Dear Dish on an Ode to Aaron
Dear (Dish):I see you go by a lot of different names: Dishmon, Dishère, Dishé, Dishola, Dishie, etc.
Which is preferable to you? And what is the entomological source of your name?
Cheerio, An Avid Namer
Dear Avid:
I will assume you meant etymology and are not comparing Dish to an insect. ;o) Truly, Dish is accepting of any of these variations since the use of a nickname generally tends to be a sign of love and affection, possibly even adoration in some cases.
The name Dish begins with a boy named Aaron from Spud Island. Dish first met him way back in the day when, because of a foolish boy*, Dish found herself in an unfortunate camping predicament. Dish was far from home and the boy in question refused to let her sleep in the tent with him and the rest of her friends because of an awkward situation of his own making. Since he owned the tent, Dish did not have much of a say in the matter. Luckily, Jennie Pink-eye took Dish's side in this story and roamed the open fields of Rollo Bay with her until the wee hours of the morning.
Enter Aaron, stage left (or possibly camp site left). He was camping with the brother of one of Dish's friends and gallantly saved the day by giving Dish and Jennie Pink-eye his tent for the night with no thought for his own comfort and safety. Little Dish was truly impressed and moved by this grand display of chivalry.
Dish's and Aaron's paths crossed again when Dish moved to Ottawa. Again the chivalrous Aaron, this time accompanied by Handsome Pete (another knight in shining armour to Dish), adopted the lonely Dish as their very own younger sister when she didn't know a soul in the city.
It was at the time of this chance friendship renewal that the name Dish came about. Aaron loves a good nickname and it took awhile to finally hit upon just the right one. For awhile Dish was called Hollywood Trish after we watched The Rookie with Dennis Quaid and Aaron felt that Dish looked like Dennis' co-star, Rachel Griffiths. Now of course this name just couldn't stick because there is really not much point in a nickname that is longer than your actual name. Hollywood Trish gradually transformed into Trish the Dish, which finally gave way to just Dish, the girl you now know and love.
Many thanks go out to Aaron, without whom the name (and therefore the advice column) may never have come to be.
* The foolish boy in this story eventually came to his senses and repented of his evil ways. He and Dish are now good friends once more.
posted by Dish @ 11:00 PM
4 Comments:
Yet whatever happened to Jennie pink eye?
I don't think Jennie Pink-eye is the Jennie of whom you are thinking. That Jennie is still in the wilds of Korea.
yes jennie non-pink eye would not go camping - ever
There's a Jennie for every colour of the rainbow!
I think the writer did, in fact, mean entomological.
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