tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59731774052719652612024-02-19T11:40:47.868-05:00A Guy Named BrookThere have been enough "interesting" things happen over the years pertaining to being a guy and having the name Brook that it is time to start blogging them.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-73700438859063594782023-11-20T18:40:00.001-05:002023-11-21T18:50:13.042-05:00"Brook." Oops. "I thought you said Brooke."<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I was waiting to get called back to see the doctor. The nurse came to the door and said, "Brook". As I walked up from the back row, a lady in front stood up to go. She saw me walking and stopped, realizing that maybe they didn't mean her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wonder what she thought as she saw a man being taken back.</span></p>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-12583681674581573462018-09-14T10:27:00.000-05:002018-09-14T10:27:34.511-05:00There Are Some Weird Notes on Your AccountMy daughter went to the credit union the other day. The teller stopped and looked at her computer screen confused. She told my daughter that there were some weird notes attached to her account. The comments were "Brook is a man." and "Brook is her father." I was joint on her account at one point.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-22543152919094950592017-05-26T22:36:00.000-05:002017-05-26T22:36:08.594-05:00Girls Tell Me That All the TimeA girl came to the door selling pest control. As she was finishing her pitch, she asked me what my name was. I told her my name was Brook. Her face lit up and she said that was her name too. I told her girls tell me that all the time.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-77630562225147688172017-04-03T18:40:00.000-05:002017-04-03T18:40:14.104-05:00Is Your Name Brook? Mine Too.I was renewing my security badge at work. I was at the security office. The man in the office took my identification. When he returned my identification and gave me my new security badge, he asked if my name was Brook. I told him it was. He said his was too. He said a funny thing was that his maternal grandparents's last name was Brooks.<br />
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I asked if people were confused by his name and often called him Brooks or Brock. He said they did. I asked if his name was with or without an e. He said without. I then shook his hand and congratulated him on having parents that could spell correctly.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-43805414001232485092016-10-25T11:36:00.000-05:002016-10-25T11:36:07.365-05:00You Might Have Got This Job Because They May Have Thought You Were a WomanWhen interviewing for a job a while ago I was told that it would be difficult to convince corporate to hire me, since at that time I did not have a degree. Later, after I got the job I was told that the degree thing didn't matter as much, because HR at corporate may have thought I was a woman.<br />
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I'm not sure if they were just teasing me or if affirmative action meant more than a college degree, but still an interesting story.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-38583704455522057902016-02-24T09:39:00.002-05:002016-02-24T09:39:37.101-05:00Ma'amI got an email at work from someone asking for my assistance. They addressed me by my first name, Brook. I responded that we needed two things from them. They responded later with one of the things I needed and addressed me as "Ma'am". I told them that I still needed the second thing. Later another response addressed to "Ma'am".<br />
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I mentioned it to my cube mates and they said that I needed to call him back in my biggest bass voice and say, "This is Brook. I just wanted to follow up and make sure everything was working for you."Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-25549639376880034262016-02-24T09:27:00.000-05:002016-02-24T09:27:55.982-05:00Office SuppliesA couple of women came into our room that has eight cubicles in it to deliver some office supplies to us. It was just me and another guy in there at the moment. Everyone else was in meetings.<br />
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One of the women asked me if the item she was passing out had been ordered for me. I said I wasn't sure. The other guy said something like, "They were ordered for everyone, but Brook wasn't in here at the time." She then asked, "Where does she sit?"Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-56381229300624741442014-09-11T22:07:00.000-05:002014-09-11T22:07:15.656-05:00My Brother's Name Is BrookI walked into a service business the other week and the lady at the front desk saw my name. She commented that her brother's name is Brook and that I was the only other guy named Brook she had ever met.<br />
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I asked her more about her brother after I finished business there. She said he was born about the same time as me within a few years.<br />
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His parents had named him Brooke, but he changed it in his teen years to Brook to drop the e. Likely right about the time Brooke Shields became popular. Before that time no one ever connected my name with a girl's name.<br />
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I got a little teasing about my name in high school at times, but no teasing about my name before Brooke Shields and there was nothing serious even in high school. Perhaps he got some hassle for the e.<br />
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It was nice to be within one person of meeting another guy named Brook.</div>
Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-1519424506706525052014-06-22T19:04:00.002-05:002014-06-22T19:04:34.016-05:00Brook SteppeI stumbled onto <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Michael Holbrook "Brook" Steppe when I was researching one of his teammates. I have never seen anyone take the nickname of Brook. I generally see people take Brook or Brooke and alter it to make nicknames (Brookster, Brookie, and so forth).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">It appears as though he played for several minor league teams and five NBA teams.</span>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-44992631147809716262013-10-04T19:53:00.001-05:002013-10-04T19:53:25.523-05:00Mentalist Season 6 Episode 1, The Desert Rose (2013)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">One of the characters in this episode is named Brook </span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Yardley. The character is murdered. He is played by </span><span class="itemprop" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #70579d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199830/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8" itemprop="url" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #70579d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-decoration: none;">Alex Daniels</a>. </span><span class="itemprop" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-decoration: none;">IMDB has the character listed as Brooke Yardley, but the character is a man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Even though they spelled the name wrong on IMDB or by the writers if that was the source of IMDB's information, it was nice to see a guy named Brook as a character. Especially with the insane number of girl's named Brooke born in the 80s.</span>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-23468812102005948932012-10-04T20:23:00.000-05:002015-09-24T11:03:04.487-05:00Your Husband Is a Woman?<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">My wife related this from today.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Checking in at the Dr. office today and the receptionist says: You're Penny?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Me: Yes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Receptionist: Then who's Brook?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Me: My husband</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Receptionist: And his last name is [a last name other than ours]? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Yeah, took me 10 minutes to explain that Brooke [other last name] was a friend and that Brook [our last name] was my husband. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Receptionist: So there are two Brook's?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Me: Yes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Receptionist: And you're married to one of them?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Me: Yes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Receptionist: And they're both women? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Ugh! My wife had just spent 10 minutes explaining the situation to her and told her specifically that Brook was her husband and HIS last name...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">What is the hypnosis with this name?</span></span></span></span></span>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-55738151573586554722012-08-02T09:08:00.003-05:002012-08-02T09:08:57.139-05:00Is This You Wife's Account?I went online to get my annual free credit history. I ended up at ScoreSense, which is a pay service. They said they needed my credit card number to validate my identity. Apparently they needed my credit card to auto bill be after two weeks.<br />
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Once I noticed that they had put a $1 processing fee on my card and that they were showing me on their site as having a membership I called to have them cancel that membership and not charge me. I was told that I would be charged the next week, so since I had canceled before then I would not be charged.<br />
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Days went by and I still saw the $1 charge on my credit card. I called, yet again, to have it removed.<br />
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The lady asked for my name and my zip code. I gave them to her and she struggled to find the account. She asked me if the account was in my wife's name. I know she is looking right at my name, thinking it is a girl's name, even though I just told her that was my name. She asked for my email address and last four of my social security number. I guess that was sufficient for her, because then we were able to move on and "expedite" my refund. Apparently they wait three business days to refund my money when I called them and told them to do it immediately a couple of days ago.<br />
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Apparently it is ok to cancel your wife's account if you have her email address and the last four digits of her social security number.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-41201572596699169032012-06-17T19:20:00.002-05:002012-06-17T19:20:14.032-05:00Could You Say That One More Time?My wife went to a new doctor and she was giving insurance information to the lab desk. The guy at the desk asked if she was she was the policy holder. She said, "No my husband is." Be aware that the policy holders' name is on the card she handed him. He then asked her who the policy holder was and she said, "Brook." Then he said, "No. The policy holder of the insurance." Again, he had the insurance card with my name on it in his hand. She then said, "Brook, B R O O K." He then asked her for her husband's name. She then again said, "Brook." The guy at the desk then said, "Brook is your husband?" She said, "Yes." He said, "That's spelled B R O O K?" Again, he has the card in his hand and is looking right at it and she just spelled the name for him previous to that. He then gave her back the insurance card.<br />
