The effects of growing up with an extremely common name

Re:The effects of growing up with an extremely common name by sosuke on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:33AM (#14308941)

I have the same experience from just the facts but a totally different feeling about it. I love my fairly unique first name, Barrett, and when I give my name for restaurants or cafes I usually go with something super generic or fun, often just Bob or Barry.

Cathal, if I am pronouncing it right in my head, just sounds cool to me. I have the worst time with hearing and understanding the non-romantic language names though.

If you want to have fun come up with two words that when said together sound like or spell your name. Cathal, spelled cat-HAL. For the sounds I usually tell people my name is Barrett, as in grin and "bear it".

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Re:The effects of growing up with an extremely common name by phjesusthatguy3 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:03PM (#14309267)

My last name is Barrett, and I've found that most people have learned how to spell it over time. I used to have to say "like the hair clip, without the last 'e'" but within the last 20 years or so people just get it right the first time.

I found it interesting that within the last 5 years or so, my employer found an employee with the last name of "Barritt"

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