tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post1650117719597678444..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: What's in a Name? by Mona RiskAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75734571305189931962008-08-31T18:45:00.000-04:002008-08-31T18:45:00.000-04:00I love how you did your OWN thing while naming you...I love how you did your OWN thing while naming your son. All the foreign names are wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging with us, hon.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-35285246007604432192008-08-30T18:51:00.000-04:002008-08-30T18:51:00.000-04:00Mona, thank you so much for serving as our guest b...Mona, thank you so much for serving as our guest blogger! Excellent excerpt!Anny Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-42154637572349936322008-08-30T15:07:00.000-04:002008-08-30T15:07:00.000-04:00I never understood the big deal about names. Altho...I never understood the big deal about names. Although I feel sorry for the celebrities' kids named Apple or Sury. In Arabic, Mona means Wish, although in my case Mona was the diminutive name of Simone, a name my mother loved and my father disliked so much he nicknamed me Mona , and later officially changed Simone to Mona.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91277535994128929962008-08-30T14:44:00.000-04:002008-08-30T14:44:00.000-04:00Ha ha, Mona:) My intuition was spot on for kids #...Ha ha, Mona:) My intuition was spot on for kids #1 and 2, but failed me completely with #3. He was going to be called 'Jessica' if it was a girl and a combo of both grandpa's names if a boy. When he popped out, I was so stunned, it took me a week to get used to his new name!Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-11468418652745231582008-08-30T13:55:00.000-04:002008-08-30T13:55:00.000-04:00I haven't read a novel that has used my name, ...I haven't read a novel that has used my name, although it featured a lot in the Da Vinci Code! ( chuckles) <BR/><BR/>But I have been lucky enough to have had books dedicated to me ! It showed that people really cared enough ...<BR/><BR/>Yes, fighting over whose name it would be is a useless waste of energy. In fact, from that point of view I feel that a name is just a Utilitarian necessity & none of us were born with one attached to our butt cheeks..Branded...<BR/><BR/>In India, the call the lineage "Vansh" & a Son is the carrier of the family name! So if people keep having girls, they continue to produce children till a son is born to them so as top keep the name of their vansh alive!( one of the secrets of Indian over population)<BR/><BR/>& I wonder how many of them really remember or know their great great great grandfathers' names!Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10860682258204152542008-08-30T07:59:00.000-04:002008-08-30T07:59:00.000-04:00Thank you Anny, Cindy, Kelly, Regina and James for...Thank you Anny, Cindy, Kelly, Regina and James for inviting me on your Oh Get a Grip. I'm a faithful reader of this blog and enjoy your challenging posts.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57791201710815139192008-08-30T01:28:00.000-04:002008-08-30T01:28:00.000-04:00Hey Mona, excellent review and great blog. Thank y...Hey Mona, excellent review and great blog. Thank you for coming to post with us!!!Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19116308304418929452008-08-30T00:35:00.000-04:002008-08-30T00:35:00.000-04:00Love the bit about your son's name, Mona. Thanks f...Love the bit about your son's name, Mona. Thanks for sharing with us. And French Peril sounds marvelous!Cindy Spencer Papehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583236494759465431noreply@blogger.com