It’s super funny how my mom got the idea of my name, a name as seldom as those of junks' you see around Philippines! I do not even know what unforgettable experience the letter A had done to my parents’ life except that they met in Angeles City, mom craved for Ayskrim when she first conceived a child, my father hailed from Romblon but I regret to say that they have forgotten to consider the letter R. So they assume, naming us all A’s would be a very good choice but that only worked ages ago, not today. In my day, Ariane sounds plain and simple, it sounds like those of “stain lift” detergent powders', I feel all riled up every time people misheard, and honestly mispronounce it as “Ariel”. If only I’m getting paid once people misspell my name, I am now enjoying the comfort of my money bed.
When I was elementary, my teachers were always requiring us to make a summary about the history of our names in front of the class, like the usual, I was too shy to unravel the mystery.
The only thing I could be proud of is…I have the rare spelling. Common Ariane names would be spelled as Arriane or Arianne, which is a French name. As history suggested, my name originated from the Greek name ‘Ariadne’, the daughter of King Minos of Crete. She fell in love with an Athenian hero named Theseus who later left Ariadne on an island. The name Ariadne came from the ancient Greek words ‘ari’ which means intelligent and the other one is ‘adnis’ which means pure (as in a virgin).
There you go, let us now proceed to the according-to-my-mom side, the funny side. Avon catalog? Familiar? Mom’s hobby years back, browsing items and then pay for it within a month, three gives ang banat ni Inay para hindi maramdaman ang butas sa bulsa.
Meet me in my past life.
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