Amys united!
I also think Amy is a pretty short name, so you're not going to be far off unless you walk up and said "Aimerino" or something bizarre.
And the presumption in addressing, say, an Elizabeth you just met as Beth or Liz is pretty arrogant.
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 1:14:11 pm PDT #26217 of 30001
Because books.
Kathy A - Sep 14, 2011 1:20:16 pm PDT #26218 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've always been Kathy (with alternate spelling during my high school and college years), but I'll occasionally use Kathryn when I call for work stuff, and my sister always calls me Kat (and sometimes Kit-Kat).
javachik - Sep 14, 2011 1:20:17 pm PDT #26219 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Well, I don't have a canonical expanded version, so that helps.
Oh no! You mean it's not "Nanita" as I had always hoped??
And the presumption in addressing, say, an Elizabeth you just met as Beth or Liz is pretty arrogant.
Completely.
Toddson - Sep 14, 2011 1:25:55 pm PDT #26220 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I once had to deal with a woman who refused to accept that I was a woman with a "man's name". Just wouldn't accept it - I'd talk to her on the phone and use my name, send her things with my name written ... nope, couldn't be. She calle me "Pat" for the three or so years we had dealings.
Vortex - Sep 14, 2011 1:28:03 pm PDT #26221 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The finality of this implies you killed him, which pleases me. Or, like, ripped out his tongue.
Ha! I think that my really, truly losing my temper was enough.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 1:30:13 pm PDT #26222 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She calle me "Pat" for the three or so years we had dealings.
Some people's brains are really weird.
I remember being dissed when I worked for Software City as a teen by a guy who clearly didn't think a 16 year old chick could help him with his computer issue. "Joe", he was sure could. I loved the look on his face when Jo came up the stairs, especially because she was a scarf-wearing Muslim.
Liese S. - Sep 14, 2011 1:31:34 pm PDT #26223 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha! That's awesome.
Kate P. - Sep 14, 2011 1:31:41 pm PDT #26224 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I loved the look on his face when Jo came up the stairs, especially because she was a scarf-wearing Muslim.
Heh. Just this image is making me happy.
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2011 1:32:07 pm PDT #26225 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
...I don't care if you call me (realname), meara, or Indy (drag name). I answer to all three. I like all three
I also answer to Teppy, which I use as my board name on FetLife (OH NOES I HAVE CROSSED THE STREAMS). The unfortunate acquaintance who called me "Stephieeeeee" is a kink friend, so it's possible she was conflating "Steph" and "Teppy." And I can see where it might seem inconsistent to be okay with "Teppy," which sounds like a diminutive because of the "-eee" sound at the end, but not with "Stephie." But you know what? It's my fucking name and I get to pick.
Theresa - Sep 14, 2011 1:35:03 pm PDT #26226 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Even in grade school, people wanted to call me Terri. Then about jr. high, people started in with an obsession with Tracy. Not until college did people en masse try and call me Trisha.
I think people really don't like saying my given name.