingly, that their names were Sharon and Herron.

OleMissGlitter 11-01-2010 09:19 AM
AOII New Members are listed today! Kappa just has an ad that says Congrats to the new members of KKG.

http://issuu.com/dailymississippian/...pian11012010/4

speaking of names...AOII has 2 new members with the first name Larken...what are the chances of that!!?!?!?!


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