Depth of Mist Wood

Depth of Mist Wood, originally uploaded by photocello2006.

When I came across this photograph my soul longed to follow it's misty path through the quiet wood. I can almost smell the air.

Do You Believe In Angels?

I do. I have always been taught that we all have a guardian angel watching over us, and I believe this to be true. I have often thought maybe we are Angels, and our guardian is our best friend from back home keeping an eye on us while we're here on earth. And so, usually when someone asks me the inevitable question "Well, Are you an Angel? " my reply is "Of course I am. Aren't you?"




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Are You Acute or Obtuse? My Life as Angle

I never really knew my name was unusual until I started school. Every year, on the first day of school, the teacher would inevitably call out

"Angle? is this a misprint?"
"No, that's how it's spelled, there's supposed to be an accent, its Angle' " I would say pronouncing it with my best fake french accent. After a few lousy attempts to say it correctly "just call me Angel" I would say, if you aren't going to say it right don't bother.

This exchange was usually accompanied by a chorus of snickering from my classmates. After class someone always had a wisecrack about my name. It was the same year after year, with every new class. eventually I'd just say "Yea, it's a misprint, it's supposed to be Angel." and Angle' was lost.





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Well, ARE you an Angel?

You have no idea how many times I've heard this question. People think they're being funny when they ask, but after a while it just gets old. What a ridiculous question to ask someone. Being named Angel comes with the expectation to act like one. That's a lot to live up to as a kid. Of course, I really WAS an angel, at least right up until puberty. Now I'm not so sure anymore.




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How I Became Angel Reborn

At some point before I was born, my mother found my name in a novel. "It means Angel reborn," she tells me, "it's French." The spelling and pronunciation is still a mystery to me to this day, Angle' Ronay.

Angle' Ronay is not the French spelling, mom got creative with that. The little ' above the e is supposed to be an accent aigu. Unfortunately in my world computers never print the accents, so all of my important legal documents read Angle and it is the legal spelling of my name. I have often wished my name were spelled differently, but how would I spell it?

Angel ? -the nickname
Angele ? - looks more like it sounds, with or without accent
Anglee' ? - keep the accent, loose the angle
Ange ? - the true French spelling -Nah, worse than angle
Rene' ?- true French spelling, and another accent
Renee ?- more like a first name, with or without the accent

Everyone calls me Angel. Occasionally my parents or close loved ones will speak my "real" name, each pronouncing it differently. I have never been able to discern which is the correct pronunciation, or which I prefer.

ann-gel-lee?
anglee
on-ja-lee
on-gel-lay?
ann-ja-lay?
row-nay ?
rah-nay ?

I'm confused. But so long as you say it with a fake French accent it sounds pretty nice.

What would you do? Would you change the spelling and to what? How would you pronounce it?

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Should I Change the spelling of my name?

Yes, if it makes you happy. No, respect mom's choice.