The thing I mind the most is when people give me a nickname. I've introduced myself or been introduced as Elizabeth, so don't say, "Hi, Beth!" or "Hi, Liz!" You don't know if I go by a nickname and you don't know which one - nobody calls me Beth, and the only people I want to call me Liz are 1) family, 2) people I've been friends with for a long time, and 3) people I've slept with more than once. Only an established boy/girlfriend would get to call me Lizzie. And then when I say, "It's Elizabeth" they get a little huffy, like I've rejected their friendship and proved myself an elitist bitch because I expect them to pronounce FOUR syllables.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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Zenkitty - Feb 02, 2010 3:44:05 pm PST #8837 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
javachik - Feb 02, 2010 3:45:42 pm PST #8838 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Zen, I hear you. Any shortening of my name makes me wince.
(Ha! Just realized I shortened yours to "Zen"! Oh the irony...)
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2010 3:51:34 pm PST #8839 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The thing I mind the most is when people give me a nickname. I've introduced myself or been introduced as Elizabeth, so don't say, "Hi, Beth!" or "Hi, Liz!"
I have the same problem, only inverted. I introduce myself as Steph -- simple, one syllable -- and invariably the person will reply, "StephANIE?"
And all I can think is, seriously? Adding 2 syllables that I didn't originally speak is *easier* for you?
ONE. SYLLABLE.
Daisy Jane - Feb 02, 2010 3:57:05 pm PST #8840 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I call all but friends whatever they introduce themselves to me as. I think that may be part of why one person thought I hated her. Hadn't known her very long so called her by her full first name, although other people called her by a shortened nick. I'm not picking that up before a few years or more unless you tell me to.
After that? It's anything we come up with on a drunken weekend. Ask Chicken.
Vortex - Feb 02, 2010 4:00:08 pm PST #8841 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ONE. SYLLABLE.
Like Cher, dammit!
Zenkitty - Feb 02, 2010 4:01:32 pm PST #8842 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
(Ha! Just realized I shortened yours to "Zen"! Oh the irony...)
Hee! That's okay, though. I've been called "Zen" both here and in RL, and I like it - almost better than my own actual name. Not for the meaning necessarily as the sound of it.
Steff? Staff? Staph? Steve?
Aims - Feb 02, 2010 4:03:20 pm PST #8843 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I am a name-chopper. I love short, cute, I am more familiar than you nicknames for people.
However.
Since meeting Buffistas and being gently but firmly alerted to the fact that not everyone likes their name chopped, I now only do it in my head.
Pix - Feb 02, 2010 4:05:36 pm PST #8844 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
I particularly feel this with regard to first names. I hate it when people I don't know use my first name.Yes, yes! I feel the same way. I especially hate it on phone calls. You can't even see my face! Don't use my first name!
In terms of nicknames, one of my old coworkers used to call me "Kris." This was not a coworker I knew well or even particularly liked, and Kris is a nickname that has generally only come from my closest friends (I love it if it comes from them, but it feels really intrusive coming from someone I don't know as well). She made me twitch every time she said it, which is sad since I know it wasn't her intent.
After that? It's anything we come up with on a drunken weekend. Ask Chicken.I read this fast and thought you were saying that someone's nickname was "Ass Chicken." This makes me giggle because I'm 12.
Side note: ita, I feel like I barely saw you (or anyone, for that matter) at the party. I know it's difficult for you to make plans with your headaches, but if you ever have free time on a weekend and would like coffee, I'd love to sit down and really chat. Burrell, same goes for you. It was so great of you both to come.
Also, I just got the final pictures from our photographer friend who was at the party, and there are a few more cute Buffista shots. I'll put them up on Flickr in a bit.
Vortex - Feb 02, 2010 4:12:14 pm PST #8845 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
She made me twitch every time she said it, which is sad since I know it wasn't her intent.
might not have been her intent, but if she couldn't see you twitch, she was just oblivious. That's what we like to call willful blindness.
Daisy Jane - Feb 02, 2010 4:16:35 pm PST #8846 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I read this fast and thought you were saying that someone's nickname was "Ass Chicken." This makes me giggle because I'm 12.
Poor HN, because it may be now! Not really...well maybe...
I don't mind first name usage in anything but a cold call. My friends' children call me Miss DJ and family members' children call me Auntie DJ, regardless of actual relation.
Any of you are welcome to call me by my first name, or DJ or Daisy or whathaveyou, though in mixed company people will be confused. They have a completely different set of nicknames for me.