Comments on: Anti-Racist Parent Meme

By: How It Feels to Be Tagged | The Chronicles of Munchkin Land

How It Feels to Be Tagged | The Chronicles of Munchkin Land — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:27:56 +0000

[...] Anti-Racist Parent Meme [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:01:48 +0000

*I meant “how”*

By: Marci

Marci — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:32:23 +0000

Okay this one called to me, so I did it!

By: cloudscome

cloudscome — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:11:17 +0000

Fascinating stuff! I’d love to hear about how it feels to be tagged for this meme. Post about that next, OK?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:16:11 +0000

So I DO you correctly pronounce your maiden name??? I’m curious now!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:45:40 +0000

Suz; Not my maiden name since it’s from my Dad’s maternal side, but the Polish name is Zgoda, which no one can pronounce either. (Zah-goh-dah, but the first two syllables are pronounced quickly.) As for being “raised” Polish, Grandma’s Ma converted from Catholicism to the Protestant Presbyterian denomination when she married Pa. So, when Husband’s Grandpa asked me, shortly after Husband and I were engaged, if we were going to have a big Pollack wedding, thinking he was being funny, I said, “Well, I am Polish.” He said, obviously shocked and stumbling over words, “Oh, I just meant Catholic.” I said no at that point. HA!

BigBrother was an accidental name. We wanted a name that no one on either side had so that we didn’t have to listen to complaints from either side being left out. …only afterwards did we realize that it’s my best friend’s husband’s name. So, there are jokes about that. Heh.

By: suz

suz — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:26:56 +0000

You have me curious on the polish last name. will you email it to me? My dad is Polish. Conceived in a concentration camp. I also grew up Polish. Your post made me smile.

Also amused that we have the same kid mix (daughter, son, son) and our first sons have the same names.

Great minds…