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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:13 PM
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Since we're on names... People think my first name is really my last name.
Then they misspell it every, single, time. Not to mention my middle name is French Huguenot which I am not even sure how to pronounce and nobody has ever heard of. Identity crisis anybody?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:14 PM
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1. so they call you Mr/Ms Goathead instead of just Goathead
morans

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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:27 PM
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3. That's Goathead, Lord of the Underworld!!!
...and "Arranger of Floral Centerpieces", That is if you have a nice foyer for the arrangement, if not Goathead can work with what you got. Mantel or fire place? Sure I have ideas for those,Goathead went to a wonderful Victorian Garden Show and can touch up that unused area of your house, be it an alcove, foyer, or window seat. Goathead's not picky, he'll work with you.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:16 PM
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2. Hmmm....my last name and first name are only 1 letter apart..
Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 03:53 PM by XNASA
I have one of those names like, William Williams, or Peter Peters, or Edward Edwards.

Seriously.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:47 PM
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4. guess you were either a tough pregnancy
and your mother was paying you back or your parents just lost any sense of creativity after you popped out
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:53 PM
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5. Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that.
My father was born, for example, William Edwards. My Grandmother remarried someone named Williams who eventually adopted my father causing his name to be changed to William Williams. And me, I'm just a Jr.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 04:00 PM
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6. Why would they think that?
Goat doesn't sound like a last name to me. And it certainly isn't hard to spell.

(PS: Name derivations are kind of a hobby for me. If you want to, PM me with your middle name and I'll see what kind of information I can dig up on it.)

Redstone
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