Writer's Block: A rose by any other name
Jun. 9th, 2010 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
isabelladangelo[Error: unknown template qotd]
Decided to play too. :-)
Well, my birth name has been changed, many times. Isabella was actually what my parents called me when I was two and we traveled around southern Europe. My parents still call me that off and on; to the point that when Dad got his new boat he thought about calling it the "Bella Isabella" after me. I only took it as an SCA name because it was a)period and b) something I knew I'd answer to easily.
When I was about six or seven, my brother Lee decided that if Dad was Daddy and Mom was Mommy then I, being his sister, must be Sissy. The nickname stuck and I'm still "Sis" or "Sissy" to my family and all my brother's friends. The only time I hear "Elizabeth", really, is if someone is reading roll call or I'm in deep trouble. So, yes, legally "Elizabeth" is my name but, honestly, that is only used at work because trying to explain why I want to be called "Sissy" rather than "Lizzie" got too complicated and I gave up.
I guess, to answer the question, I'd change my name to what I'm already called -Isabella Sissy [insert last name here].
Decided to play too. :-)
Well, my birth name has been changed, many times. Isabella was actually what my parents called me when I was two and we traveled around southern Europe. My parents still call me that off and on; to the point that when Dad got his new boat he thought about calling it the "Bella Isabella" after me. I only took it as an SCA name because it was a)period and b) something I knew I'd answer to easily.
When I was about six or seven, my brother Lee decided that if Dad was Daddy and Mom was Mommy then I, being his sister, must be Sissy. The nickname stuck and I'm still "Sis" or "Sissy" to my family and all my brother's friends. The only time I hear "Elizabeth", really, is if someone is reading roll call or I'm in deep trouble. So, yes, legally "Elizabeth" is my name but, honestly, that is only used at work because trying to explain why I want to be called "Sissy" rather than "Lizzie" got too complicated and I gave up.
I guess, to answer the question, I'd change my name to what I'm already called -Isabella Sissy [insert last name here].