Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!tmh From: tmh@ihldt.UUCP (Tom Harris) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: re:new names in the new world Message-ID: <2222@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 14:48:25 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2222 Posted: Mon Jan 30 14:48:25 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Feb-84 11:07:55 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 The story about the Eqyptian reminded me of my own family's name change. During the beginning of this century when my Grandfather migrated here from Greece name changes were done routinely by immigration. If the name was too long and/or unpronounceable , like my families, they transliterated the first couple of letters from the old name and gave you a brand new American name. So Haralampopoulos became Harris (which I wouldn't mind so much, but do you know how many other Tom Harrises there are out there? There's even another one on the net!). I mean at least they could have made it Harrison (right?). Or how about something different like Harlem (that's pretty American). Oh my God it's 1984 and I'm one of the multitude.... I wanna be unique..... slap,slap,slap,slap, slap,get hold of yourself,slap,slap,slap,slap.... It's OK I'm all right now, Tom Harris aka Anthanasios Charalambopoulos (this is the proper translation to English the one up above is a letter by letter (X used to go to H, but is more properly Ch as in Bach)). P.S. Besides everyone else in the family, besides the Charalambopouloses, got to keep their old names (Geldas and Mathis). Sorry, I suffered a relapse of my identity crisis.