tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post1820915238165706850..comments2024-01-19T11:41:09.359+13:00Comments on A Hebridean in New Zealand: Thankful Thursday: NamesGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-12283025985708233702012-04-15T03:02:09.079+12:002012-04-15T03:02:09.079+12:00Great post GB. That councilor was a mad guy - so w...Great post GB. That councilor was a mad guy - so what if you can't remember his name? <br /><br />I can never remember names and faces of people at the beginning of an acquaintance. I hardly ever remember the face of a person until Ive ever seen them several times.Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988802569095580501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-92230601608120340992012-04-14T11:34:46.269+12:002012-04-14T11:34:46.269+12:00Thanks Jane and Lance. I have read your blog on a...Thanks Jane and Lance. I have read your blog on and off for quite a while and been fascinated by some of the things I've seen - including the works on your Budapest pad and, if I recall it correctly and heaven knows why they stand out in my mind, a pair of red chairs (I do hope I've remembered that one correctly).GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-90106224310776909712012-04-14T11:27:12.257+12:002012-04-14T11:27:12.257+12:00Some computer Jenny!! I'm afraid I don't ...Some computer Jenny!! I'm afraid I don't think it's my RAM that is the problem I think it's the CPU.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-25810090231584060272012-04-14T11:26:04.300+12:002012-04-14T11:26:04.300+12:00I am not a generally envious person but I'm af...I am not a generally envious person but I'm afraid I did rather indulge in that fourth deadly sin when I read that you can do that. When I meet someone I always use their name immediately I'm introduced. I have lists of names I keep with me most of the time. The problem is that if one can forget one's wife's name then one has problems!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-66589242789968232592012-04-14T11:22:33.749+12:002012-04-14T11:22:33.749+12:00Thanks Lisa.Thanks Lisa.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-71455315766754880602012-04-14T11:22:00.790+12:002012-04-14T11:22:00.790+12:00Thanks for that. I can't tell jokes. But I m...Thanks for that. I can't tell jokes. But I might see if I can memorise this one. I like it!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-65508739422217386392012-04-14T11:20:43.659+12:002012-04-14T11:20:43.659+12:00Thanks Sandie! It's your sense of humour wot ...Thanks Sandie! It's your sense of humour wot endears me to you so!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-50381157255982718392012-04-14T11:17:54.691+12:002012-04-14T11:17:54.691+12:00Thanks for the 'girlfriend' term, Monica. ...Thanks for the 'girlfriend' term, Monica. You are correct, of course. Samantha is still alive and well and sitting on the desk feeling neglected. She still gets attention occasionally though.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-65558455552822464942012-04-14T11:14:57.579+12:002012-04-14T11:14:57.579+12:00Yes, Meike, I've had worse problems but none h...Yes, Meike, I've had worse problems but none have been with me for such a long period of my life and been a constant source of anxiety because I understand how important names are and always feel devastated when I can't remember. So far as I can recall it's the only thing in my life that has caused me that sort of anxiety.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-2013278311323389802012-04-13T20:26:33.245+12:002012-04-13T20:26:33.245+12:00Hello Graham:
We have discovered you via the delig...Hello Graham:<br />We have discovered you via the delightful Meike and we have much enjoyed this post.<br /><br />It is definitely a social skill to be able to remember names and faces and then use them with confidence. Whilst we certainly struggle, it always seems to us that Americans are particularly adept at it. Why this should be we are unsure, but what we have noticed is that as soon as one is introduced to an American, they use one's name repeatedly from that point on. Could it be that practice makes perfect?<br /><br />We have signed ourselves as Followers.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-47761014777573186612012-04-13T19:24:42.271+12:002012-04-13T19:24:42.271+12:00Think I will try taking deedee's advice in rep...Think I will try taking deedee's advice in repeating the name - or possibly getting more memory RAM is the answer ( bet you didn't know I am really a computer, did you, Graham?)