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Subject: Re: Roommate

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Jim W (Names)
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Date Posted: 01:16:25 03/12/25 Wed
In reply to: Question for jim 's message, "Re: Roommate" on 21:46:32 03/11/25 Tue

>>I don't think that I realized until now that he are
>>all last names except the name of your best friend.
>>You just called her family C. Why the difference there?
>>
>>It's your choice of course I just thought it was
>>interesting. And wondered if there was a reason.

That's how we were instructed to refer to each other and to refer to our teachers. (Last name!) If a teacher had a PhD, then we prefaced it with "Doctor"! For several of those boys, I don't even recall what their first names were. Most of the names I do recall were John or William. These weren't people with great imagination. One of the boys in my room 8th grade was literally William XXX XXX the 4th.

(Well, the "X's" aren't literal, they're censoring, but the name really was First Middle Last the Fourth)

His family just called him "Ford", which was a little more imaginative. But it seems a little odd to me for a family to follow such a naming convention, and then not follow all the way through, by calling the kid "such-and-such the 4th".

(But then, me saying that probably makes me sound like a hypocrite when you know that my family has a very similar but different naming tradition.)

(We have this big book --Called a Chronicle-- with pages hand written by ancestors, their siblings, and a few first cousins, and kept since 1868, when my family was gifted the land we built the lumberyard on. Babies in our family have been named after ancestors in that book for generations. I was named after a civil war hero, who married into our family after the war, and was amongst the first to work that land.)

(Another Tangient, I guess)

Back to the school, if you would think that it would get confusing if you have a lot of siblings there, all called by their last names. But it really didn't. If 2 boys had the same last name (for whatever reason) in the same dorm (and I don't remember it ever happening) they'd just be given additional nicknames, by the boys.

In class, however, teachers... well they had ways to make it known who they were talking to.

Besides all of that, the one pair of twins who were in my grade, they once expressed surprise (after they discovered that Half-Brother and I were siblings) because we sometimes were in the same classes together.

They were under the impression that siblings couldn't be in the same class.

Indeed, when Mrs Hendrix registered us for the school, one of the first things that was addressed was what dorm we would be assigned to. (Apparently she was responsible for dorm assignments) Brother and I wanted to be in the same dorm, however, Mrs Hendrix, she insisted that it wouldn't be a good idea.

(It was likely against the rules)

My Half-Brother was registered in the school under his original last name, rather than our family name, so whomever assigned class schedules, might not have realized that we were brothers. That's despite how easily gossip spread throughout that school. I don't think that most people knew about Half-Brother.

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Re: Roommate Question for jim 05:17:29 03/14/25 Fri

Re: Roommate -- Jim W, 08:32:16 03/14/25 Fri

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>>>I don't think that I realized until now that he are >>>all last names except the name of your best friend. >>>You just called her family C. Why the difference >there? >>> >>>It's your choice of course I just thought it was >>>interesting. And wondered if there was a reason. > >That's how we were instructed to refer to each other >and to refer to our teachers. (Last name!) If a >teacher had a PhD, then we prefaced it with "Doctor"! >For several of those boys, I don't even recall what >their first names were. Most of the names I do recall >were John or William. These weren't people with great >imagination. One of the boys in my room 8th grade was >literally William XXX XXX the 4th. > >(Well, the "X's" aren't literal, they're censoring, >but the name really was First Middle Last the Fourth) > >His family just called him "Ford", which was a little >more imaginative. But it seems a little odd to me for >a family to follow such a naming convention, and then >not follow all the way through, by calling the kid >"such-and-such the 4th". > >(But then, me saying that probably makes me sound like >a hypocrite when you know that my family has a very >similar but different naming tradition.) > >(We have this big book --Called a Chronicle-- with >pages hand written by ancestors, their siblings, and a >few first cousins, and kept since 1868, when my family >was gifted the land we built the lumberyard on. Babies >in our family have been named after ancestors in that >book for generations. I was named after a civil war >hero, who married into our family after the war, and >was amongst the first to work that land.) > >(Another Tangient, I guess) > >Back to the school, if you would think that it would >get confusing if you have a lot of siblings there, all >called by their last names. But it really didn't. If 2 >boys had the same last name (for whatever reason) in >the same dorm (and I don't remember it ever happening) >they'd just be given additional nicknames, by the >boys. > >In class, however, teachers... well they had ways to >make it known who they were talking to. > >Besides all of that, the one pair of twins who were in >my grade, they once expressed surprise (after they >discovered that Half-Brother and I were siblings) >because we sometimes were in the same classes >together. > >They were under the impression that siblings couldn't >be in the same class. > >Indeed, when Mrs Hendrix registered us for the school, >one of the first things that was addressed was what >dorm we would be assigned to. (Apparently she was >responsible for dorm assignments) Brother and I wanted >to be in the same dorm, however, Mrs Hendrix, she >insisted that it wouldn't be a good idea. > >(It was likely against the rules) > >My Half-Brother was registered in the school under his >original last name, rather than our family name, so >whomever assigned class schedules, might not have >realized that we were brothers. That's despite how >easily gossip spread throughout that school. I don't >think that most people knew about Half-Brother.

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