There were two students in the class I TAed this semester from East Glacier, Montana: Sierra Shawnee S****** and Shayna S. S******. Sierra has a twin, and there is yet another fourth S****** sister. Presumably all eight of their first and middle names start with the letter S, and it got me wondering if I could come up with eight great names for girls. So far I'm having a little trouble, and can only come up with Sara (which is sort of cheap) and Savannah (which I didn't actually come up with myself). I think by the fourth kid I'd be tempted to go with superhero names like Shera (should that be hyphenated?) or Seinfeld references, though Stella is dubious. Hey, Seinfeld . . .
Posted by tdupuy at December 23, 2004 5:30 PMSylvia, Suzanne, Summer, Sonora (I made up that one but I quite like it)...
Posted by: Lara at December 24, 2004 8:33 AMHoly crap. I think it's just remarkable that multiple people from East Glacier made it to college that far away. It sure didn't seem like there was much going on in that town when I was there.
Posted by: andy at December 24, 2004 1:32 PMNegative on Sylvia and Suzanne, I really don't like those names. Sonora however is pretty awesome I think, and Summer is only a near-great name so I'll pass on that one too. Allow me to make a pre-emptive strike against Sally and Samantha. What about Snow?
Posted by: Trent at December 24, 2004 10:00 PMSnow?! Merry Christmas to you, though...
Posted by: Lara at December 24, 2004 11:51 PMI remembered Sadie...and there always Sade (similar in appearance but very different in pronunciation)!
Posted by: Lara at December 28, 2004 2:25 PMI know the East Glacier Girls, Shayna is a good friend and former classmate of mine and I know her middle name is Summer. just a mere addition to the S names.
Posted by: Ron at March 16, 2005 4:52 PMAh, thank you for that bit of information. I guess Summer is a pretty good name, even though I see I called it "near-great" a few months ago. I do like the name, but it can hardly be compared to a name like Shawnee. Applied properly, I suppose Summer can be a great name.
Posted by: Trent at March 16, 2005 7:42 PMHuh, I went to school with those girls in browning montana years ago. I have since been all over and have now eneded up in WY if anyone knows shayna have her email me...the people you run into to down the rode. OH, yeah those "S" names would be hard, but harder yet is to think of a bad word that startes with an "R"
Posted by: nate at August 3, 2005 5:40 PMI am shayna Summer S. and i was very surprised to read about myself here. who is nate? apparently he knows me:]
Posted by: shayna at January 30, 2006 6:29 PM