Name Flipping

My brain has a mind of its own.  I am not entirely in control here.  One of my brain’s more annoying habits is something I call “name flipping.”

Name flipping is when my brain tweaks a name in some manner.  Once a name has thus flipped, my brain won’t let the altered name go.

For the most part, I am able to keep the flipped names internal.  On occasion, however, the flipped name will spew out in my conversation.

Following are just a few examples of my flipped names:

William = Bill-ee-um

Missouri = Misery

Milwaukee = Mill-lock-ee

Tennessee = Ten-same-letters-ee

Timbuktu = Tim-buck-three  

Butte = Butte, America

Thing is, the flipped names continue to pile up inside my brain.  More and more are added as time goes on.  Soon, I fear, my brain will be entirely filled with such nonsense.

—Mitchell Hegman