Nick name or full name?

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  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    battan1120 wrote:
    My name is James.People that I grew up w/ call me Jimmy.Mom and friends at work call me Jimbo.I introduce myself as Jim.Don't call me James.
    See I don't mind being called Jim. But James seems more grown up and sophisticated to me.. Think I'll let my drinking buddies call me Jim, and my hot dates call me by James. :)

    My boyfriend is called James but everybody calls him Jam, I find it really strange when I hear people call him James.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Give name is Elizabeth--too long to write out when you are kid!
    But I go by Liz
    or Lizard :D

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  • libragirl
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    My name is Jennifer, most people just call me Jen.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    If I have a son, i'm gonna call him James. He'll be free to shorten it to Jim if he wants to but i'll still call him James... I'm his mother! :lol:

    My husband's name is Robert. EVERYONE calls him Rob, except his mum!!!! She is the only one that still calls him by his full name.


    surfanddestroy wrote:
    My boyfriend is called James but everybody calls him Jam, I find it really strange when I hear people call him James.
    I didn't know his name was James. I guess I could have put 2 and 2 together with Jam but I didn't! Jam suits him perfectly.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    One of the people I work with is named Rachel. I called her 'Rach' once and it was like I insulted her or something! :lol:

    My full name is Randall, but I go by Randy. I don't get bent outta shape if people call me by my full name or anything else for that matter.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Full name is Christopher, almost everyone calls me Chris...
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    mca47 wrote:
    One of the people I work with is named Rachel. I called her 'Rach' once and it was like I insulted her or something! :lol:

    My full name is Randall, but I go by Randy. I don't get bent outta shape if people call me by my full name or anything else for that matter.


    some people find it VERY upsetting! i always go by, however one introduces themselves is how they should be addressed. now if i haven't actually met the person and am just going by a business card or something, i use their name as printed until they tell me otherwise. i have a name similar to another name...but it is NOT the same name. i enunciate my name clearly, particularly the end, so it does annoy me when people get it wrong.


    i've known a few people who went by nick-names then when they age, they change...either to their full name, or another nick name. drives meinsane! it's so difficult to start addressing someone in a new way after so many years! even better, when someone went my their middle name, then decide to go by their first, or vice versa.....soooo hard to do! :P
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Oh, I also wanted to mention, Matty is NOT COOL, please don't call me that!

    Also, my niece and nephew used to say Mattchoo when they were younger because they had a hard time saying Matthew apparently. I miss it.... :cry:
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Name is Matthew, most people aside from my family call me Matt. Which is fine, but what really bugs me is when people send me emails or letters or whatever and they just have Matt.

    I don't know why, but it really bugs me!!!

    My name is Matthew as well, but I go by Matt. The only person that calls me Matthew is my Mom. She'd always call me that when I was in trouble when I was little. When I'd really f'd up, I'd get the middle name thrown at me as well. ;)

    My siblings call me Matty---mainly because they know it drives me crazy.
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  • OneTooFree
    OneTooFree Posts: 265
    given name: Nicholas
    go by: Nick

    only my mother & my ex have ever called me Nicholas
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Name is Matthew, most people aside from my family call me Matt. Which is fine, but what really bugs me is when people send me emails or letters or whatever and they just have Matt.

    I don't know why, but it really bugs me!!!

    My name is Matthew as well, but I go by Matt. The only person that calls me Matthew is my Mom. She'd always call me that when I was in trouble when I was little. When I'd really f'd up, I'd get the middle name thrown at me as well. ;)

    My siblings call me Matty---mainly because they know it drives me crazy.

    Ah yes, the infamous middle name getting thrown in. Thats always a good sign to just keep on running! :lol:
  • ValleyGal
    ValleyGal Posts: 122
    decides2dream wrote:
    i've known a few people who went by nick-names then when they age, they change...either to their full name, or another nick name. drives meinsane! it's so difficult to start addressing someone in a new way after so many years! even better, when someone went my their middle name, then decide to go by their first, or vice versa.....soooo hard to do! :P

    That sounds like a friend of mine . . . In the 14 year I've known her I've always called her Mel. In the last couple of years I guess she's changed it back to the long form of her name because everytime I meet a new friend of hers they always refer to her by her full name and it takes me a minute to figure out who the heck they're talking about ;)

    My name is Amy and you would think that you can't shorten a 3 letter name . . . but you'd be wrong! My favorite nickname though is Ames . . . my favorite aunt has always called me that :D
  • OneTooFree
    OneTooFree Posts: 265
    ValleyGal wrote:
    My name is Amy and you would think that you can't shorten a 3 letter name . . . but you'd be wrong! My favorite nickname though is Ames . . . my favorite aunt has always called me that :D

    with my friends w/ really short names ("Al" & "Ed" & "Amy") i actually like to elongate it ("Al-ouicious" & "Ed-mund Fitzgerald" & "Amy-saurus Rex")

    :lol:
  • ValleyGal
    ValleyGal Posts: 122
    FuzzyDunlop wrote:
    ValleyGal wrote:
    My name is Amy and you would think that you can't shorten a 3 letter name . . . but you'd be wrong! My favorite nickname though is Ames . . . my favorite aunt has always called me that :D

    with my friends w/ really short names ("Al" & "Ed" & "Amy") i actually like to elongate it ("Al-ouicious" & "Ed-mund Fitzgerald" & "Amy-saurus Rex")

    :lol:


    :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    I've gotten that a lot - the most memorable being Amosan - A friend went through a phase of adding 'san' onto the end of everyone's names!
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Also, my niece and nephew used to say Mattchoo when they were younger because they had a hard time saying Matthew apparently. I miss it.... :cry:

    Thats how we say Matthew in Ireland... or at least the part I'm from! I also can't pronounce my brother's name... it's Adrian but I say it like Ey-drin :oops:
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Jennytree wrote:
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Also, my niece and nephew used to say Mattchoo when they were younger because they had a hard time saying Matthew apparently. I miss it.... :cry:

    Thats how we say Matthew in Ireland... or at least the part I'm from! I also can't pronounce my brother's name... it's Adrian but I say it like Ey-drin :oops:


    Hmmmm......not sure if that means I should stay far away from Ireland, or to run and catch a plane as soon as possible. :lol:
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Mine is already short to begin with, it's a Vietnamese name meaning bright, elegant and blue sky.
    Unfortunately I haven't lived up to the meaning of my name.

    Bright? - I'm the biggest idiot on the Planet.
    Elegant? - kinda trashy...
    Blue sky? - Blue balls, maybe! :?
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  • PearlOfAGirl
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    LONGRD wrote:
    Mine is already short to begin with, it's a Vietnamese name meaning bright, elegant and blue sky.
    Unfortunately I haven't lived up to the meaning of my name.

    Bright? - I'm the biggest idiot on the Planet.
    Elegant? - kinda trashy...
    Blue sky? - Blue balls, maybe! :?
    You sound like you need a dose of positive attitude STAT!! :mrgreen: :shock:

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Go by a nickname....Ty is short for Tyrone
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
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    redrock wrote:
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    If I have a son, i'm gonna call him James. He'll be free to shorten it to Jim if he wants to but i'll still call him James... I'm his mother! :lol:

    My husband's name is Robert. EVERYONE calls him Rob, except his mum!!!! She is the only one that still calls him by his full name.

    Yep! Dave gets called Dave by everyone... but mothers!

    His mum calls him David, My mum calls him David... hell, even my friend at work who's a mum calls him David! :lol:
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