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Yet, another example of people hypnotized by the name Brook and not knowing what to do with it, even with all of the information in front of them.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-53388964651885826772012-06-16T14:40:00.003-05:002012-06-16T14:40:56.743-05:00Determining Brook is a Girl's Name in a JiffyI went to Jiffy Lube to get my oil changed and a safety and emissions inspection. The guy takes my keys and says it will be 5 minutes for the oils change and 7 minutes for the inspection. It was more than a half an hour before I got out of there.<br />
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After the guy gave us the estimate my daughter and I went and sat down in the waiting area. I asked about them having WIFI on my way in and with in a minute the manager came out with the password for the WIFI.<br />
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A couple of minutes later a guy came out and looked past me and looked from woman to woman at the others in the room and called out "Brook?"<br />
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I had been the first one there, but as I waited for my name to be called to describe what they were going to do to my van other customers came in and waited and they were all women.<br />
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When I began to stand up the attendants eyes snapped to me. As I walked through the door he was holding open he said something like, "Obviously you are not Brook." I responded with, "Yep, that's me."<br />
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After all was done the Jiggy Lube guy apologized repeatedly for how long it had taken. I don't know what the hold up was, since all the bays were empty when I arrived. Just a day in the life for a guy named Brook.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-37201301323411503172012-03-14T13:26:00.000-05:002012-03-14T13:26:45.310-05:00Her Pictures Are ReadyI got a voice mail the other day from the Wal-Mart photo department saying that pictures I had submitted 3 or 4 months ago. As soon as I had submitted them I had gone to the desk to find out how long they would take to get them printed. They said 1 to 2 hours. I had come in to print them quickly on the way to the home of who I was going to give them to.<br />
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In the past I had just put pictures into the machine and they spit out in a couple of minutes. Something changed to where the machine was now sending them to a queue behind the photo department desk.<br />
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Due to the wait time, I told them to cancel them and they said that they had. Now I get this voice mail. Not only was it a ridiculous amount of time to print pictures, but also to print pictures they said they canceled.<br />
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You may be wondering at this point, what this has to do with the name Brook The voice mail said, "This is the Wal-Mart photo department. This message is for Brook. Her pictures are ready to be picked up."Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-11880824186386950232011-10-24T17:54:00.000-05:002011-10-24T17:54:27.780-05:00Stoney BrookeIs it just me or have they gone too far with this? I was driving through town and saw an advertisement for a neighborhood or some sort of business. The name of the thing was Stoney Brooke. First of all, I think stony is misspelled, but then again so is Brook. I type Stoney Brook into Google and it asks me, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="spell ng" style="color: #d14836; font-size: 16px;">Did you mean: </span><a class="spell" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&ei=GOalTqqOJsOaiAK9kYXLDQ&ved=0CBwQBSgA&q=stony+brook&spell=1" style="color: #1122cc; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px;"><b style="color: #1122cc; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px;"><i>stony</i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1122cc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span><b style="color: #1122cc; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px;"><i>brook</i></b></a>". In the search results it showz an apartment complex in Kentucky called Stoney Brooke and also an assisted living community in Ogden also called Stoney Brooke.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I believe a stony brook is a small stream that has stones in it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When I look up brooke on dictionary.com, the very last definition listed says something like, "a vastly unpopular girl's name before 1965." The rest are references to poets. None of the definition refer to a body of water or anything that would contains stones.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When I look up brook, I see several references to a small stream of water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">As if literacy in this country isn't bad enough, let's make a name for something in our town out of two nonexistent words that will confuse people on how to spell.