[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Names

[Meredith Wilson]

>Meredith wrote:

>> My sister wanted to hyphenate, but it seems that in Kentucky you 
have to
>> take your husband's name. 

>Oh please.  You have got to be kidding me.  
 
Sad, isn't it?  Now it might have changed, this was 10 years ago, but still
pretty backwater.

 
>> I took my husband's name mainly because my dad's favorite musical 
was the
>> Music Man, written by Meredith Willson.  He always teased me that I 
should
>> marry a Wilson so I could share the name.  It turned out that my 
husband was
>> a Wilson and so it actually worked out that way.  I thought it was 
pretty
>> amazing that it turned out that way, so I had to become a Wilson.

>I have to confess that I've been dying to make Music Man jokes to you 
>for months now, Meredith.  

*grin*  You wouldn't be the first!  I'm actually surprised how many people
hear my name, pause like they want to say something until I say 'Yep, like
the Music Man' and they smile.  I've really heard some great stories from
the Docents at my Museum (older folks mostly) who tell me about when they
listened to Meredith Willson programs on the radio.  I think it's pretty
cool.  Of course I can't say much for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"...

Meredith, the charming Librari-dith