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Post by nia2311 on Apr 24, 2012 19:28:23 GMT
Well the offender is called James - any rhyming slang options with that one?!
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Post by persephonegreen on Apr 25, 2012 10:20:58 GMT
haha! You think you lot have got it bad! My name is Felicity, that gets shorten to a whole multitude of annoying things.
Flick
Fliss
City
someone used to call me verity at school for no reason at all!!
Floss
Flossy
Flikky
Felly
Honestly the list goes on, all of these nicknames bar Flick & Floss which i let people call me happily, sound so girly they just dont fit me at all! I was christened Felicity- Sarah thankfully no one goes down the sarah route and its Flick or felicity or floss but call me fliss and i'll give people what for cause its so annoying!!!!!!!!
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Post by flee on Apr 25, 2012 12:17:47 GMT
Well the offender is called James - any rhyming slang options with that one?! You could still use Barry - I find it successful in 83 % of cases . People seem very keen to let you know they're not called Barry . Or Dwayne . |
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Post by flee on Apr 25, 2012 12:21:39 GMT
haha! You think you lot have got it bad! My name is Felicity, that gets shorten to a whole multitude of annoying things. Flick Fliss City someone used to call me verity at school for no reason at all!! Floss Flossy Flikky Felly Honestly the list goes on, all of these nicknames bar Flick & Floss which i let people call me happily, sound so girly they just dont fit me at all! I was christened Felicity- Sarah thankfully no one goes down the sarah route and its Flick or felicity or floss but call me fliss and i'll give people what for cause its so annoying!!!!!!!! I am fighting the urge to ask - will you be My Friend Flicka ? (and losing ......) |
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Post by Snowy on Apr 25, 2012 13:04:47 GMT
Your not the only one! My name is Zoe and I don't mind close friends and family calling me Zo and even snowy, hence the user name. But it really annoys me when people you I'm not that friendly with shorten my name its Zoe!! Its basic manners in my book.
I get all sorts; Zo, Snowy, Zozo, Zozza, Zoz. The last three really really bug me, people get the 'look' when they call me by those nick names.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like it, I thought I was strange
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Post by persephonegreen on Apr 25, 2012 14:33:17 GMT
haha! You think you lot have got it bad! My name is Felicity, that gets shorten to a whole multitude of annoying things. Flick Fliss City someone used to call me verity at school for no reason at all!! Floss Flossy Flikky Felly Honestly the list goes on, all of these nicknames bar Flick & Floss which i let people call me happily, sound so girly they just dont fit me at all! I was christened Felicity- Sarah thankfully no one goes down the sarah route and its Flick or felicity or floss but call me fliss and i'll give people what for cause its so annoying!!!!!!!! I am fighting the urge to ask - will you be My Friend Flicka ? (and losing ......) LOL Flee, do you really want my answer to that?? And Zoe I know what you mean, your name is short enough already why do people need to shorten it again?? |
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Post by sherry28 on Apr 26, 2012 9:41:37 GMT
Sorry had to join in my name is Dianne spelt with two n's and i sooo hate it when they spell it with one n. worst case is when i get emails from work and get it spelt wrong hello can you not read i purposly reply spelling their name wrong, childish i know, but so winds me. I get called Diana, which i hate and when people who dont know me call me Di, i hate that too. there rant over glad it isnt just me that gets wound up how my name is spelt or pronounced Dianne :-) xx
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Post by fanfarefan on Apr 26, 2012 12:47:16 GMT
whilst i understand the annoyance at being called the wrong name , or it being spelt wrong , have some sympathy for a girl that my mum went to school many many years ago , whose parents didnt /did think too much of the name that they gave their daughter ,----Henrietta , yes nice name !!!!! but her surname was Woolduck ( Henry ate a wool duck ) poor girl , i just hope she married some one with a better surname lol
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Apr 26, 2012 12:48:02 GMT
Where I work I regularly email a Diane and a Dianne, a Jayne and a Jane, a Sue and a Susan - if I am in any doubt about the spelling or whether they use their full or shortened name I find an email I have received from them to make sure. I must admit if I cannot find an email from them or I am unsure whether they use full or shortened name I go with the full name as figure that cannot be wrong and is less likely to offend.
