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10-28-2010, 07:07 PM
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My daughter said that when she was at MS State, it seemed like half of every pledge class was composed of Mary _(middle names)__. All of them called by both names, of course!
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10-28-2010, 07:22 PM
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My daughter said that when she was at MS State, it seemed like half of every pledge class was composed of Mary _(middle names)__. All of them called by both names, of course!
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My great-aunt is from Alabama. Her name is Mary Belle.
One of my friends is an SEC sorority chapter advisor. She posted the bid day ad for her group and the list included:
Mary Katherine (several)
Mary Lynn
Mary Louise
Mary Carter
Mary Frances
Mary Ann
Mary Margaret
And that's just me glancing at it. Who knows how many others there are!
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10-28-2010, 07:33 PM
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My daughter's husband thinks she should name their first daughter a "Mary plus" name. I'm going to tell her she needs to be really original with that middle name. (Suggestions?)
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10-28-2010, 11:29 PM
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My daughter's husband thinks she should name their first daughter a "Mary plus" name. I'm going to tell her she needs to be really original with that middle name. (Suggestions?)
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Mary Magdalene?
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10-28-2010, 11:42 PM
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Mary Magdalene?
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Jinx, buy me a coke (I was about to type that suggestion, tongue in cheek as it were, but as usual your fingers are faster than mine!). And this thread is really going in an interesting direction (thanks ellebud!).
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10-29-2010, 12:14 AM
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Well, while we're on the name thing, I have to throw out this story. My girls graduated from HS in 2005 & 2007 and at our school the class above the oldest had literally 50 girls named Katie in it. There are plenty of Katies spread out throughout the grades, but that particular class was just overrun with them. Everytime you thought you'd named them all, you'd think of five more. Anyway, our school is also majority minority made up of African Americans, Hispanics, lots of mixed and whites. One day one of my daughter's friends (named Katie) was walking down the hall and somebody behind her said, "Hey Katie" so she turned around. There were two AA guys standing there laughing and one said to the other, "See, I told you every white girl in this school is named Katie!"
And back to the Marys....two of my favorites are Mary Melissa (she's 18) and Mary Cobb (she's 5). MC gets called "Cobbie" which is kind of cute. When you're 5 anyway. 
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When I was a pledge, we were the second largest sorority at 62. Of those 62, ten were Mary Somethings. One of our first pledge assignments was to learn the Greek Alphabet and the different Marys:
Mary Alice
Mary Ann
Mary Bernadette (Mary B)
Mary Claire
Mary Elizabeth (Mary Liz)
Mary Grace
Mary Katherine (Mary Kat)
Mary Lynn
Mary Patrice (she now goes by just Patrice)
and
Mary Lee, who went by Merrilee.
In my pledge class, we only had two:
Mary Collins (Mary C)
Mary Marie (seriously!)
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10-29-2010, 12:20 PM
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Mary Magdalene?
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You jest, but I know 3 Mary Magdalenes. Two go by Mary Mag and the other just Mag.
For my daughter, we went the French route. Thought about MIL's maiden name but it didn't really work. It's German and would lead to many a joke. Not quite to the extent of the Lear children, Chanda and King, but up there.
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10-29-2010, 01:06 PM
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My daughter's husband thinks she should name their first daughter a "Mary plus" name. I'm going to tell her she needs to be really original with that middle name. (Suggestions?)
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I went to Ole Miss. When we had our first daughter, my husband really wanted a double name. I agreed to it, but told him it couldn't be anything common. We used Mary Payton. The problem with this is everyone asks me if it is after Peyton Manning.
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11-04-2010, 10:33 AM
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My daughter's husband thinks she should name their first daughter a "Mary plus" name. I'm going to tell her she needs to be really original with that middle name. (Suggestions?)
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You could name a daughter Mary Mary, but I fear that might make her quite contrary.
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