Does it bother you if someone you don't like uses your nickname?

[abcdefz]

-- or "familiar" version of your name?

I'm David. Friends call me Dave. To you, I'm David.

I dunno. Just kinda bugs me.

[sercomdj01]

I know what ya mean dave....


People call me sercombe. Cause its my last name. TBH, it bugs me when they don't

[beastiegirrl101]

it irrks me when people call me Nat....people I just meet.

Me..."Hi I'm Natalie!"

Them..."Oh hi Nat nice to meet you"

[cosmo105]

oh my god, i'm going through this right now. the new guy at work (i've nicknamed him Prince Cocksucker III) calls me Jess. if i wanted to be Jess, i'd have introduced myself as Jess. no. my name's Jessica. I used to not let anyone call me that. now i don't mind so much, but only my family and friends and boyfriend. i don't really respond to that, so he'll say "jess?" four times before i realize he's talking to me. ugh. i don't know of a polite way to say, listen, that's not my name. so i don't respond to it. and we're not buddies, and i'm not going to be nice to the guy that took my job. :mad:

[abcdefz]

it irrks me when people call me Nat....people I just meet.

Me..."Hi I'm Natalie!"

Them..."Oh hi Nat nice to meet you"



...I think they're saying "Gnat." :D




































:o

[Rock]

I tend to call people that I am not close with whatever they introduce themselves as. So if you introduce yourself to me as David, I will call you a-z.

What I don't like is when people give you their own nickname. Like my name is Raakay, prounounced 'Rockay'. So people call me Rock. But sometimes some motherfuckers will be like 'Rocko' or 'Rocky'. It irks me a bit.

[beastiegirrl101]

^*shakes fist*

(at A-Z)

[steve-onpoint]

People just plain don't call me. :(

[na§tee]

it irrks me when people call me Nat....people I just meet.

Me..."Hi I'm Natalie!"

Them..."Oh hi Nat nice to meet you"
oh, woops! i just called you nat. it's a british thing. woopssiiieeess! sorry.

there's no way you can really shorten claire. gotta love those one syllable names.

[sercomdj01]

it irrks me when people call me Nat....people I just meet.

Me..."Hi I'm Natalie!"

Them..."Oh hi Nat nice to meet you"


I didn't know your name!

I have a boss who does that to everyone. Aimy becomes "aims", elanor becomes "els bells" and i'm "danielson". Naturally everyone hates her.

[sercomdj01]

oh, woops! i just called you nat. it's a british thing. woopssiiieeess! sorry.

there's no way you can really shorten claire. gotta love those one syllable names.


You can nick name though. Hairy clairy ;)


sorry :o

[Rock]

yeah...so ummm...i laughed at 'els bells'...a lot.

[beastiegirrl101]

oh, woops! i just called you nat. it's a british thing. woopssiiieeess! sorry.

there's no way you can really shorten claire. gotta love those one syllable names.

oh it's ok....as gay as it may sound I do consider you all friends. efriends at best. ;)

[ericlee]

yeah, I fucking hate it when people call me Er. That's just damn lazy.

[abcdefz]

there's no way you can really shorten claire. gotta love those one syllable names.




Hey there, C-word! :D































:o

[Rock]

oh it's ok....as gay as it may sound I do consider you all friends. efriends at best. ;)
you just broke some hearts by putting some of the dudes here in the "friend zone".

[beastiegirrl101]

I didn't know your name!

I have a boss who does that to everyone. Aimy becomes "aims", elanor becomes "els bells" and i'm "danielson". Naturally everyone hates her.

I don't know if it's just an Italian thing but my mother and all my aunts shorten EVERYTHING....Mary become Mare, Rita becomes Ree, ricotta becomes rocot...and so on and so on. . .

[abcdefz]

yeah, I fucking hate it when people call me Er. That's just damn lazy.



E!

[ericlee]

E!

that's what everybody calls me. Hardly anybody calls me by my full name.

[Rock]

rachel ray called her sister maria, "ria" on one episode. Ria is the word we use for the shits at my in-laws.

[abcdefz]

that's what everybody calls me. Hardly anybody calls me by my full name.


....if I wanted to be more annoying, I'd probably go with E-Lee, eventually morphing it into eel-ly.

[Rock]

....if I wanted to be more annoying, I'd probably go with E-Lee, eventually morphing it into eel-ly.
"There's a motel 9 in e-lee, we can stay there"

that is some beatsieboys fanboi shit right there.

[abcdefz]

"There's a motel 9 in e-lee, we can stay there"

that is some beatsieboys fanboi shit right there.



Help me out -- I can't place it.

[Rock]

roadside prophets.

[abcdefz]

roadside prophets.


Ah. Never saw it.

God, I was afraid you were going to say it was on Ill Communication or something.

