Chamblee54

PG was wandering through the waves, when he saw a facebook notice ” What my parents should have named me”. A quick google search found a source of the quiz that did not involve facebook, and the fun begins.
For those who don’t know, the author of this blog is not usually called PG, nor does he answer to Chamblee54. His driver’s license reads Luther Campbell Mckinnon, to which a Junior is sometimes added. His well meaning parents decided to call him Cam, which led to a lifetime of spelling his name, and comparisons to canned soup. Growing up in civil rights era Georgia ( and the home of MLK) made him leery of Luther. The short version is, he has never liked his name.
In the last few years, PG has been using Luther more and more. It is common enough that he doesn’t have to spell it, and sounds vaguely like Lucifer. It does sound more businesslike that Cam, and is affected less by Southern accents.
There are several schools of thought on unusual names. Many children resent the “creativity” of their parents, and choose nicknames. Others enjoy the possession of something unique. As for Cam, he might have preferred to be called Joe, but it was not his choice.
The first one chosen is labeled “only for girls”, as are several of the google options. A “generator” that does not ask questions has the added benefit of being gender neutral.
This device has the option of choosing male or female, and only asks your first and last name. For the first round here, Cam Mckinnon yields Cade. Since Cam is sometimes a female name ( another source of discomfort), the female version of this test yields Fiona. And a male Luther Mckinnon should have been named Cory.
The whole naming business is one sided, with the prior generation calling the shots for the juniors. In the digital sense of anything is possible, PG looked at a program saying what you should name your baby. After twelve multiple choice questions…all of which had three bad answers…this ad venue does not give an answer! You seem to be a pretty active person…you should consider baby names that people associate with being creative, smart, active, and strong.
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Pictures are from the Library of Congress. At least, when PG got his name, it was consistent throughout his life. This is not the practice at the Library of Congress. There are several numbers given for each image, and the one PG chose to identify pictures he saved from the collection appears to change from day to day.(This would explain the duplicates noted in the Crimean War pictures). It seems as though another number will have to be used when saving these images. This is another plus for the GSU picture collection, where the numbers for the images do not change from day to day. If you want additional information about an image, it is very helpful to be able to find it.