Change merely for the sake of change doesn’t make a lot of sense. Staying-the-same merely for the sake of staying the same doesn’t make any better sense. There should be a sound reason for the decision one way or the other.
I have recently come out as transgendered. I identify as a woman rather than as a man. Discussing it here on the SDMB, I got the feeling that my name Jomo Mojo doesn’t fit all that well any more. Maybe I should get a more recognizably female name? I know you’ve gotten used to me as Jomo, but it just doesn’t seem to fit any more. (Also, I’m sick and tired of being erroneously associated with that damn cartoon monkey; my name predated that cartoon by many years and had nothing to do with it.)
I have E-mailed our most noble and beautiful Mod, TubaDiva, and she approved the change should I decide to go ahead with it. So what say, Dope community? Yea or nay?
Forsooth, I say, it mattereth not whether we likest thy name or whether we utterly abominate and despise it; yea, it mattereth only if thou likest it, and thou alonest.
As for palindrome Doper names, I must acknowledge that I Love Me, Vol. I is the palindrome king.
Eve is another palindrome, and also a simple girl-name. Eve is my Doper heroine and worthy of emulation.
Hmm, ‘the Mistress of Tongues.’ Sounds naughty. :eek: If I ever go for a black-leather persona, I’ll keep that in mind. The Latin adds a certain Eurogoth flair. Like in The Ninth Gate.
Oh, that’s so pretty. Go for it. Was Gumby already taken?
“Why would you eschew clever wordplay and arch pop culture allusions and pick a plain girl-name like Hannah? You’re into palindromes? You’re into mid-20th-century Jewish women philosophers? You’ve seen the movie Hannah and Her Sisters one too many times?”
No, actually I’ve never even seen that movie. In fact, the name Hannah is based etymologically on both my maternal grandmother’s name and my original name. Sometimes, simple is smartest. Like a little black dress. As for mid-20th-century Jewish women philosophers, I think Simone Weil is cool, but the name Simone doesn’t work for me.
Whoops, I seem to have hit a speed bump on the way to the new me. Tuba informs me that the name Hannah was already used once, briefly. No duplications: this is the Straight Dope, not the Straight Dupe!
I requested the name Johanna, which rhymes with my first choice, and comes from a great Bob Dylan song. Hope that will fly.