[sercomdj01]

I don't know if it's just an Italian thing but my mother and all my aunts shorten EVERYTHING....Mary become Mare, Rita becomes Ree, ricotta becomes rocot...and so on and so on. . .


Aww bless! Its always ok when its an aunt cause they always seem crazy anyway.

[ericlee]

....if I wanted to be more annoying, I'd probably go with E-Lee, eventually morphing it into eel-ly.

Yup, I've heard that one too.

Alot of times, people would ask my name and I'd tell them.

I always get this:
Me- Eric
Them- Nice to meet you Derrick
Me- Not Derrick, it's Eric
Them- Harry?
Me- dammit

[Bob]

i got a "beb" once

[sercomdj01]

i got a "beb" once

Bobert

[beastiegirrl101]

i got a "beb" once

what about bobby or bob-o

[hardnox71]

What irks the hell out of me are people who are too gotdamned lazy to pronounce my name correctly and I have to repeatedly tell them how to say it, time after time after motherfucking time. It bugs me to no end.

My name is Kalief, pronounced ka-leef. It's unusual but it's not that fucking complicated. I find myself having to repeat my name four, five and sometimes six times because people just don't fucking listen. Then they either attempt to say my name by coming up with something similar everytime they say it (Coleco, Kalamazoo, Maleef,{these are actual names I've been called}) or they will assign me their own nickname that they can easily remember.

Fuck that. Take the time and put forth the effort to learn someone's name you lazy gotdamed idiot.

That's part of the reason I started going by Kal about five years ago. But can you actually believe I've had people say, after introducing myself, "I'm sorry did you say your name was Cow?"

"Yeah, my name is Cow, you fucking moron. Moooooooo.":rolleyes:

[enree erzweglle]

People routinely shorten my real first name to one syllable. And there are some people who shorten it to one syllable and then add an "ie" suffix.

Which if you know my real name makes that a sort of comical name and kind of funny that they do that and assume that kind of familiarity.

There's one guy at my gym who does that with the "ie" and I smile when he does because he says it in this mighty cute way and then he looks sideways at me to check my reaction and he does that also in a cute way, like he absolutely knows that he's being flirtatious and mischievous and that's okay.

[ericlee]

"Yeah, my name is Cow, you fucking moron. Moooooooo.":rolleyes:

Sorry Cow, didn't mean to make you angry.:o

[hardnox71]

Sorry Cow, didn't mean to make you angry.:o
You never called me Cow.:confused:

[hardnox71]

Hey Er, Cow, whatcha guys talking about?
Oh, you guys are funny. A regular riot!:rolleyes: :p

[ericlee]

You never called me Cow.:confused:

hidden pun.:D

I do know some people with the same name as you and being that it's different, I remember their names the most,

People with names such as Steve or Mike and other typical names are the ones I have to ask what their name is like 2 or 3 times.

[enree erzweglle]

Hi, Enrie

*Gives a cute sideways smile**checks that and smiles back* (and it's okay that I did that because I just brushed the salad from my braces :) :))

[befsquire]

this kinda thing bothers me to no end.

i'll go to the jail and introduce myself to them for the first time, and at least half the time, this is how it goes:

me: hi, i'm Beth X and I'm your attorney on your case.
them: i just got a letter and my attorney's name is Elizabeth X so you aren't my attorney.
me: my name is Elizabeth, however, I go by Beth and prefer to be called Beth instead of Elizabeth.

then i go through their case, and i'm leaving, and i tell them it was nice meeting them and they say "thanks Liz."

liz? for real, what. the. fuck.?

[befsquire]

oh, they never mistake me for that.

[TurdBerglar]

it irritates me when people get irritated by people using the shortened version of their name. no one likes using multi syllabic names. seems kind of arrogant to want to be called johnathan rather than john.

true nicknames, on the other hand, are different. true nicknames are usually given by people that care about you so a stranger using a true nickname i can see being irritating.

[TurdBerglar]

no no

it's shawnie boy

[cosmo105]

it irritates me when people get irritated by people using the shortened version of their name. no one likes using multi syllabic names. seems kind of arrogant to want to be called johnathan rather than john.
see, jess was my dad's name, so i don't really like being called that.

[TurdBerglar]

it irretates me too when people are named similar to/after their parents

[cosmo105]

i hate my name. my grandparents on that side were named the spanish equivalent of jess and jessica, too. and they named their firstborn son jess. not too much creativity on that side.

[TurdBerglar]

yeah. i don't like that whole passing down family names.

[cosmo105]

you can bet your ass i'm not naming my kids jess or jessica. it's Alastair Fothergill or it's nothing.

