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A lot of people seem to be noticing that I have been signing my posts as Laura lately. I guess that happened without any warning and I tend to forget that not everyone who reads my posts hears my rants about my name on IRC  . I've gotten a few comments about the name change and people have mistaken me for the other LauraBF. The other LauraBF emailed me because people have asked her if she and I are the same person, so I felt I needed to clarify my decision. My real name is Laura U. Alicia U. is my pen name that I chose to use many years ago -- back in high school -- when I first started writing fanfic because I didn't want my RL friends to know that I write fanfic. But now the name Alicia bugs me. It was my Spanish name in high school and no one pronounces it correctly and I would rather be known as Laura than as Alicia -- it was so weird in North Carolina when people called me Alicia -- I didn't know who they were talking about . I tried to use Ali on IRC, but Kaethel was the only person that caught on  , so some people on IRC convinced me to not use Alicia if I hate it so much. From now on, I will be using my pen name when I write stories and my real name for everything else. Ex. on IRC I am now using LauraU instead of AliciaU. I am the same person, and the reason I hadn't made this change when I returned from my 2 year absense is because I didn't want everyone to be confused having too many Lauras. - Laura
Laura "The Yellow Dart" U. (Alicia U. on the archive)
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." -- Christopher Reeve
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well, welcome Laura then!
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Well, we might be confused right at first, but I'm confident we'll sort it out. Just ask Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, and Anni!  PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
--Stardust, Caroline K
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Congratulations on reclaiming your own name, then, Laura! (though I'm finding it hard to forget 'Alicia', since I do actually like that name ). But hey, if we can cope with three Lauries, three Kathys and a seemingly-endless combination of Anne, Annie, Ann, Annette, Anna and Anni, we can cope with another Laura around the place! Wendy
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A rose by any other name... Heck, we don't care what you call yourself, we love ya anyway.  LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Oh, and we mustn't forget our 3 Carols <g> Though CCM and CarolM went that extra mile by having the same last-name initial...
PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
--Stardust, Caroline K
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Hey Laura3! Letssee... We've got Laurach, moi, and now you... Laura2
“Rules only make sense if they are both kept and broken. Breaking the rule is one way of observing it.”
--Thomas Moore
"Keep an open mind, I always say. Drives sensible people mad, I know, but what did we ever get from sensible people? Not poetry or art or music, that's for sure."
--Charles de Lint, Someplace to Be Flying
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Just ask Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, and Anni! And even worse, note that there are two Anna B. 's!! Anyway, welcome, Laura U.!!  (do you want me to reveal your last name too?  ok, just kidding) AnnaBtG. (who feels that having the same name with much more people is rather annoying... should I begin using my last name more often, BanAnna?)
What we've got here is failure to communicate...
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Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, and Anni Did I mention my name was Anne, too? Kidding kidding. *ducks tomatoes* Anywho, no problemo, Laura. By the time I'm in IRC, it's after midnight and I have a hard enough time keeping track of my own name...one little change won't make much of a difference to me.
"Meg...who let you back in the house?" -Family Guy
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Alright, *besides* Ann, Anni, Annie, Anne, AnnaBananaFannaFoFanna, and whatever else, what are some other oft-duplicated names?
~Anni, the one, the only, Anni the Diva @-}--
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Diva, *you* are copying us! We know your name is Andrianne!! (Okay, I'm kidding! But why did you cut it? It's so cute!) what are some other oft-duplicated names? How about Kathy? There are at least two (KathyB and KathyM) AnnaBtG.
What we've got here is failure to communicate...
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LabRat? There are at least...oh, no, wait... LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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