This post has been interesting to read as I had thought most people would be like me and not mind their names being shortened (or lengthened) so have been surprised to find how many people do not like their names being altered in any way.
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Post by Names on May 3, 2012 11:17:28 GMT
I'm Kirsty and was once called Percy over the tannoy when I won at a show  |
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Post by cholderton on May 3, 2012 12:52:01 GMT
My name is Michelle.....as are millions of other girls born in the sixties.......thanks to the Beatles!!! and I just HATE being called 'Shell' YUK YUK YUK
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Post by dreamygirly on May 4, 2012 17:37:29 GMT
Mines Georgina and I get George, Georgie, Georgia, Ginny.... I get annoyed when I get called George. . .
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Post by iluvmyponies on May 5, 2012 13:13:06 GMT
I'm usually quite good at pronouncing names until I met eirybonner on here last year at NPS Champs, try & pronounce that one... ;D
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Post by mcw on May 5, 2012 15:16:08 GMT
I'm usually quite good at pronouncing names until I met eirybonner on here last year at NPS Champs, try & pronounce that one... ;D Is not (spelling it thearetically or whatever it is  ) Eery Bonner? |
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Post by iluvmyponies on May 5, 2012 15:54:36 GMT
Nope! ;D Took me ages to get it, Eiry was just laughing!
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Post by snowflake on May 5, 2012 16:14:44 GMT
At BSPS when I met Eiry I just said "Eeery" - Georgie was hilarious she said yes but you have to do it with a WELSH accent... But Eiry said "Eeery" is perfectly acceptable! |
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Post by mcw on May 5, 2012 19:05:58 GMT
At BSPS when I met Eiry I just said "Eeery" - Georgie was hilarious she said yes but you have to do it with a WELSH accent... But Eiry said "Eeery" is perfectly acceptable! I CAN DO WELSH ACCENTS!!! Sometimes I speak in a welsh accent to Warrior so he understands what I'm saying better! ;D |
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Post by iluvmyponies on May 5, 2012 19:11:10 GMT
At BSPS when I met Eiry I just said "Eeery" - Georgie was hilarious she said yes but you have to do it with a WELSH accent... But Eiry said "Eeery" is perfectly acceptable! I CAN DO WELSH ACCENTS!!! Sometimes I speak in a welsh accent to Warrior so he understands what I'm saying better! ;D  |
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Post by snowflake on May 5, 2012 19:18:39 GMT
At BSPS when I met Eiry I just said "Eeery" - Georgie was hilarious she said yes but you have to do it with a WELSH accent... But Eiry said "Eeery" is perfectly acceptable! I CAN DO WELSH ACCENTS!!! Sometimes I speak in a welsh accent to Warrior so he understands what I'm saying better! ;D & does he?! |
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Post by kayjayem on May 5, 2012 19:57:59 GMT
I'm Kirsty and was once called Percy over the tannoy when I won at a show LOL that made me giggle!!! When I was young I had a pic in the local paper for winning some local showjumping. Unfortunately they called me Vim(bathroom cleaner) instead of Kim! Bang went my street cred ;D |
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Post by ikklecob on May 5, 2012 20:13:48 GMT
I am Christine but only ever use the name Chris I love it when someone phones and somehow they always expect a man .. and they get ME  Nia do you never get called Nee all the Nia's I know are but then we are in Wales  |
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Post by nia2311 on May 7, 2012 21:35:06 GMT
I am Christine but only ever use the name Chris I love it when someone phones and somehow they always expect a man .. and they get ME Nia do you never get called Nee all the Nia's I know are but then we are in Wales No, to my knowledge no-one has ever tried to shorten or otherwise alter my name like that! At the college where I work, everyone seems to have "ster" on the end of their name. E.g. Craig-ster, Vic-ster etc. Doesn't work with Nia, so I am just plain old Nia! |
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Post by magpie on May 8, 2012 8:20:20 GMT
I also have an unusual name - Celeste. I get a lot of the Mary Celeste, like the boat - no my name is NOT MARY! My mum calls me Cel when she texts and my sister calls me Magpie or Mags (hence the username). I used to work in a pub and heard all manner of jokes about my name, most often I used to get called Stella. It is a nightmare when I go to shows and have to spell out my whole name (my surname is Gall as is Ghoul not Gal! My sisters also have unusual names - Bryher, shortened to Bry and Beshley shortened to Besh.
