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[tzikeh]

yahtzee63's name meme:

do you like your name?
Yes. I didn't when I was a pre-teen, but I do now and have for some time.

What do you like best about it?
It's strong, and there's a study out there somewhere on people's initial reaction to names which said that people react to my name by thinking of someone striking and intelligent. That may have changed as the name became more and more popular and common.

What do you like least about it?
The diminuitives "Jess" and "Jessie". I actually flinch when people call me these, for several reasons, not the least of which is the presumption on their part that they have the right to call me something other than my name. It's false intimacy.

If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?

I have no idea. Maybe something entirely foreign so as to distance myself completely from my current identity.

Comments

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

>>there's a study out there somewhere on people's initial reaction to names which said that people react to my name by thinking of someone striking and intelligent<<

I think I know the study you're talking about -- because apparently it found that the only neutral names, the only ones that had NO strong cultural connotations, were "John" and "Amy." I don't know how to feel about being the blank slate.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to feel about being the blank slate.

Well, at least you don't have folks expecting anything. ;) You're free to make a clean first impression. That's a half-full, isn't it?