This is my first pull from assignment one, from Brenda:

“I came across this message by Linda when searching my Hooper ancestors on genforum.com:
‘I have an ancestor named Toliver Mansell. And you will love his grandson’s name - Semitoliver Mansell! Isn’t that a hoot?’

My response was:
‘How funny! That name, Semitoliver, makes me think of the British way of naming eighth, 16th, 32nd & 64th notes in music - quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, and hemidemisemiquaver. I wonder if the family continued this and named the next in line Demisemitoliver?’ ”

There is something to naming your kid something that always reminds them that they are subordinate to you.

Just kidding.