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Help[Opinions] Re: Mactavish?
in reply to a message by mirfak
um... I never said I was trying to find a way to pass on my last name Thompson and that's why I was thinking about Mactavish. In fact my name will be passed on in a sense already, since all the children will have it as their third name (or double last name). That's why I asked if Mactavish was redundant.
There isn't another surname as a first name that I like other than Finnegan as a full name for Finn. I like the nickname Mack and was trying to think of full names it could be a nickname for because I like longer full names. Then it dawned on my DH and I that Thompson derives from the MacTavish clan, which we already knew because my aunt did some research a few years back and got everyone in the family a MacTavish clan plaque. So, we thought that since the children will be using his last name and not mine, using MacTavish as a fn with the nn Mack would be a good way to both give my last name some recognition (since it will basically be on the birth certificate and that's it) and be able to call him Mack. That is the full, true story. I'm not making up any elaborate connections. Please don't assume you know the reason behind something when all you have is a baseless assumption. That was rather rude, and totally unhelpful.
~ EM
There isn't another surname as a first name that I like other than Finnegan as a full name for Finn. I like the nickname Mack and was trying to think of full names it could be a nickname for because I like longer full names. Then it dawned on my DH and I that Thompson derives from the MacTavish clan, which we already knew because my aunt did some research a few years back and got everyone in the family a MacTavish clan plaque. So, we thought that since the children will be using his last name and not mine, using MacTavish as a fn with the nn Mack would be a good way to both give my last name some recognition (since it will basically be on the birth certificate and that's it) and be able to call him Mack. That is the full, true story. I'm not making up any elaborate connections. Please don't assume you know the reason behind something when all you have is a baseless assumption. That was rather rude, and totally unhelpful.
~ EM
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Ah, I'm very sorry! I saw you said Thompson "comes from MacTavish" and I jumped to conclusions.
I didn't mean to be rude - I meant to express frustration at the idea that you didn't feel it was okay to use whatever surname suited you regardless of where you got it. But I apparently read that into what you were saying, all by myself. As you may have guessed, I have my own issues about guilt and surnames-as-first-names!
No, I don't think it's redundant. I do, however, still think it's a tad artificial. Then again, if you want to call him Mack, it's the best choice for a Mac- full name.
- mirfak
I didn't mean to be rude - I meant to express frustration at the idea that you didn't feel it was okay to use whatever surname suited you regardless of where you got it. But I apparently read that into what you were saying, all by myself. As you may have guessed, I have my own issues about guilt and surnames-as-first-names!
No, I don't think it's redundant. I do, however, still think it's a tad artificial. Then again, if you want to call him Mack, it's the best choice for a Mac- full name.
- mirfak
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It's okay. Thanks for taking the time to read my response and respond accordingly yourself. I hope it makes more sense now; I could have explained things better in my first post, too. I do appreciate candor, which I'm sure now was all you were trying to be.
~ EM
~ EM
This message was edited 11/27/2006, 12:03 PM
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