Writer's Block: The name game
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Once upon a time, when I was in middle school (which puts me at about 12 or 13 at the time, I think), I had been granted the nickname "Saria" when I dyed my hair green. Yes, I was nicknamed after the character in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I am not ashamed. (Now, my hair at that point had been any and every color in the rainbow. But the green hair was the only color that prompted a nickname. Fate? Perhaps).
I don't recall how it's technically pronounced, but it rhymes with Daria when spoken by my compatriots (still, to this day - some things never change) mostly because I acted (er, act) like Daria.
AND because it's so similar to Sarai, who was the Biblical/Torah/Old Testament Sarah (my name) before Yahweh changed it as part of the covenant (I'm iffy on this whole bit). I have always maintained a silly fancy of "changing it back."
The Gray comes from my love of Oscar Wilde (i.e. Dorian Gray).
It has become a whole alias unto itself at this point. Hell, sometimes I forget and write "Saria" instead of my real name. This amuses many. That said, I don't think I would ever change it. It is as much a part of me as any other name I have been given.
Once upon a time, when I was in middle school (which puts me at about 12 or 13 at the time, I think), I had been granted the nickname "Saria" when I dyed my hair green. Yes, I was nicknamed after the character in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I am not ashamed. (Now, my hair at that point had been any and every color in the rainbow. But the green hair was the only color that prompted a nickname. Fate? Perhaps).
I don't recall how it's technically pronounced, but it rhymes with Daria when spoken by my compatriots (still, to this day - some things never change) mostly because I acted (er, act) like Daria.
AND because it's so similar to Sarai, who was the Biblical/Torah/Old Testament Sarah (my name) before Yahweh changed it as part of the covenant (I'm iffy on this whole bit). I have always maintained a silly fancy of "changing it back."
The Gray comes from my love of Oscar Wilde (i.e. Dorian Gray).
It has become a whole alias unto itself at this point. Hell, sometimes I forget and write "Saria" instead of my real name. This amuses many. That said, I don't think I would ever change it. It is as much a part of me as any other name I have been given.
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Date: 2011-02-01 01:24 am (UTC)I like your username. It's pretty!
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