Greveli
My name My name's Greveli. At college I had a teacher who used to call me Grave, because according to him it was a more accurate way to pronounce it. I'm from Venezuela and here there is the custom of combine common names to create new and awkward ones. For example, my grandmother's name's Gregoria and my grandfather's Evelio, so my mother thought it would be a good idea to name me after both of them on one single name. I can't complain, believe me when I tell you it could be worse. If you read my preview entry you could've noticed that I decided to use a simple name for my daughter. We, Venezuelan, take advantage of everything to make fun of others and I know that kids from school won’t be the exception. Just the thought of combine mine and her father it would be some kind of name such as Greimy (kids will come out with some joke like Gremlins) was not an option.
Mar 29, 2015 8:23 PM
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My name

My name's Greveli. At college I had a teacher who used to call me Grave, because according to him, it was a more accurate way to pronounce it. I'm from Venezuela and here there is the custom of combine combining  common names to create new and awkward ones. For example, my grandmother's name is Gregoria and my grandfather's is Evelio, so my mother thought it would be a good idea to name me after both of them on in one single name. I can't complain, believe me when I tell you it could be worse. If you read my preview entry you could've (would've or would have) noticed that I decided to use a simple name for my daughter. We, Venezuelans, take advantage of everything to make fun of others and I know that kids from school won’t be the an exception. Just the thought of combine Combining mine and her father's name it would be result in some kind of name such as Greimy. (kids will come out with some joke like Gremlins) was not an option..Knowing Knowing kids would call her names such as "Gremlins", made that not an option.

March 31, 2015

My name

My name's Greveli. At college I had a teacher who used to call me Grave, because according to him it was a more accurate way to pronounce it. I'm from Venezuela and here there is the custom of combine* common names to create new and awkward ones. For example, my grandmother's name's* Gregoria and my grandfather's* Evelio, so my mother thought it would be a good idea to name me after both of them on* one single name. I can't complain, believe me when I tell you it could be worse. If you read my preview entry you *could've noticed that I decided to use a simple name for my daughter. We, Venezuelan*, take advantage of everything to make fun of others and I know that kids from school won’t be *the exception. Just the thought of combine *mine and her father it would be some kind of name such as Greimy (kids will come out with some joke like Gremlins) was not an option.

 

'combine' : combining
'name's' : name is
'grandfather's' :grandfather's is
'on one single name' : in one single name
'you could've noticed' : you would notice
'Venezuelan' : Venezuelans
'won’t be the exception' : will not be an exception
'of combine mine and her father it would be . . ' :
of combining my name and her father's to make/create . .

March 29, 2015
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