sycamore-sidhe - When I was born, my parents decided to call me Alberta. Even though I'm English, I spent my whole childhood being asked if I was Canadian! I could never find any of those personalised mugs and pens you get for kids with normal names like "Joanna". My parents finally took me to Canada when I was 13 and I insisted on having my photo taken with every roadsign that said Alberta, and for two weeks I bought every pen, mug and t-shirt I could find, just to finally get some stuff with my name on it.