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One of the people going on the Iceland thing emailed round. Am going to reply. But not yet.

Would it be weird... no, I know it would be weird of me, but is it forgivable, is it in fact a reasonable idea, to ask the people on this thing to call me by a different name than the one I normally use? And if I did... I would probably lie and tell them it was my usual nickname instead of explaining that I'm constructing a persona somewhat more suitable for a month of camping and conservation than my current.

I'm thinking Beth.

But if I go too far with it the whole thing could get schizophrenic, and that would be bad.

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Dude, I got away with Lara, so Beth is Totally Unweird.

You could be a Beth. *nods*

When I was four, I made everybody call me Penny Morris (yeah, her from Fireman Sam...) for about a month.

My dad's younger brother is 'Jim' to everyone who met him from the age of about 20 onwards, including his wife. I've always called him Uncle Jim, even though my dad still slips up and calls him Howard quite often.

I also know a ~~Reg~~ Andy.

I think name-changing can be a very liberating thing and most people are willing to accept it.

I've spent the past four years going by two different names--one at university, one everywhere else--and while I usually have my moments of Angst and WTF-ness, I've managed with a fairly whole personality that is not, in fact, schizophrenic.

Also, I'm planning on using a third name when I go to grad school, just for curiosity's sake.

I have only been completely Jude since starting At Andrews, and it's good in separating out the self I understand myself to be from that which people knowing me as a kid, to whom I'm Jenni (shudders...), believe me to be.

People always think that the name they first meet you as is the one that suits you best. I have friends who met me first when I was Gilbert (aged about 11) still deny that any other name suits me as well.

I think it's all to the good, and I think you'll make a fab Beth.

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