What is in a name? One might say everything and nothing at the same time. At one point in history it may have defined the soul being of a person. Now a name barely describes the nationality of a person. This was caused when promises of prosperity on our soil spread throughout the world which consequently turned our country to turn into the "melting pot" of the world. With this convergence of hundreds of nationalities, we as a people loose sight of our culture. To obtain a full sense of ones culture, it must be passed down from generation to generation for one cannot fully understand his or her culture from reading a book.
I was brought up with as much culture as I possibly could handle. My father is a first generation Sicilian immigrant and mother's parents were in the process of emigrating from Italy to the United States when they had her. I intentionally labeled my father Sicilian and not Italian for cultural reasons. There are some discrepancies as to the difference between Sicilian and Italian culture. I cannot really indulge the reader as to what the difference actually is, even though I have been brought up being told that my whole life. I have found very subtle differences between the cultures but for the most part they are the same. Truthfully I think that Sicilians say that they"re culture is different from the Italian culture just to create unnecessary problems. .
In fact because of my father's Sicilian heritage I was not named for four days after I was born. It was the tradition in my father's culture that caused me to not be named. This tradition states that the first born male is named after the paternal grandfather and the second born male is to be named after the maternal grandfather (Grisanti, Anthony). This tradition is important because it bequeaths respect to the person whom the child is named after. Also, there is an unspoken bond between the grandfather and the child whom he is named after.
My Name In English my name means someone who is wise and honorable. ... In Chinese, my name means lucky family. My Chinese name was chosen by my wise grandparents. My English name was chosen by my parents from a movie. ... My name is Daniel because of that main character. ...
My first name in English is Jessica, and my last name is Wang. My parents and I had picked the name out of a book. ... I didnt know a lot of names, and Jessica sounded fine, and so it became my name. My Chinese name is translated into English as Yulan Wang. My last name in English is actually my first name in Chinese, although it means the same as a last name in English. ...
So of course I replied back to him with "Fo" shizle my nizle" not knowing what this means. ... For example, in my group of friends they call me Billy when my real name is Ryan. ... It spread so fast that everyone in my dorm last year started calling me Billy; some people even thought that was my real name. ... Many words have been introduced to me that have had an impact on my language usage. Words such as tight, sick, wicked, phat, and fo" shizle my nizle have had impacts on how I talk with my peers, and how I understand them from day to day. ...
Hello my name is Jessica, I am 19 years old. ... During the summer I met this guy named Julio. ... After my long talk with my mom I started to clean so my father would not yell or hit me. ... My mother asked me what I was going to name the baby and I told her that the baby's name is Renée. ... His name was...
I shouted for help at the top of my voice, but my brother told me to shut up. ... My mother always works so hard and does so much for my family and I. Davide is my brother's name. ... I love my grandparents. ... The most costly part of my spending is on my three mobile phones. ...
Leigh happens to be my middle name. ... Henning is my last name and it is always misspelled. ... Kristi Yamaguchi shares my first name, with a different variation of spelling. ... Kristi Yamaguchi not only shares my name but like I she shares the willingness of wanting a goal so bad that she will not stop until she reaches the goal. ... I continue to strive at my goal of ice-skating. ...
My name is Daniel Jermaine Chaney, I have grown up in Burton my entire life. In the early stages of my life I grew up on Pontiac St. on the north side of Flint later in my life when I was 12, I was relocated to Burton. I feel that my relocation contributes to my cultural diversity and understanding of the difference in people. Since the early years of my life I have always been involved in extra-circular activities. ... In my life my parents have instilled in me religion and abiding by the law. ...
In Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red, a murderer stalks the streets of Istanbul. ... At first the phrase seems similar to the book title, but upon closer investigation we can see that the subtle difference between "My Name is" and "I am" causes the two phrases to operate in meaningfully different ways. "My name is" is a person adopting the characteristics of an identity. ... A more recent example is the movie Gladiator when Russell Crowe (as Maximus Meridius) announces, "My name is Gladiator.... While it's clear that Red in My Name is Red is a singular ...
