Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, David Peterson wrote:

>
> David >>
>
> Who is this David!??!?  I thought I was the only David!  Do I have to change
> my name now?  Oh, worry, worry...  When there were four Davids in one of my
> Environmental Science classes last year, I changed my name to Jenesis.
> Should that awful resurface again?  I think it shall.
>
> -Jenesis
Sorry. That was me, David Stokes. I guess I should know better. I know of
at least 4 active Davids on this list. Maybe there are more and I'm just
confusing some of them.

Once upon a time the workers at the Texas Rennesaince Festival (most of
whom seemed to be named David) held a David party. Had to be named David
to enter. It was packed.

It was also noted, in the planning of the above party I think, that Davids
seem to cluster. Fields related to Science Fiction/ Fantasy, Historical
Re-enactment, Astronomy, seem to have large numbers of Davids. (at least
in my own un-scientific assesment). Other areas have very few. Conlanging
goes in the David-ful catagory, I guess. I've speculated about the
upbringing given by parents predisposed to name their son David, etc...
but have not yet produced a definative theory.

David Lucas Robert Stokes.
(I guess its going to be my full name on this list now)