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ARE NAMES IMPORTANT?

Mine? Robert Terrance Mulcahy Jr. The junior part says I have the same name as my father. Mulcahy is our family name - Irish as all get-out - But from when or where exactly I don’t know. My father’s father of Irish descent My father’s mother of German descent. My mother’s parents of German descent but I don’t have her name. So what’s mine mean? Terrance was the name of my grandmother’s doctor. An English name. In first grade it was laughed at At home I was called Terry Which was fine But in a 1950's world it was ambiguous also a girl’s name and a childlike name I came to hate it. Robert was my father’s name He was called Bob his mother called him Bobby I wrote Robert on my school assignments but I was known as Terry until high school. Then Away from my parents I was Bob. At home I was Terry. A dichotomy a split person. Two ways to act two ways to think. Later, at work I was Bob still an adult name a man’s name. One day I left town to travel to get away to see the USA but not

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Literature

ARE NAMES IMPORTANT?

Mine? Robert Terrance Mulcahy Jr. The junior part says I have the same name as my father. Mulcahy is our family name - Irish as all get-out - But from when or where exactly I don’t know. My father’s father of Irish descent My father’s mother of German descent. My mother’s parents of German descent but I don’t have her name. So what’s mine mean? Terrance was the name of my grandmother’s doctor. An English name. In first grade it was laughed at At home I was called Terry Which was fine But in a 1950's world it was ambiguous also a girl’s name and a childlike name I came to hate it. Robert was my father’s name He was called Bob his mother called him Bobby I wrote Robert on my school assignments but I was known as Terry until high school. Then Away from my parents I was Bob. At home I was Terry. A dichotomy a split person. Two ways to act two ways to think. Later, at work I was Bob still an adult name a man’s name. One day I left town to travel to get away to see the USA but not

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