What's In a Name?

Friday, February 14, 2014

A young child starting in pre-school or kindergarten will often have a cute name tag pinned on his/her shirt and the student's name in big letters printed on the inside of any outerwear so that the child soon learns to identify his name on sight. And the teacher has a handy aid to recognize which child is called Madison and which one is Agnes. (I'm guessing there wouldn't be many Agnes names in current years however.) It is important to know your name as early as possible and in most cases that will be part of your identity the rest of your life. Some people have officially changed their name. Others have let the family or friends substitute a nickname which sticks to them almost more than the official name does. There is no doubt that names are very important at every stage of life.

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