Your name

Doc Giggles · Post by **Doc Giggles** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:36 am

I like my name. Fairly common, but classic name. I prefer to go by Michael, too many people go by Mike. I'm still trying to figure out how at least a third of my teachers could confuse my name with Michelle.

n3k1dsk1llz · Post by **n3k1dsk1llz** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:44 am

My name is great. Samuel. It just sounds so important and such I think. I really wish people would start to use that to address me. But now they all know me as Sam. Oh well. That works too.

reva · Post by **reva** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:21 am

Unfortunately, my name's not really Reva. (my mom had wanted to name me Reva, but my dad disagreed)

My real first name is Katherine. But, like Shadowling, I go by Katie. And occasionally Kate (that's mostly from relatives, though). I don't really mind it. Though it got annoying/confusing being one of 3 or 4 Katie's in marching band.

BtEO · Post by **BtEO** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:26 am

No, I don't like it. I've had to endure years of jokes about Batman and Robin Hood, which turned me antisocial and triggered a major grudge against mankind. As such, I automatically assume anyone I meet is a bad person, until they prove otherwise.

Not quoted because for most of my life I would have said pretty much the same thing. As it is now I have the people who call me Robin, because they've know me for long enough that they are well used to it. But I tend to get new people I meet to call be Bob. I don't really hate the name Robin now so much as hate the people who mocked it.
There are fringe benefits to having an androgynous name though...

SuperTylor · Post by **SuperTylor** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:46 am

Arthur Tylor Richards, although I go by Tylor. I, personally, would prefer Arthur as it's more uncommon although my parents decided I would be known by Tylor and by Tylor I am damned. Alas...

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:22 am

I would like my name a lot more if other people didn't laugh uproariously on hearing it
I have a cousin called 'Ronald-John', now there's a problem name

BadMonkey · Post by **BadMonkey** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:03 pm

Rónán.
I like it, its a proper Irish name, and its not hugely prolific amongst my generation.
As for nickname, depending on when/where you met me I'm either "Ro" "Ron" or "Rónán, maaaaaaaaan"

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:28 pm

How is that pronounced? For those of you with (seemingly) interesting or irregular or at least non-American names, go ahead and record a sound file of you speaking your name so we know what it is supposed to sound like.

Thanks!

BadMonkey · Post by **BadMonkey** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:31 pm

Remind me later and I'll record a wav or something, but for now, its pronounced:
Row-nahn

Terrene · Post by **Terrene** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:42 pm

I like my name, Ashton Diane Whitney. When I was younger and quieter I would often be called Ashley, and once I was even called Austin (maybe stoners have awful hearing). Some people who get my name from a paper think my name is Whitney Ashton. Look, shitheads, when it says Whitney, Ashton, it means my first name is ASHTON. GRAR.

Calus · Post by **Calus** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:04 pm

Might as well spill my full name.

Brent Allan Levin would be my full name. I know the pain of people screwing up names. I'm still called Brett all the time. Brent only has one "t" fucktards.

Angie · Post by **Angie** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:35 pm

Angelina. Love (really really LOVE) the name, go by Angie to most, Ang to the ones who are closest to me and/or Munch (thanks mom), Brat (thanks Allan), Zoo (you're weird too Aunt Irene) or Princess (that one belonged to 3 of my exes).

My last name is Dawes. Pronounced Doz, gets spelled Doz, Dos, Dozs, Doze frequently, and living in Quebec, mostly gets pronounced Dah-wezz when I write it.

Angelina Dawes. On a whole I think it's a rockin' name. Looks good on a gold plate on my desk too.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:40 pm

True, Angie, but "Christopher J. Ledenbach" looks better.

(the J being for John ... thank cod it's not Jonathan, 'cause that'd make my name WAY too long)

/me hugs his Germanic last name that most people can't seem to say right! Gwar, it's "LED", like the band, not "LAID", like I wanna get, en like in with an e, bach, not bock, or back, bach! ........ mutter*

munan · Post by **munan** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:58 pm

Michael - The Fallen Angel

Are you kidding? I love my name!

Rembrandt Q. Einstein · Post by **Rembrandt Q. Einstein** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:57 am

Ben works fine, it's not too common, but enough that I'm not stuck with what my parents would have called me where I a girl, Xenobia...then again I could have gone by "zen" and that would have been cool.

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