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He said, she said
Issue date: 9/9/05 Section: The Verge
She said
My parents lacked creativity when they chose the name, Erin Marie Miller.
When I hear my name I rarely respond. Not because I am rude, but I never know if people are talking to me.
Having the name Erin means that millions of people, especially those born in the early 1980s share the name.
It can be a boy or girl's name, which doubles the chance that I will run into another Aaron/Erin.
I graduated high school with an Aaron, my best friend's brother is named Aaron, I dated a guy named Aaron, my friend's sister is Eryn and my childhood friend also bears this common name.
Including myself, five Erin Millers go to Eastern, three Erin/Aarons are in my Ethics class and two work for The Daily Eastern News.
Calling us by our last names is not unusual because it reduces some of the confusion.
Some people forget, and in an after-thought will tack on the "Miller" or "Seidlitz" when we don't respond to our first names.
People who are unaware that both of us are named Erin/Aaron are confused when they ask for Erin and hear a guy's voice.
I often have to correct people because they spell my name "Aaron."
Friends have started to call me names like "E Miller," "Erin Miller," "girl Erin" and "good Erin." The list goes on.
Textbook rental once gave me, a journalism major, history books because they were another Erin Miller's textbooks.
I often discuss with Aaron (Seidlitz) that I am more deserving of the name because I am two months older than he is.
It still does not change the fact that we are both named Erin/Aaron.
Phone conversations can be kind of odd when you have to say, "Hi Erin, this is Aaron."
Who knew this four-letter name would be so difficult to handle?
Either way, Aaron and I laugh about having the same name, but do us a favor by thinking of other names for your future children.
He said
Everybody knows the girls' names that guys call other guys when referring to them in a derogatory way (sorry ladies, but it happens all the time).
My parents lacked creativity when they chose the name, Erin Marie Miller.
When I hear my name I rarely respond. Not because I am rude, but I never know if people are talking to me.
Having the name Erin means that millions of people, especially those born in the early 1980s share the name.
It can be a boy or girl's name, which doubles the chance that I will run into another Aaron/Erin.
I graduated high school with an Aaron, my best friend's brother is named Aaron, I dated a guy named Aaron, my friend's sister is Eryn and my childhood friend also bears this common name.
Including myself, five Erin Millers go to Eastern, three Erin/Aarons are in my Ethics class and two work for The Daily Eastern News.
Calling us by our last names is not unusual because it reduces some of the confusion.
Some people forget, and in an after-thought will tack on the "Miller" or "Seidlitz" when we don't respond to our first names.
People who are unaware that both of us are named Erin/Aaron are confused when they ask for Erin and hear a guy's voice.
I often have to correct people because they spell my name "Aaron."
Friends have started to call me names like "E Miller," "Erin Miller," "girl Erin" and "good Erin." The list goes on.
Textbook rental once gave me, a journalism major, history books because they were another Erin Miller's textbooks.
I often discuss with Aaron (Seidlitz) that I am more deserving of the name because I am two months older than he is.
It still does not change the fact that we are both named Erin/Aaron.
Phone conversations can be kind of odd when you have to say, "Hi Erin, this is Aaron."
Who knew this four-letter name would be so difficult to handle?
Either way, Aaron and I laugh about having the same name, but do us a favor by thinking of other names for your future children.
He said
Everybody knows the girls' names that guys call other guys when referring to them in a derogatory way (sorry ladies, but it happens all the time).
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