I really like having an unusual name - although it does cause a lot of explaining most of the time, but at least it stands out on job applications! I have only met one other Celeste, and that was at a horse show in Wales when we were parked next to them - it was very weird!! It is not often I meet someone with the same name. I dont think my sister Beshley has. her daughter is called Cicilly - which i think is beautiful but I can imagine her having to spell it out correctly when she is older! (not Cecily!)
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Post by deucoch on May 13, 2012 21:48:19 GMT
My name is Catrin, (welsh)
but i'm mostly Cat to people as i much prefer it to being mistaken for Cathryn.
My family call me Cati, which is an affectionate pet name for Catrin and i love it. ;D
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Post by pinkis4eva on May 17, 2012 0:58:41 GMT
my name is cheryl but pronounced sheryl, hate being called CH - cheryl never have had my name shortened to chezza thank god lol.
daughter is gabriella shortened to gaby - don't mind but when we go for appointments people always say gabrielle so i always say 'a' mmm followed by dirty looks had ha ha
second daughter is Meghan - thats with meghan with an 'h'. poor kid did think it would be great to have a different spelling but she is now going to have to go through life saying my name is meghan , M E G H A N poor soul,
now surname is different spelt C A I N E not kaine or kain or cain easy way to do it is CAINE as in micheal caine but no relation!!! its funny when you watch people write the surname and they automatically write KAINE no sorry its CAINE takes a while for brain /hand co-ordination ha ha ha ha
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Post by tinpandyl on Jun 6, 2012 23:35:59 GMT
My names lisa... but 60% deaf i get all kinds... But am one of thoses really bad people who forgets othere peoples name really easy so most people get "chick" or "hun" from me...x
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Post by scotland on Jun 8, 2012 0:11:23 GMT
Try having the name Sherlene! 99.9% of people will spell it incorrectly the first time and I have been called everything from Charlene to Shereen to Shirley and ISABELLE (?), if people call me something vaguely like it, I will answer, LOL!! My family call me Shad, but I don't like anyone else calling me that, including close friends (my Grandfather always said, people were given Christian names, so we must use them )! |
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Post by andreab71 on Jun 8, 2012 6:50:31 GMT
I am Andrea. I answer to Andy but some people (including my brother) insist on calling me Ange, which I hate. A girl at work found out I hate it and in jest started calling it......and just to annoy her I started answering to it!! But if anyone else in work calls me Ange I ignore them!!
I spent 2 1/2 years answering to the name Emma as a guy I knew was convinced that it was my name no matter how often I corrected him
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Post by sparkysunny on Jun 10, 2012 19:39:56 GMT
I think it's really important to listen when someone introduces themselves - whatever they call themselves, that's their name - simple. I'm a Catherine - not a Cath, Cathy, Kate etc - I NEVER introduce myself as anything other than Catherine, so why anyone has the right to 'change' my name is beyond me - I just think we're a nation of 'non-listeners' - very sad - we're all very keen to have our say, but to listen to someone else is a gift and one which most people, unfortunately, do not possess.  |
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Post by bringouthebest on Jun 14, 2012 11:11:54 GMT
My little is sister is Genevieve and we all call her Jelly Bean, and sometimes Smelly Bean - it has stuck for 7 years so far and worryingly I think she may be a Jelly Bean for the rest of her life... oops!
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