Friday Five, since I haven't done one in a while

[40cakes]

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain. Everyone on both sides of my parents' families is named after someone within their immediate families, so my parents wanted to bring in a new name for the tree. Kris Kristofferson had just had a daughter named Casey, and my parents thought that was a lovely, good Irish name.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? Childfree. I pick out cat's names. For the record, I've had Cleo, Bubba, and Willow.
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been? Probably still Casey. At least then people wouldn't pronounce it "cassie". Seriously, how do people REGULARLY fuck up my name?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why? In the sixth grade, I started going by my middle name, Elizabeth. I thought Casey was a boy's name, and had this whole complex to get over, since my hair was always cut very short and I played sports and wasn't interested in girly things. In high school, since my name was listed as "C. Elizabeth" on the roster, everyone started calling me "C". In college it came back to Casey, because "Call me C" was too hard to explain and sounded rather stupid. So I've had enough name changes, thanks, and I'll stick with my real name.
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly? See the free text box in my LJ. Jamba Juice is the most telling, since they ask for your name, type it into the register, and on the receipt, you can see what they've typed. It wasn't until the mid nineties that people started fucking up my name, oddly enough. Previous to that, once in a blue moon, I'd get a "K.C." or a "Kasey." Now everyone just pulls vowels out of their asses.

Comments

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

How the hell do you fuck up Casey? [/incredulous]

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. People are especially dumb sometimes. I had a Casey in my college class once and the whole semester, despite corrections, the teacher called her Cassie.

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

It's definitely tapered off, but I used to get one "Cassie" per day. What's worse, is that there's a woman I work with, whose first name is Kassie and last name is somewhat similar in pronunciation to mine, and sometimes one or the other of us will be waiting for lunch forever to find out reception's been calling the other person. Oy.