I'm trying something new. I'm going to try and write short, frequent posts about culture and other German randomness. We'll see how long this lasts...
For as long as I can remember, my name has been kinda weird. Typically, people spell MorgAn with an A, but my mother decided to be different and spell my name MorgEn. I've become quite accustomed to people misspelling my name, it happens all the time! In my younger years I thought my parents were just trying to be different when they named me Morgen, but then I learned the story behind my name.
My mother is named Dawn and German was her minor in college. For those of you that know even the teeniest bit of German, you most likely know that Guten Morgen means good morning. See the connection? My momma named me after herself in German! She's so clever and tricksy. After I learned the meaning behind my weird spelling, I was always happy to tell people the reason my name is spelled the way it is. I think it's pretty cool!
Now that I'm in Germany, I still think my name is cool, but now it's also kinda hilarious and very confusing! You see, Germans greet each other in the morning by simply saying "morgen!" to one another. I've got people I don't even know saying my own name to me every morning! And not only does morgen mean morning, but it is also the word for tomorrow. My name happens to be an extremely common word in the German language. Half the time I'm listening to Germans talking, I don't know whether they're talking about me, the morning, or tomorrow (or tomorrow morning!). It can get reaaallly confusing sometimes! But despite the daily confusion, I'm really glad that I have a bit of a quirky name. It gives me something to talk about right when I meet people. I've got my little prepared spiel: "Hi, I'm Morgen. Yes, like 'guten morgen'. I know it's a little confusing. My mom is named Dawn, so she named me after herself in German!". Boom. Right off the bat I have something I feel confident saying in German, and sometimes I get a little laugh out of whoever I'm talking to.
So thanks for the goofy name Mim :)
p.s. I LEAVE FOR LONDON TODAY AHHHHH!
For as long as I can remember, my name has been kinda weird. Typically, people spell MorgAn with an A, but my mother decided to be different and spell my name MorgEn. I've become quite accustomed to people misspelling my name, it happens all the time! In my younger years I thought my parents were just trying to be different when they named me Morgen, but then I learned the story behind my name.
My mother is named Dawn and German was her minor in college. For those of you that know even the teeniest bit of German, you most likely know that Guten Morgen means good morning. See the connection? My momma named me after herself in German! She's so clever and tricksy. After I learned the meaning behind my weird spelling, I was always happy to tell people the reason my name is spelled the way it is. I think it's pretty cool!
Now that I'm in Germany, I still think my name is cool, but now it's also kinda hilarious and very confusing! You see, Germans greet each other in the morning by simply saying "morgen!" to one another. I've got people I don't even know saying my own name to me every morning! And not only does morgen mean morning, but it is also the word for tomorrow. My name happens to be an extremely common word in the German language. Half the time I'm listening to Germans talking, I don't know whether they're talking about me, the morning, or tomorrow (or tomorrow morning!). It can get reaaallly confusing sometimes! But despite the daily confusion, I'm really glad that I have a bit of a quirky name. It gives me something to talk about right when I meet people. I've got my little prepared spiel: "Hi, I'm Morgen. Yes, like 'guten morgen'. I know it's a little confusing. My mom is named Dawn, so she named me after herself in German!". Boom. Right off the bat I have something I feel confident saying in German, and sometimes I get a little laugh out of whoever I'm talking to.
So thanks for the goofy name Mim :)
p.s. I LEAVE FOR LONDON TODAY AHHHHH!
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