Summary Of Be Specific By Natalie Goldberg

A person’s name is their most important characteristic and is often comprised of hidden significance and centurial “hand-me-downs”. When I was assigned to research my name, I had never thought of the importance of the name my parents had given me. As a child, I always found it annoying when my peers turned to snicker at me each time our church’s music minister asked for the congregation to stand and sing “Amazing Grace.” Each time I heard the song “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, there was always someone near to ask, “Hey, where is your lamb?” After conducting research, though, I began to find little things that made me more appreciative of my name.

Names are important to us, as we grow up, our names and our personalities become intertwined, they are how people identify us. So when we adopt a new name, even for a brief period of time, we allow ourselves to essentially become a new person: we can change what we didn’t like about our old selves, and assume new characteristics that we admire in others. For some, it is freeing to embrace a new name, but for others it is comforting to go back to their old one.

To produce this book, I asked not “What you are going to name your baby?”, but rather “What is your name? How does it make you feel? Who named you? Why did they choose that name? Would you change

I don’t mind being called any name, except Natalia. There used to be someone I knew and strongly disliked named Natalia. I won’t go into much details, but she wasn’t the nicest person to anyone. Then after I didn’t talk about her in years, people would “accidentally” call me Natalia here and there. At first I would tell them that I don’t like that name, but could easily be angered if they were to continue to use it. So just a tip, don’t call me

The answer to this question is ridiculously simple. We are named simply for the sake of identifying a unique individual by a specific word. Every language carries with it sentence structure and vocabulary. Every possible thing, descriptive, or idea is named in a language. When I speak of a mouse, I do not have to specify- “a little thing with whiskers, eyes, and a tail…” That would be almighty confusing, describing a fair few rodents. Rather, people have developed one sound for one thing. If every object, tangible or intangible has a word for it, why on earth shouldn’t every single individual carry a word fit precisely for them? This will be a paper on the study of names, specifically mine- Emma Lee Ketelsen. The study of personal names is anthroponomastics, while the study of proper names in general is onomastics, according to Wikipedia.

Name has its cultural identity so a local name can help people prevent bother in a

I used to dislike my name when I was younger, because people would always spell it wrong, and it was different than every other person with my name. But now that I’m older, I really like my name, for the reason I disliked it when I was younger. Being different is something that I like, I’m always trying to be different from other people for a reason I can’t explain, maybe it’s a desire for being different, but who knows. Even with people spelling it wrong, it only takes four seconds for me to tell someone “It’s R-Y, not R-I.”

Names are the biggest symbol of who someone is. They play a major role on an individual's personality, and self concept. Self concept is used to describe how someone thinks about, evaluates or perceives themselves. Self concept is affected by a name because a name

I don’t quite agree on this quote, partly because you’ll meet different people in your life who will say your name in different ways. Also, your name won’t be buried beneath the dust of habit because it will always hold meaning no matter how much it’s been uttered or whispered. For instance, Marie which rolls off the tongue charmingly actually means bitter in several languages. However, in the Hebrew language it also means wished for child and rebellion. I happen to like these definitions, though I am not defiant, but I do hope I am the former. In fact, I believe “proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable,” (W.H. Auden). To clarify, a name is a person’s title and everything you do or say gives definition to your name. However, people’s perspectives can change the meaning behind your name, much like poetry and how other’s point of view are different on what is being

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”A quote by William Shakespeare that emphasises the unimportance of an object name to the traits of that object.I agree that a name does't necessarily define an object.Except in one case,My Name.

It’s important to figure out what people like to be called. Names can carry enormous importance.

    “Molly, dinner time!” my mother yells in a sing-songy voice from the first floor. My father calls the waitress over, “Excuse me, Molly” he states, trying to get her attention. The doorbell rings, and I answer it, “Hi, I’m Molly” says the cheerful little girl scout standing at my doorstep. Names are universal identifers; they shed no light about one’s personality. They are labels, they fail to display our identity because identity is a unique part of what makes you, you.

Convenience and association when talking with one another is one of many uses that names provide. Names carry strong ethnics and religious connotations, and reveal an individual’s affiliation to a specific group. They are able to capture and reflect upon one’s unique culture, history, religion, and lineage. The sense of personal identity and uniqueness that a name gives us is why names interest us and are deemed so important to us as individuals. Unfortunately those of us who carry names that are “hard to pronounce” or are simply “strange” in the eyes of the western world, feel inclined to accommodate to much more Eurocentric names.

In this essay I argue that the understanding of proper names seems to go beyond definite descriptions. Therefore the Description Theory is not an adequate theory of proper name. I first provide a brief explanation of the Description Theory, and its sub-theory, the Name Claim, followed by a brief overview of the main arguments for the Description Theory. I then provide a more detailed explanation of one direct argument: That it captures the intuitive logic of claims involving proper names. I then explain the problem of ‘Which description?’, that there is ‘no single determinate description’ (Lycan, 2000: 41) of a proper name. Finally I provide my own critique, showing why I believe that the Description Theory leaves us with ambiguity in the description

I’d be lying if I said I never wished for a different name. I have been made fun of plenty of times for my name, Catty. But also on the other hand people have told that they think it’s cool they have a friend named Catty! My parents were going to name me Josephina and personally I love that name. But, my grandma did not like it, so they stuck with Catherine (Catty)-- and that’s how my name came to be!