tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648820059035540727.post5818809775974278540..comments2024-02-22T00:08:21.406-08:00Comments on Leading Light: Happy sad, young old, stupid wise - Day 1KateGLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016771214433267354noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648820059035540727.post-46462613098774996912014-12-03T09:56:00.008-08:002014-12-03T09:56:00.008-08:00Something in all this about our identity perhaps? ...Something in all this about our identity perhaps? I remember at school a teacher who I adored who also infuriated me - she insisted in calling me Meegan as opposed to Megan - I was a little girl proud of her welsh heritage indignant at the mispronunciation. <br /><br />(This is Meg as I had problems with my URL for some reason)<br /><br />So many people have responded to this recognising my experience as their own. I am resolved to ensure I do not fall into this trap myself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648820059035540727.post-59682850928780111222014-12-03T05:42:27.429-08:002014-12-03T05:42:27.429-08:00I'm fascinated by this brilliant analysis of w...I'm fascinated by this brilliant analysis of what we lose when we try to use a limited short-hand vocabulary in our perception of the world. For some reason it reminds me of the wonderful children's animation "Sarah and Duck" where the stories are as unexpected as they are delightful; I think children are perhaps better at taking the world at face value and I wonder at what age we lose that ability to see things as they really are, and start seing things the way we expect them to be. <br />PS One of my sisters is called Keren, and she is always furious when people spell it Karen or Kieran. She was once even "corrected" by her class teacher at school who thought it was Karen!Lewislovelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024826320732493796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648820059035540727.post-6287282483357183802014-12-01T22:13:13.637-08:002014-12-01T22:13:13.637-08:00Always great to start the month with a smile - tha...Always great to start the month with a smile - thanks for sharing your enjoyment (and the fact that you, like both Meg and me, are a fellow sufferer).KateGLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016771214433267354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648820059035540727.post-50282259103554562562014-12-01T12:40:15.925-08:002014-12-01T12:40:15.925-08:00I have for the live of me been asking people to ca...I have for the live of me been asking people to call me by my given name and its liberating to live that other name sometimes although sometimes I wonder why cant you just get my name - its written down, I've said it others have said yet you call me this other name. This advent piece made me smileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com