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Do you have (or did you have) a nickname?
Topic Started: Jan 20 2011, 04:31 PM (508 Views)
John D'Oh
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MAMIL
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Jan 20 2011, 07:14 PM
Bird in college
You and another native of Kansas...

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Any connection there? :P
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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plays88keys
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My father used to call me Su-zi (pronounced sue's eye)
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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John D'Oh
Jan 21 2011, 06:35 AM
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Jan 20 2011, 07:14 PM
Bird in college
You and another native of Kansas...


Any connection there? :P
nope my last name (bryde) was often mispronounced bird.
it behooves me to behold
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1hp
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Most people in the UK know me as "HP". Iain (and Ian) are so common a name in Scotland that most of us received a nickname to distinguish one from the other. HP are the initials of my last name. I still sign emails to people in the UK with HP.

Interestingly enough, under the old British system, one was known by their last name. When I was at school in Bermuda we had many "Brown"s. The school numbered people with common last names, with 1 going to the oldest. Thus Brown1 was the oldest Brown in the school, Brown2 the second oldest, etc..... Got confusing as people graduated at the end of the year and everyone moved up a number or two. Took a few weeks at the start of each year to figure out who was who.

I notice that, in business circles at least, the British still tend to refer to people by their last name, with Mr or Ms. presented before it. They also have a thing for including as many titles after their name as possible, on business cards, such as BSc., MIEE, etc...
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LWpianistin
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HOLY CARP!!!
All my cousins used to call me Mimi. HATED it! Now some family and a few friends go with Mim (pronounced Meem). Also went through a Mizz phase in middle school. Dad calls me Sweets sometimes.
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