Heh, reminds me of a guy I knew. I had been introduced to him as Dave, and one time not thinking about it called him David, having always used them inter-changably. He got livid screaming that David was Jewish and he (and Dave)was not. He even got out his SS card to show that he was Dave, not David.
Damn. That dude was serious about not wanting to be mistaken as being Jewish.
My sister and I refer to “Patty from Lilburn” when we’re talking about suburban homemakers. Lilburn is a suburb of Atlanta.
That’s about as genteel as machine-gunning the women and children.
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Hehe, Sorry that wasn’t quite what I meant, but a good catch. I meant a Social Security card
Ever notice how all the people named Tex are from Texas?
Yaknow, I don’t think I’ve ever actually heard of anyone NAMED Tex, from Texas or otherwise. That said, it is a fairly catchy nickname for folks FROM Texas.
Levi is assumed to be from Utah.
Maria is probably a Catholic girl from the American Southwest or Mexico.
I’ve never met a Levi from Utah, but there are a number of stereotypical Utah or Mormon (or Utah Mormon) names - Laverkin, Maroni, Mahonri, Teancum, Hyrum, Nephi, Woodruff, Alma (as a man’s name) etc. You run into them on once in a while, and can easily identify the religion they were born into.
I associate Levi with a “Cowboy” name. Living in Wyoming we have the stereotypical “Cowboy” names - Virgil, Stetson, Gauge, etc. This is different from the Southern Rural “Billy Joe Bob” stereotype. ’
Come to think of it, my name IRL has been immediately identified with both of these groups.
When I hear “Zebulon” or some very obscure biblical name like “Lemul”, I immediately think “Utah.” Same thing with middle-class whites that have a name mash, or who have a “La” before a pedestrian name like “David” or “Joseph”.
Confirming the abundance of Joannes in Buffalo. The concentration of Joannes is almost unreal in Tonawanda and Kenmore.
Let’s not forget the “Emmas” and “Emilys” of the world, who mostly seem to be intelligent, creative in a watercolor painting/poetry writing kind of way, cute in a bookish kind of way, and if they’re between the ages of 18 and 22, usually attending a small liberal arts college in New England. They’re probably majoring in art history or English.