Comments on: Lisp http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/ The Stormy Seas of the Schoolyard Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-69 Anonymous Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:18:00 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-69 Aruni,<br/><br/>Nicely done. Totally with you ... <br/><br/>'Aruna' not 'Arooona' (in England); but, oh no, the intense reputation that would follow correction on first intros.<br/><br/>Maiya (more confusion, lets not go there!) x Aruni,

Nicely done. Totally with you …

‘Aruna’ not ‘Arooona’ (in England); but, oh no, the intense reputation that would follow correction on first intros.

Maiya (more confusion, lets not go there!) x

]]> By: Anonymous http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-62 Anonymous Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:39:00 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-62 Akki....<br/><br/>Little do they know about the silent angst of the thousands Sri Lankan Americans that roam this land.....<br/><br/>I love you,<br/><br/>The Shady Lady Akki….

Little do they know about the silent angst of the thousands Sri Lankan Americans that roam this land…..

I love you,

The Shady Lady

]]> By: Dennis Davino http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-61 Dennis Davino Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:59:00 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-61 Aruni,<br/><br/>What a masterful sharing of your personal experience. I could not imagine a more germaine example, ostensibly a well-intended intervention on one's speech (or handwriting, or dressing habits, or manners or whatever) that mystically devolves into blithe exemption from seeing the person.<br/><br/>Dennis Aruni,

What a masterful sharing of your personal experience. I could not imagine a more germaine example, ostensibly a well-intended intervention on one’s speech (or handwriting, or dressing habits, or manners or whatever) that mystically devolves into blithe exemption from seeing the person.

Dennis

]]> By: Giddy http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-60 Giddy Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:13:00 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-60 Oh Roo!!! I agree, having a hard-to-say name was definitely a hardship growing up. At my 20-yr HS reunion a few weeks ago, a few classmates with whom I had gone to elementary school said my name completely wrong when making introductions, and I was puzzled for a few seconds before I remembered...oh yeah, I never corrected anyone until HIGH SCHOOL, and they knew me for logner before HS than after and may not have gotten the memo. Because before then? I was not about to draw attention to myself by making a stink about something like MY NAME. Say it however you want! <br/><br/>And now, in light of all these stories here, I see that it must have been partly a protective action, to try to curl up and hide whatever differentness I had so that the other kids wouldn't single me out for any reason. Fortunately, I went to school with lots of folks with funny names. Sheilon and Velouette come to mind....although again, the girls at the top of the social heap in elementary school were the ones with the normal American names.....hmmmmmm.<br/><br/>Thanks for contributing!!! Oh Roo!!! I agree, having a hard-to-say name was definitely a hardship growing up. At my 20-yr HS reunion a few weeks ago, a few classmates with whom I had gone to elementary school said my name completely wrong when making introductions, and I was puzzled for a few seconds before I remembered…oh yeah, I never corrected anyone until HIGH SCHOOL, and they knew me for logner before HS than after and may not have gotten the memo. Because before then? I was not about to draw attention to myself by making a stink about something like MY NAME. Say it however you want!

And now, in light of all these stories here, I see that it must have been partly a protective action, to try to curl up and hide whatever differentness I had so that the other kids wouldn’t single me out for any reason. Fortunately, I went to school with lots of folks with funny names. Sheilon and Velouette come to mind….although again, the girls at the top of the social heap in elementary school were the ones with the normal American names…..hmmmmmm.

Thanks for contributing!!!

]]> By: Michael Procopio http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-59 Michael Procopio Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://canisitwithyou.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/lisp/#comment-59 Aruni,<br/><br/>I LOVE your post!<br/><br/>Michael Aruni,

I LOVE your post!

Michael

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