Thursday, February 22, 2007

names

A few of my favorites:
Blabby
Fatness
Skinny

Can't wait for the first kid to be named after me, although I think I
may be waiting awhile. Fortunately, I have a leg up because one of our
nurses' last name is Matthews, which I am going to shamelessly count as
my own name if someone is named Matthews. In fact, Matthews seems to be
a much more common name here: I'm not sure if that's because Jan's been
around for so long or if it's a trick of Kikaonde pronunciation. But
it's the book of Matthews in the Bible, and most people are named
Matthews, not Matthew. Most people think that my name is Matthews as
well when I introduce myself, so I think I'm perfectly justified in
claiming any newborn Matthews while I'm working on maternity.

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