Re: CHAT: new names (was: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin)

Aidan Grey wrote:
>     Well, If you're married it may be more difficult (one advantage to being gay
> for me!), but look into it if you're serious. Brent and I were sure that we
> couldn't afford it (we'd heard costs of $5000) but a friend recently went through
> the process as part of her/his sex change (F2M), and told me that it was ony abut
> $50 here in Colorado. It may be easier than you think.
>
>     Aidan Asel
I changed my name after I was married, and it really wasn't
difficult. I did a complete first-middle-last change. The most
expensive part in Delaware is running the required notice in the
newspaper. Court fees came to about $50, and the ad cost me $100
to run the notice for 3 weeks in the local paper. Of course, in
the US, it varies by state, and other countries, obviously, have
their own rules and procedures, but if you really hate your name
(or just have a different one that you prefer), it is worth it.

My parents still call me by the old first name, but I can deal
with that so long as I don't have to use it myself. It seems to
shock people who are complaining about their names when I say,
"Change it!" :) I think it is similar to the shock people get
when you admit that the language you are mumbling in was
completely invented. <G>

I have translated some names and transliterated others into
ea-luna. Aidani-- "awaken near"  (where "near" is location, not
time)... That's kind of romantic, and it beats "awaken the
burden" or "sand that is awake", other possible transliterations.
"lima" is grey... It's also the capital of Peru, isn't it? :)

"mia" doesn't have a meaning in ea-luna. A common female name in
the fictional culture associated with ea-luna is "Ilude", but it
isn't a particularly pretty name, and "Iluliude" is another form
of it, both meaning something akin to "daughter of the Earth". I
am going to have to go think about first names now... :)

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