> Using a middle name for a first name can
be interesting.

I know a fellow who is named after his father,
whose first and middle name is "Keith Ray,"
but instead of calling him Keith Jr., they called
him by his middle name, Ray. I used to think
that was weird, until I realized how many
people there are that do that.

I'm named after my father too, but if I had gone
by my middle name I'd have been confused
with my cousin. And Wes would either be
calling himself "The Other Wes" or "Jimmy of
York." So they juveniled it and called me
"Johnny" growing up. That really started to bug
me when I got into high school and so I
started insisting on being called "John" like
my dad. It never really caught on at home,
though. My mom would say John and we'd go
"which one?" My sisters still call me Johnny.
They just did it last night, and I glared at them.

My father-in-law is an interesting case. He
doesn't have a middle name or initial, so he
made one up. "K." I don't know what it's
supposed to stand for. My wife teases him for
it.

Gri"glad it's not 'Jacob Jingleheimer'"shny