Maybe it has to do with your user name? This was brought up in another thread....and got me to

[a kennedy]

thinking......does anyone think I should request a name change?? I'd really like something clever or snarky or humorous. a kennedy is what I am, it's not who I am, know what I mean?? May-be I could raffle off for a new name say, for a DU membership, would that be allowed?? ha ha.... I've never really enjoyed my moniker. Are there any rules or any way I could change my name?? Just asking. Thanks.

[kentauros]

1. Yeah, you might want to change it, considering its etymology:

Kennedy
Irish surname, said to be from Old Irish cinneide "ugly head."

[a kennedy]

2. D*mn, really?? ugly head???

Oh my. Thanks. I'm going to find out how to change my name now for sure. Ugh...... oh, and thanks for that.

[kentauros]

3. I had no idea, myself

and it raised my eyebrows a bit when I saw it.

Seems like DU does the name-changing not long after every major election cycle, and I don't recall seeing one yet this time. Maybe ask in Meta if it will be done again. Otherwise, you'd have to start a whole new account.

I'm sure Loungers will come up with some imaginative names for you

[a kennedy]

5. ha ha, I know, probably not the best of requests.....

to ask for help on a new name.

[Wait Wut]

6. "...imaginative names..."

What's wrong with Ugly Head?



That's just so wrong. From now on I will always remember a kennedy as 'ugly head'.

[Wait Wut]

4. How ya doin' Ugly Head?!

I'm 'Unkempt One'!

Yep, my family came over from Ireland with the name Quigley. I'd trade for Kennedy!

But, seriously, were the Irish that cruel to each other that they had to come up with the most insulting names possible for their neighbors?

[In_The_Wind]

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[a kennedy]

9. howdy Unkempt One.....

probably in some drunken stupor they came up with them. We've got a great coat of arms...... http://www.allfamilycrests.com/k/kennedy-family-crest-coat-of-arms.shtml

[Wait Wut]

11. Yours is much better than ours.

Stupid boring stripey thing with stupid things on it.

You're probably right. I can imagine them sitting at a pub, "Hey, Padraic! What's up with that hair? From now on I'm calling you Quigley! Try a comb!"

"Oh, yeah, Seamus? You've got one ugly head!"

[kentauros]

12. Well, the various cultures on the British Isles do seem to have a flair

for the odd

Here's another interpretation of Quigley:

Derived from Middle English quik or Old English cwic, which both mean "lively". It is an English nickname for an agile person. This is also sometimes a place name derived from the place where cinch grass grew: it was a quick-growing grass.

And from the same site, for Kennedy:

From the Irish Gaelic Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "decendent of CENNÉTIG". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).

CENNÉTIG
Old Irish byname meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head". This was the name of an Irish king, the father of Brian Boru.

[Wait Wut]

14. ohshit.

"armoured head" or "misshapen head"



Damnit...I can't stop laughing!

[kentauros]

15. Your reactions have brightened my day!

[Wait Wut]

17. Well, you're the one that posted 'misshapen head'...

I just hope that I haven't given Ugly hea...er... a kennedy a complex.

[kentauros]

18. If not,

then I'd say a kennedy is firing off a PM to Skinner about name-changes

And you're going to be stuck forever envisioning "ugly head"

[a kennedy]

24. Good morning.....and yes I now have a terrible complex...

ugly head indeed, most people call it bed head.

[kentauros]

13. Or "armoured head"!

See above...

This is a fun thread now, Cinch Grass!

[pipi_k]

19. Wondering if

the Scots did the same thing to each other

My married name is the English spelling of the Scots, "Urquhart", which I often suspect really means, "Assholes living on the shores of a lake with a big nasty water monster swimming around in it"


http://www.aboutscotland.com/ness/urquhart.html

[kentauros]

21. Well, you're close in that definition:

Urquhart
Derived from Welsh ar "by", cardden "thicket". This is the name of several places, the most famous one being north of Loch Ness.

[goclark]

8. What about ..... KennedyfromVA

for example if that is your state


My name has always been goclark since I joined.

I worked hard for Wesley Clark.

When OBAMA ran, I started changing my name if I want to in the Body of the response.....

EX:


HE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ms.goclrk OBAMA

[a kennedy]

10. Thanks, and it would be KennedyfromMN, although I was born and raised in WI

but hate to even admit that with all that has happened there, at least in MN we have two Democratic Senators and a Dem Governor.

[goclark]

23. KennedyfromMN ~ I like that one!

Hi KennedyfromMN

That way you get to have the famous Kennedy name - that's classy!

[Donkees]

16. How about "A-Kenn-Noggin"

Sounds like a pharoah's name

[LiberalEsto]

20. My late mother-in-law's maiden name was Kennedy

but she wasn't one of THE Kennedys.

I would contact Skinner and ask.

[libodem]

22. I think your name is fine

I think we need special dispensation from our magnificent overlords for a name change.