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Help[Opinions] Ditto, except Mandie's alright to me (m)
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I'm also seconding all the recommendations for Miranda, and not just because it's my name. It's a pretty name that's not frequently used, and it does have that Shakespeare connection. I myself wasn't named for Shakespeare, but for the moon of Uranus that was blown up yet came back together again. My mother got the name from a NOVA episode on moons other than Luna.
There's also good ol' Amanda, which actually isn't used all that often anymore. Some people think of "A man, duh" or "Amanda Hugginkiss" (or BtN's own six-month-long ordeal with a semi-troll named Amanda), but strangely I'm not reminded of any of these when I hear the name.
Another possibility's Admiranda, a medieval name that appeared in England in 1231-32 (http://snipurl.com/8wbl). Or you could use Branda, which gains legitimacy imo by being so similar to Brenda. And finally there's Brandy's, another popular 1970/1980s name almost never seen anymore; but it may be thought of as a bit trashy by some--and if you use Brandy, for the love of a dictionary please only spell it Brandy.
Miranda
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There's also good ol' Amanda, which actually isn't used all that often anymore. Some people think of "A man, duh" or "Amanda Hugginkiss" (or BtN's own six-month-long ordeal with a semi-troll named Amanda), but strangely I'm not reminded of any of these when I hear the name.
Another possibility's Admiranda, a medieval name that appeared in England in 1231-32 (http://snipurl.com/8wbl). Or you could use Branda, which gains legitimacy imo by being so similar to Brenda. And finally there's Brandy's, another popular 1970/1980s name almost never seen anymore; but it may be thought of as a bit trashy by some--and if you use Brandy, for the love of a dictionary please only spell it Brandy.
Miranda
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*Sigh*
It happened some time ago, but the scars just won't go away... *Sniffles*
Um, anyway... Valerie Rose (who's apparently stopped coming to this site now) posted a summary, including a detailing of the first of several long "episodes" involving the Great Amanda: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=211546&board=ot. Chrisell also compiled some posts of hers that demonstrates what kind of person she was: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=211595&board=ot.
(Incidentally, Natlia/Macke/Mandie are gone now too. We can date rather quickly 'round here!)
Basically, she not only started vicious fights between the board and her, but also infected board members with her animosity so they began to fight each other too.
There was some respite between fights, but they only lasted a few days at a time, from what I remember. I've probably blocked out a large part of the whole horror though, for my own sanity. ;-)
If you want more (why?!), just go to the Lounge and use the Search there to look for "Amanda". The Lounge is where most of the drama happened, but it's worth searching for her here on Opinions too, because there were some kerfuffles here surrounding her so-called "names" (sample: Jhye was her son's name, pr. JIE).
Miranda
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
It happened some time ago, but the scars just won't go away... *Sniffles*
Um, anyway... Valerie Rose (who's apparently stopped coming to this site now) posted a summary, including a detailing of the first of several long "episodes" involving the Great Amanda: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=211546&board=ot. Chrisell also compiled some posts of hers that demonstrates what kind of person she was: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=211595&board=ot.
(Incidentally, Natlia/Macke/Mandie are gone now too. We can date rather quickly 'round here!)
Basically, she not only started vicious fights between the board and her, but also infected board members with her animosity so they began to fight each other too.
There was some respite between fights, but they only lasted a few days at a time, from what I remember. I've probably blocked out a large part of the whole horror though, for my own sanity. ;-)
If you want more (why?!), just go to the Lounge and use the Search there to look for "Amanda". The Lounge is where most of the drama happened, but it's worth searching for her here on Opinions too, because there were some kerfuffles here surrounding her so-called "names" (sample: Jhye was her son's name, pr. JIE).
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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Wow.
That's all I have to say. I went through something very similar on the forum of a MySpace group which also led to the point of those people having their profiles deleted. Unfortunately they came back and so I just had to ban them. They've created at least 8 different profiles to try and harass me but I just keep on blocking them... I wish MySpace did the whole IP address thing too. It'd be a lot better, but then again it's a massive site.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
That's all I have to say. I went through something very similar on the forum of a MySpace group which also led to the point of those people having their profiles deleted. Unfortunately they came back and so I just had to ban them. They've created at least 8 different profiles to try and harass me but I just keep on blocking them... I wish MySpace did the whole IP address thing too. It'd be a lot better, but then again it's a massive site.
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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