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Mira
Mary
Dorota
Wait a minute, hold the panic, I..."
YEEEEEEEEES! Perfect! Thank you so much Alex! Woohoo!!!
p.s. I am completely sober but so happy!

I am should be changed to Mai
Dorothy Mai Ferg
You don't want the I am at the front. Bit of a d'oh moment from me there.
Glad I could help. I thought I was going to fail y..."
So good. Thank you!

Not to rain on the parade, but I kinda wonder if making it "I am [whoever]" might not be viewed as very derivative (causing readers' eyes to roll) and maybe even borderline infringement (causing nastygrams from laywers)? I don't know, but I'd hate to see you get in trouble...

Not to rain on the parade, but I kinda wonder if making it "I am [whoever]" might not be viewed as very derivative (causing readers' eyes to roll) and maybe even borderline infringement (c..."
Thanks Dale, but Alex kind of beat you to it a few comments above: we're going with Dorothy Mai Ferg. So, just an anagram.
I think I could have gotten away with "I am.." too though, under fair use. And I LIVE for nastygrams from lawyers. :)

People are always beating me to the punch. ;-)
I want to do something similar. As in, I want to create a normal name out of the words "Fairy Godmother".
So far I get to Mira and then I draw a blank.
Anyone else got any ideas?