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Some facts about my being named "Woozle":
Facts about my chosen names:
 
==Woozle==
* It derives from a scene in the children's book ''Winne-the-Pooh''.
* It derives from a scene in the children's book ''Winne-the-Pooh''.
** See {{wikipedia|woozle}} for an explanation of where it comes up in the story.
** See {{wikipedia|woozle}} for an explanation of where it comes up in the story.
* It's the first name I remember being called, and it always felt like it refers to me.
* My parents started using it as a nickname during the first week after I was born.
* I intend to make "Woozle" my legal first name.
* It's the first name I remember being called.
==Some History==
* It has always felt clearly like it refers to me, ''is'' me.
At Durham Academy, my 2nd grade teacher (Mrs. Land) wouldn't let me sign my work "Woozle" anymore, and made me sign by my full name. I went along with it at the time, because I was an obedient child &ndash; but in retrospect, I wish I had kicked up a fuss.
 
When I first switched schools to Durham Academy in 2nd grade, my teacher (Mrs. Land) wouldn't let me sign my work "Woozle" anymore, and made me sign by my full name. I went along with it at the time, because I was an obedient child &ndash; but in retrospect, I wish I had kicked up a fuss.


I only adopted "Nick" because it was better than the full version of my first name &ndash; and I didn't think of doing that until several years later.
I only adopted [deadname] because it was better than the full version of my first name &ndash; and I didn't think of doing that until several years later.


In high school, there was this one incident where [[Jenny]] was trying to get my attention and kept calling "Nick! Nick!", but it wasn't until she called out "Woozle!" that I heard her. She only called me "Woozle" after that.
In high school, there was this one incident where [[Jenny]] was trying to get my attention and kept calling "[deadname]! [deadname]!", but it wasn't until she called out "Woozle!" that I heard her. She mainly called me "Woozle" after that.


I think it was at that point that I started to realize that allowing them to take "Woozle" away from me had been a mistake.
I think it was at that point that I started to realize that allowing them to take "Woozle" away from me had been a mistake.


Unfortunately, I continued to use "Nick" in most contexts, because I thought I had to. I'm finally realizing now (2017) that this was also a mistake, and plan to have it changed to "Nicola" (and demoted to second place) as soon as I have the mental energy and time to confront the unnecessary right-wing-induced bureaucracy. "Nick" can then be short for "Nicola", and I won't have to have all my checks and stuff reprinted.
Unfortunately, I continued to use "[deadname]" in most contexts, because I thought I had to. I finally realized in 2017 that this was also a mistake, and legally changed my name to "Woozalia Nicola".
==Woozalia==
In the mid-200Xs, Harena and I were on a very small IRC server where we got chosen to be IRCops. As part of that process, we had to create an alternative login with a different username. I found myself thinking "need an alias for Woozle... a Woozle alias... "Woozalia"? -- so I used that.
 
Later, when I was setting up a web site for my creative stuff (this one!), I was thinking that "Woozalia" could also be seen as "Woozle -alia" -- where "-alia" as a suffix is often used sort of like "paraphernialia", stuff related to the subject, i.e. stuff related to Woozle.
 
...and then when I finally got started with transitioning and name-changing, it occurred to me that "Woozalia" actually has a nice feminine ending to it and could, in fact, be viewed as the non-diminutive form of "Woozle". I therefore declared it thus, and made it my legal first name in mid-June 2019.

Latest revision as of 22:01, 25 January 2023

Facts about my chosen names:

Woozle

  • It derives from a scene in the children's book Winne-the-Pooh.
    • See Wikipedia for an explanation of where it comes up in the story.
  • My parents started using it as a nickname during the first week after I was born.
  • It's the first name I remember being called.
  • It has always felt clearly like it refers to me, is me.

When I first switched schools to Durham Academy in 2nd grade, my teacher (Mrs. Land) wouldn't let me sign my work "Woozle" anymore, and made me sign by my full name. I went along with it at the time, because I was an obedient child – but in retrospect, I wish I had kicked up a fuss.

I only adopted [deadname] because it was better than the full version of my first name – and I didn't think of doing that until several years later.

In high school, there was this one incident where Jenny was trying to get my attention and kept calling "[deadname]! [deadname]!", but it wasn't until she called out "Woozle!" that I heard her. She mainly called me "Woozle" after that.

I think it was at that point that I started to realize that allowing them to take "Woozle" away from me had been a mistake.

Unfortunately, I continued to use "[deadname]" in most contexts, because I thought I had to. I finally realized in 2017 that this was also a mistake, and legally changed my name to "Woozalia Nicola".

Woozalia

In the mid-200Xs, Harena and I were on a very small IRC server where we got chosen to be IRCops. As part of that process, we had to create an alternative login with a different username. I found myself thinking "need an alias for Woozle... a Woozle alias... "Woozalia"? -- so I used that.

Later, when I was setting up a web site for my creative stuff (this one!), I was thinking that "Woozalia" could also be seen as "Woozle -alia" -- where "-alia" as a suffix is often used sort of like "paraphernialia", stuff related to the subject, i.e. stuff related to Woozle.

...and then when I finally got started with transitioning and name-changing, it occurred to me that "Woozalia" actually has a nice feminine ending to it and could, in fact, be viewed as the non-diminutive form of "Woozle". I therefore declared it thus, and made it my legal first name in mid-June 2019.