Quiz for the females

[na§tee]

Originally Posted by abcdefz

Yeah -- I don't like assumed familiarity or endearment. That crosses the line.

oooooh. that gets my goat too.

in the same sort of thinking i don't like strangers shortening people's names. my brother is called daniel. my mum hates names you can shorten (hence claire) but she was persuaded at the last minute to go for 'daniel' rather than 'graham' - that became his middle name. hey, i'm going to nominate that for your names you don't hear much anymore thread - graham. graeme. in you go.

anyhiz, he is always daniel to us. not dan, danny, or (oh, my teeth hurt with annoyance just thinking about it, but some people do it) danny boy. when people who have just met him use those names just to have a more jocular sort of familiarity it really frustrates me - why don't you go and christen him yourself, ya goof?