# Why do (little) girls like to write their name over and over and over and. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357 "2004-05-21T14:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/41 "2004-05-23T10:56:36Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Ditto here. But I have friends with really neat, pretty writing, but I can hardly make a word of it out. Whereas mine is legible most of the time. > > I think my handwriting got frigged up in grade 4. We always had to write things down, but that year were were tol we could print if we wanted. Well, i wanted to print. And myy writing hasn’t been as eat since. Or at leas,t I don’t think it has been. I can’t remember what myhandwriting used to look like. (I dont’ print that well either) Mine got really messed up in college, in Interior Design. We were instructed to print everything, using all capital letters. For a letter we would normally capitalize, we were supposed to use a larger size capital, and letters that would normally be lowercase were supposed to be printed in smaller capitals. I thought that would be a really nifty way to write, and tried to use that style in ALL my writing. Eventually I decided it just looked way too affected, and tried to go back to my regular cursive, but couldn’t. These days, I usually print my capital letters and write the lowercase letters, with a few exceptions. I will write certain capital letters. I never conciously practiced my handwriting when I was a girl, though, other than the obligatory classroom exercises. I considered this to be much too girly for my tastes. I was quite the little tomboy. My signature is, when I use my married name, three initials and my husband’s last name. More commonly, I use Lynn Bodoni as my signature. If I have to initial something, though, I fall back on my married name, and use the four initials. I got into this habit because I had to initial so much stuff at various workplaces, and I hadn’t gone back to using my Lynn Bodoni name. My name has gone through a couple of changes, too. Bodoni is my maiden name, but Lynn is my middle given name…until I went to college, I used my given first name, which I never cared for. I started going by Lynn in college, much to the dismay of my mother and grandmother, who had created an unusual first name for me. I felt that the combination of unusual first AND last names was a bit much, particularly as my first name did not blend with my last. I’d have lived with a traditional Italian first name, but that created name was just not me. I’ll still use it and answer to it when I’m with my parents, siblings, and cousins, but everyone else had better call me Lynn, or I just won’t answer. My dislike of my first name is probably another reason why I never practiced my signature when I was a preteen. I didn’t like my name. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/42 "2004-05-23T12:01:16Z")
I did the write-the-name-thing again and again. I created a signature. I hated it. I was convinced if I ever got married I would have The Best Signature. When I got married having the very same intials killed that idea. I was so very disappointed. I’m 37 and I still doodle my name/signature. Oh and I know they are never changing but I still like to play that game. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/43 "2004-05-23T23:31:01Z")
Now I’m curious- what’s your real first name Lynn? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/44 "2004-05-24T02:30:16Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > Now I’m curious- what’s your real first name Lynn? Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/45 "2004-05-24T10:58:05Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > Wonder. Not Super? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357/46 "2004-05-24T15:16:48Z")
My old roommate did this. His name was all over the house. Anyplace he sat down to talk, he’d doodle his name on a magazine or a blank piece of paper over and over again. Douglas P. Loyd Loyd, Douglas P. Doug Loyd And a million other variations. it was funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-little-girls-like-to-write-their-name-over-and-over-and-over-and/246357.md?page=2)