Comments for Legacy Road http://legacyroad.wordpress.com Communication in a bite-sized format Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chef Emptor! Say What? by Anonymous http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/chef-emptor-huh/#comment-110 Anonymous Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:06:25 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=262#comment-110 Yahoo News, you are fast@ Yahoo News, you are fast@

]]> Comment on Chef Emptor! Say What? by Nadya Fadila http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/chef-emptor-huh/#comment-109 Nadya Fadila Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:03:18 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=262#comment-109 I read the Y! article you talked about and been looking around the meaning of "chef emptor" until I found your blog. Hahaha. Thanks for the posting. I read the Y! article you talked about and been looking around the meaning of “chef emptor” until I found your blog.

Hahaha. Thanks for the posting.

]]> Comment on Vacation By The Numbers by Robin http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/vacation-by-the-numbers/#comment-102 Robin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:53:07 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=224#comment-102 Jay, I bet you would look fine with chocolate in your hair. Robin Jay,

I bet you would look fine with chocolate in your hair.

Robin

]]> Comment on Names, the More the Better by Jay Speyerer http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/names-the-more-the-better/#comment-98 Jay Speyerer Thu, 28 May 2009 16:50:18 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-98 Diana, Social media seems to be the main reason. Plus many people just want to make it easier to be found. Thanks, Jay Diana, Social media seems to be the main reason. Plus many people just want to make it easier to be found.
Thanks,
Jay

]]> Comment on Names, the More the Better by Diana Komjati http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/names-the-more-the-better/#comment-97 Diana Komjati Thu, 28 May 2009 14:30:48 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-97 It is because of the social media. When I married for the first time 20 years ago I kept my maiden name and added my husbands name. This was for my career and also because I was "woman hear me roar". That lasted about 2 months before the double last name became a pain and I dropped my maiden name. Married women who want to be get back in touch with contacts on LinkedIn and Facebook can't be found in a search under their maiden names. Unless, as I have done, the maiden name is mentioned in the text. This was an easy fix compared to having to carry 3 names around. It is because of the social media. When I married for the first time 20 years ago I kept my maiden name and added my husbands name. This was for my career and also because I was “woman hear me roar”. That lasted about 2 months before the double last name became a pain and I dropped my maiden name.

Married women who want to be get back in touch with contacts on LinkedIn and Facebook can’t be found in a search under their maiden names. Unless, as I have done, the maiden name is mentioned in the text. This was an easy fix compared to having to carry 3 names around.

]]> Comment on Names, the More the Better by Mel DePaoli http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/names-the-more-the-better/#comment-50 Mel DePaoli Tue, 05 May 2009 19:39:05 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-50 I think you are seeing an increase of the multiple names because of all of the social media. Some people know you as one name and other people know you as another. I personally, wanted to change my name. I had no attachment to my maiden name and it was hard to pronounce and spell (or so I was frequently told). While social media allows us to have easy access to people that previous generations would not have had, those people also are not actively involved in my life. Because of this, they most likely will only know one name from a point in time of my life. Divorse is a huge thing in this country. Some people want to ditch the married name ASAP, others want to hold onto it for whatever reason. Then there are remarriages--same thing. People come and go in your life and they know you "as that person" some times it is who you are (name and personality), other times it is who you were. If you are open to reconnecting with people, you will have to be open to making it easy for people to find you. What I would be interested in is seeing how the spouses of people who have been married multiple times take to using the multiple names. All the best and hope this helps :-) I think you are seeing an increase of the multiple names because of all of the social media. Some people know you as one name and other people know you as another.

I personally, wanted to change my name. I had no attachment to my maiden name and it was hard to pronounce and spell (or so I was frequently told).

While social media allows us to have easy access to people that previous generations would not have had, those people also are not actively involved in my life. Because of this, they most likely will only know one name from a point in time of my life.

Divorse is a huge thing in this country. Some people want to ditch the married name ASAP, others want to hold onto it for whatever reason. Then there are remarriages–same thing.

People come and go in your life and they know you “as that person” some times it is who you are (name and personality), other times it is who you were. If you are open to reconnecting with people, you will have to be open to making it easy for people to find you.

What I would be interested in is seeing how the spouses of people who have been married multiple times take to using the multiple names.

All the best and hope this helps :-)

]]> Comment on The Oxford Comma by Jay Speyerer http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/the-oxford-comma/#comment-49 Jay Speyerer Tue, 05 May 2009 14:46:43 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-49 Yet another interpretation of the sentence. Thanks, Robin. (All foods are rodent foods. Ask any rodent.) Yet another interpretation of the sentence. Thanks, Robin. (All foods are rodent foods. Ask any rodent.)

]]> Comment on The Oxford Comma by Robin http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/the-oxford-comma/#comment-47 Robin Tue, 05 May 2009 14:38:42 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-47 Personally, the last sentence had me wondering what kind of rodent foods the place had. Personally, the last sentence had me wondering what kind of rodent foods the place had.

]]> Comment on Names, the More the Better by Lauren http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/names-the-more-the-better/#comment-44 Lauren Mon, 04 May 2009 17:03:09 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-44 I don't see why it's such a phenomenon. Women just want to be given credit for the person they have been their whole life and people know them by. To throw away 20+ years of "your personal branding" (i.e. last name) and what is familiar to everyone you have ever met, your peers and your colleagues, is absurd. I have been married for two years and decided not to change any portion of my name. Not only did I not want to be renamed and have to start the recognition of my name over again, but I didn't want to go through all of the hassle of filling out "Change of name forms" for every piece of identification. Do you realize what a pain it is to change your drivers license, bank accounts, credit cards, passport, and every single piece of information that recognizes you as your "maiden self" The tradition is outdated. I don’t see why it’s such a phenomenon. Women just want to be given credit for the person they have been their whole life and people know them by. To throw away 20+ years of “your personal branding” (i.e. last name) and what is familiar to everyone you have ever met, your peers and your colleagues, is absurd.

I have been married for two years and decided not to change any portion of my name. Not only did I not want to be renamed and have to start the recognition of my name over again, but I didn’t want to go through all of the hassle of filling out “Change of name forms” for every piece of identification. Do you realize what a pain it is to change your drivers license, bank accounts, credit cards, passport, and every single piece of information that recognizes you as your “maiden self”

The tradition is outdated.

]]> Comment on Names, the More the Better by Eric Parkinson http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/names-the-more-the-better/#comment-39 Eric Parkinson Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:47:58 +0000 http://legacyroad.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-39 You've got me thinking. (Funny how teachers have a way of doing that) I have a few theories about that, but I don't want to taint any responses. Let me know when your survey results are in. You’ve got me thinking. (Funny how teachers have a way of doing that) I have a few theories about that, but I don’t want to taint any responses. Let me know when your survey results are in.

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