[jackrock]

The only nickname I don't like being called is "Jack-off" It should be "Jacks-off"

[Dorothy Wood]

I don't really like being call Kell. ever. but some people do call me that. an old boyfriend of mine called me kel kel today in an email. I hated it, but mostly because he was saying, "get a life kel kel" :mad: because I filled out a myspace survey. and I said, "I hate you! everyone loves my myspace surveys, I am very funny!!!" :(

[QueenAdrock]

Some people call me Diama if they're close to me, and that's okay. It's something most people wouldn't think up on their own so it's more of an "insider" nickname.

However, my one friend started calling me "Dee" which REALLY pisses me off. I hate being called Dee by her, just because of how she says it. "Hey, Dee, get me this." My friends all mock her and say "Yo, Dee," because they know it pisses me off.

I'm okay when people call me Di, but yet again, only if they know me. Most people love to call me DianE, which is NOT my fucking name. I am DI-AN-A. A! NOT E! DIANE IS AN OLD LADY NAME. DIANA IS A HOT CHARITABLE PRINCESS NAME. GET IT RIGHT.

Um, so yeah. Nicknames if you know me.

[Lex Diamonds]

I don't like it when people I don't like call me Paddy, and I don't like it when people I do like call me Patrick. I hate it when anyone calls me Pat, it just sounds like a woman's name.

[ericlee]

I don't like it when people I don't like call me Paddy, and I don't like it when people I do like call me Patrick. I hate it when anyone calls me Pat, it just sounds like a woman's name.

Shaddup, Padooka.

[ggirlballa]

at school people call me MC or DDLC i'm kinda known as the aspiring MC hahahaha:p

[B4BY 4NN]

My first name is Sarah, and my last initial is K. I work with another Sarah, and her last initial is H. They simply call her Sarah, but think my FULL name is Sarah KAY.

Yeah. Annoying.

[Miho Mingu]

yeah. i don't like that whole passing down family names.

it's fine if the grandparent that you were named after has long been dead--now, getting named after your mom or dad is stupid. that's a prideful parent, or egotistical.

I generally mind what people call me (well, as long as it's not an insult.) My name is Alex, but I get called Lex, Alexei, Lexio, Al...But it pisses me off when my boss calls me Alec. Alec is an old man's name, and it's not mine. And my name isn't Alexander, ever.

my full name is alexander, and heh yeah, i get called lex, lexei, and alexei by relatives. i'm curious, the people that call you all those versions of alex--what ethnicity are they?

My name is Kalief, pronounced ka-leef.

that's an interesting name. what ethnicity are you ? if you don't mind me asking.

also, i don't mind when people call me just alex. alexander is too long to say all the time, anyway. i don't blame them.

[DustSucker]

i'm not going to be nice to the guy that took my job. :mad:
They took 'ur JOBS!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jStBsc98Bhw)

[Planetary]

I hate it when anyone calls me Pat

pat bucther yeah? almost woman...

[icy manipulator]

i swear everyone has a different nickname for me. i dont mind being called any derivative of patrick - pat, patty, patty cake, patricio, patrice, patimir, phat pat, phatty p, phatrick, patlord, patdog, whatever.

but never ever ever call me ricky, i cant fucking stand it

[mikizee]

My name's Forrest Gump.

People call me Forrest Gump.

[mikizee]

There's a guy at work we have nicknamed tonsils.

That's cos he's fucking useless!!!

[marsdaddy]

I always introduce myself by the unshortened version of my first name. Most eveyone I know that has my first name is called the shortened version.

I used to really get bothered when people shortened it. Then I realized that my friends and family are what matter, to me. I could care less if some stranger wants to get familiar by shortening my name. My people I know and care about call my by the unshortened version of my first name -- or some clever nickname.

If someone asks if I mind if they call me by the shortened version of my first name, I usually reply, "I don't but my mother will," and smile.

[miss soul fire]

-- or "familiar" version of your name?

I'm David. Friends call me Dave. To you, I'm David.

I dunno. Just kinda bugs me.
I know I've said this before but I wanna say it again.

I remember my very first book of English and my very first English class. The text was called "Please, call me Dave".

Look, hahaha (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/sopadeletrinhas/imag0282.jpg).

:D

[alexandra]

i get called lex, lexei, and alexei by relatives.
i get those too. and my grandma likes to call me alek, or aleksandrachka when things get extreme. and like you also mentioned; i don't mind when people call me just alex. i wouldn't mind if everyone did.

but, i always introduce myself as alexandra. except this one time to a guy on the net (i said alex). after x weeks of talking he all of sudden asks if i have a girlfriend, and i answer that i prefer guys, and he goes "wtf, you're gay?" lol, he thought i was a guy. so i've learned to *always* introduce myself as alexandra. :p

[abcdefz]

I know I've said this before but I wanna say it again.

I remember my very first book of English and my very first English class. The text was called "Please, call me Dave".

Look, hahaha (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/sopadeletrinhas/imag0282.jpg).

:D


Send me a copy!

[Randetica]

when i was little my mum called me fanny

doesnt mean shit in german though