tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post2958244714174185006..comments2023-11-18T09:51:52.115+10:30Comments on Medlar Comfits: Trawling Andromeda Spaceways. High recsanna tambourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-60633118905898893702010-11-30T14:09:18.851+10:302010-11-30T14:09:18.851+10:30Don't you dare feel guilty! But it would be he...Don't you dare feel guilty! But it would be helpful if you settled on one spelling that you boringly prefer. How do you like your t's? I think it should be up to you, not thinking of others, but using your name to be proud of as you prefer. Me, I prefer parallelism. As in parallellism. <br /><br />A short name is no better than a long one. Indeed, it brings its own problems. It often sounds like a clod crushed underfoot, rather than a lovely rolling poem. And it's common in more ways than one. I was with someone who lost his pre-purchased airplane seat at check-in because someone with the exact same name (all three barrels of it) checked in first. The staff just deleted what looked like a computer glitch. And then there is the embarrassment of people who forget names. At a party, my mother asked someone whose name she couldn't remember, "And how <i>do</i> you spell your name?" The answer cut through the noise: "S-M-I-T-H".<br /><br />You have a beautiful name. Revel in it. And from what I can see, it's not so common, is it? I ask that in all ignorance. A very dear friend of mine, and an inspiration for my novel "Crandolin" is a certain Abhijit Bhattacharya. I could tell you all sorts of juicy stuff about him and feel just fine because you'd never know <i>which</i> Abhijit Bhattacharya he is.anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-42393066232914036982010-11-30T13:31:13.968+10:302010-11-30T13:31:13.968+10:30>>Jamie Shanks, somehow became James Shanks....>>Jamie Shanks, somehow became James Shanks.<br /><br />I feel very guilty now. I should probably adopt a simple pen-name like Jay Murphy and end all this confusion. <br /><br />Thanks for the nod!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.com