Growing up I thought I had a unique name: Deloris. I didn't share my name with anyone at school. I didn't know anyone who had the same name as me. How I spell my name, Deloris, is different then the ways I've seen it spelled: Delores or Dolores.
When people have to write my name down, I always have to spell it for them. If I don't, it ends up being spelled -es, instead of -is. All throughout elementary, junior/senior high, college and my life now, people always spell it wrong. A couple of days ago a company sent me a notepad and address labels with my name on it. It was very nice of them to do that, the thing is my name was spelled wrong on everything. The address labels went into the shredder and I kept the notepad. Hey, I can always use paper.
The Detroit Free Press had an article in today's paper about how parents want to be different with their children's names. In the year 2000, there has been 5 boys in the United States named Cobra. Come on, Cobra? Two hundred seventy six boys named Armani. On the girls side, Lexus was the chosen name for 353 babies. My personal favorite, Avis is the name for 9 girls. Did the parents like the Avis car company that much?
When people have to write my name down, I always have to spell it for them. If I don't, it ends up being spelled -es, instead of -is. All throughout elementary, junior/senior high, college and my life now, people always spell it wrong. A couple of days ago a company sent me a notepad and address labels with my name on it. It was very nice of them to do that, the thing is my name was spelled wrong on everything. The address labels went into the shredder and I kept the notepad. Hey, I can always use paper.
The Detroit Free Press had an article in today's paper about how parents want to be different with their children's names. In the year 2000, there has been 5 boys in the United States named Cobra. Come on, Cobra? Two hundred seventy six boys named Armani. On the girls side, Lexus was the chosen name for 353 babies. My personal favorite, Avis is the name for 9 girls. Did the parents like the Avis car company that much?
I got picked on in school with the name, Deloris. How bad are this kids going to get picked on?
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