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-90206002652876253532012-04-13T13:09:36.611+12:002012-04-13T13:09:36.611+12:00Clients that visit my office are usually amazed th...Clients that visit my office are usually amazed that after I meet them two or three times, I routinely call them by name...I have a secret trick - when they check in to see someone in our workplace, it's part of my job to write their names on a list - a waiting list for the next available counselor. As I write the name, I look up at the face attached to it, then I immediately say the name out loud. The act of writing the name, looking at the person and then saying the name cements it in my mind and a few days or a week later when I see the face again, the name comes to my lips with little effort of thought. Maybe you could write down names when you learn them and see if that helps?Deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171030223413480117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-23657542372791790122012-04-13T12:13:01.328+12:002012-04-13T12:13:01.328+12:00Right on, brother. Loved it.Right on, brother. Loved it.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340974325967555770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-40107469434836495742012-04-13T06:00:12.032+12:002012-04-13T06:00:12.032+12:00A great post. Which reminded me of an old joke my...A great post. Which reminded me of an old joke my mother used to tell about the lady who had trouble remembering names and was told to create a mental image to help her remember. She was introduced to a man named Wilbur, and thought to herself, "Easy. The Wright Brothers." The evening passed without incident until she was leaving when she turned to the man and said, "So nice to meet you, Orville."<br /><br />Ah well, can't win 'em all! Hugs.Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-58192530446251781482012-04-13T04:07:54.593+12:002012-04-13T04:07:54.593+12:00Enjoyed your memory story, Gordon ... er .... Bria...Enjoyed your memory story, Gordon ... er .... Brian ... er ...BGGalleria Lutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643906491294560947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-65156828665812474822012-04-13T03:55:16.714+12:002012-04-13T03:55:16.714+12:00I think I know you well enough by now too, not to ...I think I know you well enough by now too, not to find it very likely that you were suddenly introducing a girlfriend like that on your blog. But I did wonder if you had perhaps got another computer on the side ;) <br /><br />I was reminded when I had just recently started following you - on your other blog. You had me mystified for a while about the identity of a certain Samantha. I'm not sure if I ever mistook her for a person, but I think at first I got the impression she was either cat or a bird! (For your more recent followers: Samantha was a computer, too.)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-4566604065417101552012-04-12T17:40:54.201+12:002012-04-12T17:40:54.201+12:00...and you probably had (much worse problems to co......and you probably had (much worse problems to contend with in your life, I mean).<br />My name is mis-spelled so often; in emails from customers, on name tags I get handed when I work for someone else's company at a fair, and so on. If you leave the middle "e" out, it turns into Mike, making me a man instead of a woman. I always, always correct people who do that, and I always strive to get other people's names right in both spelling and pronouncing them. When I do not remember someone's name (again, thinking of working at a trade fair), I don't mind asking them, of course linking my question with an apology (it happens rarely anyway).<br />And I think I will use your post as an inspiration for one of mine :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-44042705723530477812012-04-12T17:38:48.781+12:002012-04-12T17:38:48.781+12:00A lot more than Brownie points I would have though...A lot more than Brownie points I would have thought. You didn't ever.....did you?GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-16613115929099703002012-04-12T17:37:58.115+12:002012-04-12T17:37:58.115+12:00ThanksThanksGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-43195114026914834312012-04-12T17:37:36.479+12:002012-04-12T17:37:36.479+12:00I'm sure you'd have found a way. But then...I'm sure you'd have found a way. But then you know I'm unlikely to be in bed with a Zoe (and make it public!).GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-47895222498976124192012-04-12T17:28:58.306+12:002012-04-12T17:28:58.306+12:00I can assure you there is a worse thing than forge...I can assure you there is a worse thing than forgetting your wife's name. Introducing her by your ex-wife's name. You can lose a lot of Brownie points that way!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-59446779191645636122012-04-12T09:55:34.848+12:002012-04-12T09:55:34.848+12:00A nice read...A nice read...theconstantwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243294919370970037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-89783916555720509002012-04-12T09:37:30.797+12:002012-04-12T09:37:30.797+12:00I did wonder who Zoe was but I was too polite to a...I did wonder who Zoe was but I was too polite to ask!!Spesh 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07044378302911602273noreply@blogger.com