Allan Allan Allan...Allan. Allan?? Allan Allan. (617 hits)
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Submitted by Oddzandendz (View user info) at 2005-03-09 21:37:07 EST
I need to know once and for all, for the record...Is Allan a nerd's name??? Ah-lun. I know there are "Alan"s and "Allen"s but I'm Allan so that's the spelling we'll use.
When I was growing up I always felt it carried a stigma and people just expected me to be a dork. What kind of first impression is "Allan" ?
Even as far back as Kindergarten I would have been uneasy to hear my name called in public after all the Tylers, Joeys and Nicks had already won so many hearts.
As media became more dominant in my life, I obviously saw the stereotypical nerd-role played out on TV and in movies. I haven't seen it lately, so it may have run it's course. I Either that or I just haven't been watching enough TV.
Al Bundy struck a blow for Allans everywhere by telling the tale of a man whose name, despite it's clunkyness, did not predispose him to be anything but king of his domain. A big-tit redhead wife is more than I could ever hope for myself.
I did the Allan stigma no favors. The truth is that I really WAS a whopping dork from about 1980-1999. I walked the walk. My only saving grace in high school was that I could talk my way in and out of anything I ever wanted. I always had a place amongst the in-crowd for my wits and personality, which ultimately led to nothing more than drugs and unsafe sex when I should have been fucking studying. I've always wondered if the name carried a curse that gave me no choice but to wear glasses, have dandruff, jam my finger every time I caught a basketball and be the last kid on the block to both french kiss and get pit hair. For the record I french kissed way before pit hair.
Then in 1999 something happened and it all happened so fast. I started college. I moved away from home. I got contact lenses. I met a world of new friends and feeling like a whole new man I introduced myself as "Al" to every one of them. In the last 5 out of 24 years of my life I have reduced the number of people who call me "Allan" on a regular basis from about 99% to about 5-10% - That's just family and a few friends from high school, who all agree that it's weird to hear "Al". Subsequently my "Al" friends think it's novel when somebody from my past calls me "Allan". Girls will "Awwww..." but a typical guy reaction is "Haha ALLAN." They pronounce it like they are mock -dictating an Indian menu. I can't figure it out!! Sometimes people will say its a really nice name, but they're just being nice. People must think Allans are a fragile people.
I know this is ubergold to all the flame diggers in the audience but here goes....AM I A NERD??
I'm just kidding....
But really....I want this out on the table with the maple syrup....
1) When you think of the name Allan...does your mind automatically project a ....social mis-fit?
ie - unathletic , unpopular, goof at work, fat chick magnet ...
2) If you woke up tomorrow and your name was Allan, would you rather people called you Al?
3) If your spouse had good reason in her mind to name one of your children Allan, would you have any hang ups over it, spoken or unspoken?
K thats it....participate! Answer truthfully since even if this isn't interesting to you, it may be of interest to others.
Others named Allan who may not admit it, but they have nightmares about the first archetypal Jenga commercial in which Allan becomes the butt-hole of the world for lousing up the party.
ps- only if you've seen Being John Malcovich would the title of this post mean anything...
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-03-10 11:30:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Guys named Allan can be cool. Like that guy from M.A.S.H., Allan Alda - mmrrrrow, what a fox.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-03-10 08:12:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It's a boring non-descript name, like John or Andrew.
Wheter your name is dorky depends soley on your surname. My name (when it is spoken alongside my surname) is the coolest name you could imagine. So think about that. Does your full name have flair and style?
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-03-10 02:41:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
yes allan is a nerd's name.
i always think cindy is a retro name- i've never met another real life person called cindy.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:32:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh,
The name means nothing.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:32:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I can't call you a geek based on this post alone.
You just sound like a guy who grew up and found his way.
Good for you.
I saw Being John Malcovitch but I don't get the title(Found it funny though).
Submitted by Rixes (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:04:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Kind of a child molesty sort of name.
Submitted by Saxon (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:42:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Al Bundy is one of my hero's.
Submitted by heyzues (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:30:36 EST (#)
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I also knew a guy named Allan, he was a really nice guy, but he killed himself because he was gay.
Submitted by heyzues (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:29:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I hate steve's, there was this guy named steve that I've known all my life and he's the biggest ass hole I have ever met, and ever will meet. Also that guy from Sweatloads is named steve, and he sounds like a real dick cheese. So to conclude if your name is steve I FUCKING HATE YOU.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:11:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
yeah, my parents didn't get that memo.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:09:12 EST (#)
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I didn't know that they named anyone Earl anymore.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:08:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
bah, what's in a name? would a rose by any other name not smell as sweet? who fucking cares what someone thinks about you based on your name? if that is all it takes for someone to make an opinion about you, you don't need them around... but by the way, Allan is a totally ghey name. DORK!
PS: This is coming from a guy named... DUN-DUN-DUHHHHH... Earl. The king of stereotyped names, so I feel your pain...
goddamn I hate the dixie chicks.
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:08:14 EST (#)
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GO STEVES WOOOO
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:58:54 EST (#)
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Haha.
Submitted by Degreeless_Capibara (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:56:40 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
OMG MI NAME ARE = TEH STEVE 2!
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:48:27 EST (#)
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HOLY SHIT TWO STEVES IN THE SAME POST.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:47:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
My name is Steven, which has the same nerd-ish stigma around it. People now call me Steve, which is better, although sometimes it reminds me of a drunk college asshole, for reasons unknown.
It depends on how you "wear" the name. If you go "Uh... hi... uh, I'm Alan." then, yes, it IS a nerd's name. But you have to be a nerd in the first place, so no, it isin't a nerd's name. But then, I may be biased; my middle name is Allen.
Loved that Malkovitch scene. +2 for reminding me of it.
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:42:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
My Dad's name is Allen. He's hot as fuck.
I had an uncle names Alan, but he went by Al. He died when I was little.
Alan Grant was a tool. Fuck you, Sam Neil.
Iverson is the Answer.
Al is not a cool nickname.
Love,
Steve