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akern
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 Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:25 Post subject: Nicknames
Do people ever call you by a name you can't stand? Some people around here call me Ali and I hate it. So I've started calling them names like a-hole, butt-hole, freak etc. etc.
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Crazy Joe Divola
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:28 Post subject:
Smegma Head
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cherylpf
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:28 Post subject:
Mine is a pronunciation thing. I hate it when I'm called "shur-ul". its "SHARE-ul". I don't know why but that really bugs me.
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kristin31
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:32 Post subject:
Yes. Sometimes people automatically shorten my name to Kris, even though I am introduced as Kristin. That seems rather nervy, especially when I don't know them well. So I like to call them by some derivative of their name to see if they will get the hint. They usually don't.
I don't mind being called K, K2, or Kristal. I don't know why Kris bothes me so much.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:32 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Mine is a pronunciation thing. I hate it when I'm called "shur-ul". its "SHARE-ul". I don't know why but that really bugs me. |
And all this time I've been pronouncing it shur-ul. 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:36 Post subject:
I never liked it when people referred to me as 'Hey! You with the face!'
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akern
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:36 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | Yes. Sometimes people automatically shorten my name to Kris, even though I am introduced as Kristin. That seems rather nervy, especially when I don't know them well. So I like to call them by some derivative of their name to see if they will get the hint. They usually don't.
I don't mind being called K, K2, or Kristal. I don't know why Kris bothes me so much. |
I do that too. A co-worker left me a note about a program yesterday that said Ali on it. Today I left him a note calling him Danny.(his name is Dan)
I'm wondering if he'll get it.
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akern
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:37 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | I never liked it when people referred to me as 'Hey! You with the butt-face!' |
We just call em' like we see em'.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:38 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | shelflifers wrote: | | I never liked it when people referred to me as 'Hey! You with the butt-face!' |
We just marry em' when we see em'. |
How sweet!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:39 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Mine is a pronunciation thing. I hate it when I'm called "shur-ul". its "SHARE-ul". I don't know why but that really bugs me. |
And all this time I've been pronouncing it shur-ul. |
just kidding!
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:39 Post subject:
I know what you mean, Ali.
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akern
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:40 Post subject:
| monk25 wrote: | I know what you mean, Ali.
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Whatever Monkey!! 
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:41 Post subject:
People mispronounce my last name all the time. It ends up
sounding like dork.
So now some people call me dork to be funny. 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:42 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | People mispronounce my last name all the time. It ends up
sounding like dork.
So now some people call me dork to be funny. |
Poh-Kee-chik
Seems pretty easy to me!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 12/03/02 - 14:44 Post subject:
My last name gets mispronounced all the time. But its an easy way to determine if you know who's calling you or if they are a telemarketer....
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