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Do people somehow feel that the e on the end of brook makes it feel like it flows better? Flowing like a small, smooth stream of water. To me, the extra e in each word make them more choppy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Did the company find that Stony Brook was already taken and they couldn't bear to name it something else, so they added the extra e's to make Stoney Brooke? Much like web sites have done with removing vowels, in order to the domain they want that is already taken. If they were going to do that, how about name it Stony Brook67?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Were the owners of Stoney Brooke trying to one up the owners of Stony Brook, since misspelled words would be in search engines less, so Stoney Brooke would bubble to the top or at least stand out among the many Stony Brooks.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Please share your opinions on this issue, even if that opinion is, "Get a life, you knuckle head. Stoney Brooke is just a name."</span>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-6209920286559692702011-09-09T18:37:00.004-05:002011-09-09T18:37:53.302-05:00People's Minds on Auto TranslateI sent an email to my property management company's sales department addressing one person with their name, one sentence, and my name (Brook). Within a few minutes they responded addressing me as Brooke.<br />
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It appears that the human mind translates incredibly fast what we assume something says.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-59654548430600773632011-09-09T18:29:00.002-05:002011-09-09T18:29:46.927-05:00Confused CaterpillarMy daughter and her friend found a caterpillar in the yard. They made a habitat for it. They were unable to determine if it was a boy or a girl, so they named it Brook/Brooke.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-18841974201217651982011-08-14T18:50:00.000-05:002011-08-14T18:50:51.208-05:00It's Fun to Stay at the Y M C AI recently found an old membership card to the YMCA. It has Membership Name and then my name below it. Below that it says Type of Membership. Below that it says YOUNG MEN. When I looked at it today I noticed a drop of white out in front of the word MEN. After inspecting it more closely I found that there was an imprint of the previous letters...WO.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-9432336279171437892011-07-17T13:25:00.000-05:002011-07-17T13:25:20.290-05:00Funny GuyAs I think I have mentioned before, my neighbor's wife's name is Brooke. Their family dropped off a plate of goodies for us with a note. The note had our last name spelled phonetically, which breaks down into two English words. I usually describe it that way to people, so they can remember it. It generally has a tough time sticking with people for more than a few seconds otherwise.<div><br />
</div><div>The note also had my name spelled with an e. I figured since he gets a kick out of the name similarity between wife and me I figured he went all out on the note.</div><div><br />
</div><div>My wife said that she figure it was just a hard last name to spell and he was probably more use to writing his wife's name. We've known them long enough and spent a bit of time together, so I was pretty sure he was messing with me.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We were working all day yesterday on a problem with drain from the upstairs tub and I asked him. Sure enough, he thought it was very comical.</div>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-25539609702107149382011-07-14T22:02:00.000-05:002011-07-14T22:02:11.382-05:00Clearly You Are Not BrookI was at work one morning earlier this week, when my boss comes in and tell me I have a flat. We worked to get the spare on and then I headed to get the tire fixed. The tire was not repairable, due to having a hole in the sidewall. I ordered two new tires from Wal-Mart. After over an hour they said I was ready to go.<div><br />
</div><div>Several people came up and even though the van was done, I figured I would have to wait behind them. The guy at the counter pulled up my paperwork and got it going. He knew it was me, since I had been waiting and checking on it. He looked at the paperwork and said, "Clearly you are not Brook." I told him I that was indeed me. He quickly clapped his mouth closed and awkwardly moved to get me checked out.</div>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-54969672018781233012011-05-25T13:35:00.000-05:002011-05-25T13:35:47.192-05:00Is Your Refrigerator In Your Wife's NameWe have a Samsung refrigerator that we purchased almost a year and a half ago. It had ice dams building up in the refrigerator portion of the appliance. We called Samsung and after making me register on their web site they extended the warranty three months. They replaced the fan unit in the upper back of the refrigerator.<div><br />
