"What's in a Name?" (New York Times)

nikrud
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:38:45 +0000

At my D’s graduation party, groups of kids continued to drop by later in the evening. I was just a wee bit exhausted when she introduced me to a group of kids that I only slightly knew. During the introductions, she introduced a quiet boy in the back of the group whom I had never seen before. So when she said “Mom, Dad, this is Fez”, we burst out laughing, automatically thinking he was a foreign exchange student, so nicknamed after Fes (foreign exchange student) on ‘That 70’s Show.’ Um, his name really was Fez. Oops. Chalk it up to over 100 people coming thru the door that day, but I still cringe with embarassment when I think of it!