Alphabetical order and names

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: bobad
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:47 PM

I was always called out first in school as my last name begins with the letters Ad - didn't do a damn thing for me as far as I can tell.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: Azizi
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:43 PM

Let me correct what I wrote:

Imo, persons with end of alphabet names should sometimes be called on first. That would be fairer than those with beginning alphabet names being first all of the time.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: Azizi
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:40 PM

Shambles, there may be something to the fact that a person whose first or last name starts with a "Z" would get tired of being called last. Or maybe having to deal with being called last in roll call and graduation, and other occassions when lists of names are called, teaches patience.

I went to an elementary school graduation last year, and this boy whose last name was Young was always the last one whose name was called out for awards for grades, perfect attendance, and his graduation certificate. At one point, after calling out this boy's name, the teacher hosting the program said something like "And the first shall be last". My thought was why doesn't the host act on what he said?

Imo, persons with end of alphabet names should sometimes be called on first. That would be fairer than those with beginning alphabet names being first.

And-though this is a digression-I like my name Azizi since it contains both the first and last letter.

Actually, one reason why I like it is because I was told that the letter "z" is a power letter. {And since many people mispell my name by adding more "z", they are giving me more energy}.

Maybe one way to deal with the possible negative repercussions of folks {young and not so young} whose names begin with an end of alphabet letter, is to promote the belief that these letters are more powerful than the beginning letters.

But, no. Given the way the world is, soon you'd have discrimination against folks with beginning letter names instead of the discrimination against end letter names that we have now.

Alternating how names are called out would be better than staying with the fixed system we have now.

{a fixed system that is-after all-quite broken and in need of serious repair}.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:38 PM

Alphabetical lists and rolls are usually last-name-first, so whether a child is named Aaron or Zachary won't make much difference if his last name is Zuckerman. One's place in the teacher's rollbook is, in a sense, hereditary.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:18 PM

The answer is obvious. Begin to alphabetize by the third letter in the name on odd-numbered days that come in months that have an R in them. In the months that have no R, revert to random choice, but only on even-numbered days that start with a beautiful sunrise. On the other days, the ones evenly divisible by a prime number between 2 and 4, consult the leaves in the bottom of tea cups in a neighbour's cottage where lilacs bloom.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: Bill D
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 10:00 PM

Adolf won't do...use "Aaron".

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 09:23 PM

dear shambles

get a life....really.

Subject: RE: Alphabetical order and names
From: bobad
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 07:17 PM

"And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'."

B.Dylan

Subject: Alphabetical order and names
From: The Shambles
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 07:11 PM

How important do you think alphabetical order is when choosing a name for a child?

I suspect that the young Zinedine Zidane for example spent a lot of his early school life waiting for his name to be called. Would this have been a problem for him? Perhaps that was what he was being taunted about when he head-butted that Italian player and was sent off in the World Cup Final?

Should you consider a name like Adolf Aardvaak for your child to ensure that your daughter is always called first on alphabetical lists?