Comments on: What is up with your name? http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elayne Riggs http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name/comment-page-1#comment-34 Elayne Riggs Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:02:24 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name#comment-34 I think your name is very lyrical-sounding, Jenn. Much better than my choice of name during my first marriage. Nobody could pronounce <i>or</i> spell an atrocity like "Elayne Wechsler-Chaput." :) But, like you, I wanted to acknowledge my first husband whilst keeping the name by which more people knew my writing. With my current marriage, where my husband's name is (or should be) better known in comics circles than mine, the decision was easier. "One syllable? Five letters? That's shorter than my first name! Gimme!" :) - Elayne I think your name is very lyrical-sounding, Jenn. Much better than my choice of name during my first marriage. Nobody could pronounce or spell an atrocity like “Elayne Wechsler-Chaput.” :) But, like you, I wanted to acknowledge my first husband whilst keeping the name by which more people knew my writing. With my current marriage, where my husband’s name is (or should be) better known in comics circles than mine, the decision was easier. “One syllable? Five letters? That’s shorter than my first name! Gimme!” :)

- Elayne

]]> By: charles http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name/comment-page-1#comment-33 charles Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:16:38 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name#comment-33 Personally, I always thought Kip should use Lee Manley, although Kip Lee Manley might be a bit too euphonious. It was David King and Amy Martelock who first introduced me to the idea of taking your partners last name as a middle name. Amy King Martelock always struck me as a very cool name. Although Sarah and I didn't swap last names for middle names (neither Seaton Kahn or Kahn Seaton really has an ring to it), we did model our many year secret sexual relationship after Amy and David, who likewise denied that they were having sex for years, even though they shared a bed. Personally, I always thought Kip should use Lee Manley, although Kip Lee Manley might be a bit too euphonious.

It was David King and Amy Martelock who first introduced me to the idea of taking your partners last name as a middle name. Amy King Martelock always struck me as a very cool name. Although Sarah and I didn’t swap last names for middle names (neither Seaton Kahn or Kahn Seaton really has an ring to it), we did model our many year secret sexual relationship after Amy and David, who likewise denied that they were having sex for years, even though they shared a bed.

]]> By: Amy S. http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name/comment-page-1#comment-32 Amy S. Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:56:53 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name#comment-32 Lee-Manley works better, if you ask me. It's got that insouciant "I'm gonna' star opposite Jackie Chan in his next film and do all my own stunts, too" kind of way. So there. ;) Lee-Manley works better, if you ask me. It’s got that insouciant “I’m gonna’ star opposite Jackie Chan in his next film and do all my own stunts, too” kind of way.

So there. ;)

]]> By: jemale http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name/comment-page-1#comment-31 jemale Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:03:36 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name#comment-31 Only when you then go on to form a couplet with such rhymes as "wee-wee" or "tee-tee" Only when you then go on to form a couplet with such rhymes as “wee-wee” or “tee-tee”

]]> By: Kevin Moore http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name/comment-page-1#comment-30 Kevin Moore Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2003/01/20/what-is-up-with-your-name#comment-30 I like to pronounce it “man-lili”Ñmuch to your chagrin, perhaps. :)

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