What's in a name?

[Jakob]

I have a few colleagues who hate having their names shortened and I usually make an effort not to do it. I find that they will usually pay a lot more attention to what I'm saying than the people calling them 'mike', 'dave', etc.

[rogerzilla]

"Rog" annoys me, because that's what my mother calls me 

The girls have ended up as Em and Pose, just to prove you can shorten anything.  Pose (coined by Em) is actually short for Posie, as in Rosie Posie 

[SteveC]

I am now Steve to everyone except my mother. 

I agree with Wollypigs' comment about knowing when you're in trouble.

We have a (female) friend called 'Bud'.  This is short for Rosebud, which in turn is a contraction of Rosemary.
If you really want to have her full attention, a suitable assertive call of 'Rosemary' in her direction cuts straight through to the subconscious! 


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[Adam]

I sometimes get called "Ad", but I guess that's as far as it goes.

[rogerzilla]

I sometimes get called "Ad", but I guess that's as far as it goes.

Better than "Damn!"

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I'll answer to Kirsten or Kirst, but never Kirsty. That's not my name. That's someone else's name. My brother is Alexander and everyone except my mum shortens him to Alex. She just says "if I'd wanted him to be called Alex I would have called him Alex." When people come into his work and ask him if he's Alexander, he knows they're mum's friends.

[JonBuoy]

Bloke at work to me: "Good morning Jonathon - how are you today ?"

My reply: "Fine thanks Ericathon - and you ?"

"Err - fine thanks John"

Result !

[Basil]

You'd think that my name couldn't be shortened, but I used to work with a bloke who just dropped the n and always called me Joh.

Didn't really bother me, but I did think it really odd.


As my grandfather always used to say, "You can call me anything you like, as long as you don't call me late for dinner."

[Wascally Weasel]

In my head I'm a Billy but no-one else calls me that.

[peliroja]

Victoria to my Dad. Vicky to almost everyone else.
Pjuske to Woolly.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

My first name is the same as a rather superior older cousin so I am called by my second name, also my surname is the same phonetically as a very famous and charismatic person of the distant past.

So.. I always have to tell people to call me by my second name and no, my surname does not have an 'e' in it.  They still put the 'e' in anyway until I physically make them remove it.

One day I'll be famous and it'll all be different.

[Regulator]

My first name is the same as a rather superior older cousin so I am called by my second name, also my surname is the same phonetically as a very famous and charismatic person of the distant past.

So.. I always have to tell people to call me by my second name and no, my surname does not have an 'e' in it.  They still put the 'e' in anyway until I physically make them remove it.

One day I'll be famous and it'll all be different.

Ahhh... so you're actually Napoleon Bonapart, eh? 

[clarion]

de Gaull

[Mr Larrington]

The girls have ended up as Em and Pose, just to prove you can shorten anything.  Pose (coined by Em) is actually short for Posie, as in Rosie Posie 

The daughters of my e-quaintance Shark Bait¹ are known within the family as Snotnose and Pumpkinhead.

1 - not his real name.

[Pancho]

I thought Charlotte abbreviate to Lotty?

Old friends call me by my surname. Don't know why.

[clarion]

Charlotte as Lotte?  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aFP3x4bKpZE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aFP3x4bKpZE&rel=1</a>

[Moloko]

Not tonight Josephin.

[Charlotte]

I thought Charlotte abbreviate to Lotty?

My Grandparents used to call me Lotty.  I was cool with it from them, but I tend to turn up my nose at anyone else calling me that.

It just sounds a bit naff coming from anyone under the age of seventy five...

[Polar Bear]

My surname is often mis-pronounced.   I offer a correction to the miscreant if I wish to, then expect it to be pronounced correctly henceforth.

An ex boss didn't get the hint after three or four attempts. 

My response was, "My name is ***** Flintstone." 

"My name's not Flintstone." was his reply. 

"And mine's not ****." was my retort.

We never quite hit it off.   Flintstone made me redundant.   He got the sack soon after   

[rafletcher]

Richard, not Dick 

Wife calls me Geoff when I'm in trouble. Her ex-husbands name.

Mind you she mixes up her sons names too.

[Pedaldog.]

Always been Steve but most people that know me in a relaxed way just call me "Dog" and it's been that way since 1979 so I got used to it.

[Jaded]

I am now Steve to everyone except my mother.  

Actually that is not true.

To me you are "Oh bollocks, it's Steve. I forgot. Again."

[Keith]

Sometimes on an entry form, Id get something like P.D.E.Smith (made up any reference toa real person is unintentional) as the name. Running friendly-type events we liked to have first names down even if we didn't refer to people by them. On one ocassion when I asked the first name, I got the answer "Mr."

[SteveC]

I am now Steve to everyone except my mother.  

Actually that is not true.

To me you are "Oh bollocks, it's Steve. I forgot. Again."

Does this mean I need to remind you of my existence more frequently?   

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Sometimes on an entry form, Id get something like P.D.E.Smith (made up any reference toa real person is unintentional) as the name. Running friendly-type events we liked to have first names down even if we didn't refer to people by them. On one ocassion when I asked the first name, I got the answer "Mr."

Sounds like someone's been watching too much <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i3t9cHFz9lI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/i3t9cHFz9lI&rel=1</a> - starts about 50 seconds in.