For my entire life I feel as though I have spent an absurd amount of time either correcting the spelling of my name. It has always irritated me when people spell my name A-L-L-I-S-O-N or any other variation of my nickname, Ali. However I have just begun to recognize the originality of the way in which I spell my name. It is on a very rare occasion when another Ali has spelled it the correct way. ha. As far as my middle names, Mary & Rena, I take great pride in carrying the names of both of my great grandmothers. Both women came to America by themselves with nothing from Ireland and Italy. Although I never had the wonderful opportunity to meet them, I imagine that they were extremely strong and independent, something I am striving to become.
On a more personal note, everyone's seen the show Seinfeld? Know the character George Costanza? Want to know how many times I've been asked, "Oh your last name's Costanzo? Are you at all related to George from Seinfeld?"(generally asked with a laugh)" I have so many issues with this question I could explode. I typically respond with "Actually yes! I am in fact related to the fictitious character on a fictitious tv show." (generally dripping in sarcasm) I find it absurd at how often I am asked this question. What do you even call that? Ignorance or just plain stupidity?
In Act 1 I found it very interesting that Owen refused to correct Yolland in the pronunciation of his name. I think a name is a huge representation of a person and to have it completely mispronounced for an extended period of time would be irritating. He was clearly upset by this miscommunication for in the following scene he accidently loses his temper at Yolland. This suggests he secretly was upset but was attempting to disregard his emotions because the two English men were such prominent citizens. It doesn't surprise me that he lost his temper.
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