</div><div>Three months later the refrigerator started making the same humming noise that tipped us off to the problem previously. I called Samsung again. They were kind enough to extend the warranty again. We were getting ready to go on vacation. When we got back the humming had stopped, probably since we stopped using it and it had a chance to melt off some of the ice. The repair guy came out and said he needed to call Samsung to see if they have issues with this model and how to prevent it from happening again. I waited and waited to hear and finally called them. They said Samsung had no good news and since it wasn't acting up there was nothing he could do.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I called the guy at Samsung who has been calling me every couple of days to find out the status of the repair, who up until then I had told I was still waiting and was willing to wait a little longer. I gave him my name and he seemed to only here the last name. While I search for the ticket number to make it easier on him, he said my last name sounded familiar. He then asked, "Wasn't the issue in your wife's name?" "You mean my wife Brook?", is what I wanted to say, but I was deep in this mess with the fridge that I let it go.</div>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-83968008434087024572011-03-30T20:12:00.000-05:002011-03-30T20:12:16.745-05:00I Like Your NameI was in Sam's Club picking up a few things. When it was my turn the cashier seemed to be looking at me off and on. I wasn't sure if she felt I was not being cordial since I was messing with my Ipod and not making eye contact or saying much.<br />
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As she handed me my membership card she said that she liked my name. She then held up her name badge which said "Brooke".<br />
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That was a first.Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-63343582342701120222011-03-24T09:35:00.000-05:002011-03-24T09:35:08.818-05:00People Ranting About Spelling and Grammar Are Stumped TooA friend on Facebook instigated a thread of rants on spelling, grammar, and pronunciation today. He launched out with, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;">Grammar/spelling lesson kids, pay attention! The word is supposeDly not supposeBly!!! Always has been and always will be! The next one I can let slide but if your going to turn a phrase do it right. It is for all intents and purposes not all intensive purposes! That is all...for now."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;">Many others jumped on with things like confusing your and you're and to and too. I have people close to me who say libary instead of library and ideal instead of idea and pacifically instead of specifically. We have always been stumped as to why they do that, even though we have told them. They have taken the time to research things on how their mind works and they have tied it to possibly being a symptom of Dyslexia.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;">I pointed out my first two examples to the folks ranting on Facebook. The response from one woman was, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">or could be that people just take the English language for granted.. Yea, that's it...or just plain uneducated.." Not the improper use of a double period at the end of her sentence. Stones, glass houses, and all.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Another woman jumped in with, "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">and its "FRUSTERATED" not "FLUSTERATED". and "SPECIFICALLY" not "PECIFICALLY"...oh there are so many more!!!!" I could not resist but to comment, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Yeah and FRUSTRATED not FRUSTERATED". She was a good sport and responded, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">UHG! I knew I spelled that wrong! WAY TO GO ME! LOL! ya...what he said..."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">I think she had seen the profile picture of a man and went with "he". After commenting I think she then noticed the name and added another comment, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">I mean she...Im just gonna quit for the day..." Gender can be confusing, but it appears so can when to use an apostrophe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The confusion between name and profile picture can be a real problem, but that is the subject for a different blog.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://frommyhumbleperspective.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-i-cant-see-your-face-i-cant-tell-it.html">http://frommyhumbleperspective.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-i-cant-see-your-face-i-cant-tell-it.html</a></span>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973177405271965261.post-60130143725116175842011-01-25T10:05:00.000-05:002011-01-10T10:53:55.770-05:00Girls Whose Parents Can't Spell :-)<div>I spent my grade school years explaining to people that Brook is the boys name and Brooke is the girls name. Yet I am encountering more and more girls whose parents have chosen to use the "masculine" spelling. Although, I do agree that the e at the end does seem superfluous, if it were not to differentiate.</div><div><br />
</div><div>There does seem to be precedent in naming children to having the same name for boys and girls, but just altering the last letter.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Below is a list of girls whose parents have spelled their name "wrong".</div><ul><li><a href="http://aguynamedbrook.blogspot.com/search/label/Brook%20Wilson">Brook Wilson</a> - Girl I went to high school with. She was a Freshman when I was a Senior. She was a volleyball player.</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Mahealani_Lee">Brook Mahealani Lee</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> 1997</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Roberts"><em style="font-style: normal;">Brook</em> Roberts</a> - Girl who lost the Amazing Race in season 17. Her teammate Claire took a watermelon to the face.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?ID=532323&fromNLEmail=true">Brook Roberts</a> - Sister of a 3 year old little boy, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">Petr M. Klembara, who was killed by being kicked by a horse in December 2010.</span></li>
</ul>Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15364549498171802139noreply@blogger.com2