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Originally Posted by faithfulfrank
I never liked Frank. It's really Francis. HATED that, and no one has ever called me that and lived. 
I got stuck with that name because my Dad, who was born in Italy wanted to name me Dante. My Mom said NO WAY, (Thank God!). I was born 2 maonths early, while they were still fighting about it. I layed in the hospital for 3 days with no name...until the hospital insisted they name me.
My mom was sneaky. My Dad's best friend was the Dr. who delivered me, so my Mom said right in front of both of them, "Honey, let's name our son after your best friend". My Dad could not say no, so I got stuck with Frank.
In school I heard Francis the talking mule, Frankenstein, Frankfurter, etc. My Mom had a small statue of St Francis of Assisi in my room. I hated it because the statue looked dumb, with birds all over it, and I thought it said St Francis WAS A SISSY.
Oh well...no wonder I'm so messed up. My wife loves me. And none of my kids were Frank Jr.......would not do that to them.
Sorry for the long post. I do not know what anyone thinks of the name Frank......nothing I can do about it regardless.... |
I used to work with a guy whose first name was the same as yours...........and he wasn't real fond of it either!
He went by Skip, which in itself generated some interesting derivatives - Skippy, etc., etc. But he liked it better than Francis so all was good. I have a good friend who is named Cleveland, after his father's middle name. He goes by his middle name - Dale. For legal purposes, he only uses his first initial and his middle name. If anyone ever asks him what the first initial "C." stands for, he won't tell them!! He never has liked it.....and never will! I make it a point to never bring it up!
Bill