Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Names
The other day my girlfriend had told me that she noticed on the blog that my post about cold suddenly switches to the plural first person, without any explanation of who I was with.
I noticed this after the post. This is what we English people do, recreationally notice when our person changes randomly.
There are also plenty of times I refer to my girlfriend, always in those rather ambiguous terms. I've meant to ask her if I could use her name online, and it just took a little while for me to remember. I'm still getting used to this notion in blogging that you use people's real names; sure, it adds to credibility, but we learn to be so defensive of our identities in the digital realm. It took, honestly, a little bit of personal convincing that it was going to be okay for me to use my own name.
So when she asked if I noticed my persons had changed, it seemed like the logical time to ask the question. She, apparently, needed much less personal convincing that it would be okay for me to use her name. In fact, she looked at me like I was a bit silly.
And on that account, I would agree with my girlfriend. With Susanne.
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