Do people feel funny about others using their real names? - Page 4

jambutty · 14-03-2008, 13:00

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Originally Posted by Yolanda25

my screen name is my name, not my age though haha i woundt mind stay at the age of 25 , there is no many yolandas in lancashire anyway, and its yolanda not yolande i hate when people call me yolande

Then you will understand my objections to certain individuals who deliberately mis-name me.

A typo I can accept but deliberately mis-naming a person is just crass ignorance. It’s the sort of behaviour that belongs in a Kindergarten and so do the people who perpetrate such a discourtesy.

cashman · 14-03-2008, 14:18

personally i think its pathetic objecting to abbreviated names, could understand if it was insulting but owt else just pathetic, IMHO.

Yolanda25 · 14-03-2008, 14:29

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Originally Posted by jambutty

Then you will understand my objections to certain individuals who deliberately mis-name me.

A typo I can accept but deliberately mis-naming a person is just crass ignorance. It’s the sort of behaviour that belongs in a Kindergarten and so do the people who perpetrate such a discourtesy.

Oh yeah i get mad when people call me yolande, simply cuz it was my mum who choose my name and she is english and she can say it right, so why can the rest not say it righ, i dont mind when people call me yo if its easier for them but i hate yolande

jaysay · 14-03-2008, 14:31

The thing is if they're insulting me then they're leaving everybody else alone, and anyway I'm think skinned and can take it

jambutty · 14-03-2008, 15:10

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Originally Posted by cashman

personally i think its pathetic objecting to abbreviated names, could understand if it was insulting but owt else just pathetic, IMHO.

It is even more pathetic, lazy, disrespectful and insulting to call someone by a name other than their own.

Would you ask your greengrocer for a pound of CP’s?

Would you call your boss by his initials or his abbreviated name to his face, unless it was the norm?

This whole issue is a puerile sub-conscious attempt to try and establish an infantile superiority over the person you name. Old fashioned foremen would often mis-name a new employee as a means of establishing who is boss. Tradesmen would also employ the same tactic when addressing their apprentices.

blazey · 14-03-2008, 15:14

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Originally Posted by jambutty

It is even more pathetic, lazy, disrespectful and insulting to call someone by a name other than their own.

Would you ask your greengrocer for a pound of CP’s?

Would you call your boss by his initials or his abbreviated name to his face, unless it was the norm?

This whole issue is a puerile sub-conscious attempt to try and establish an infantile superiority over the person you name. Old fashioned foremen would often mis-name a new employee as a means of establishing who is boss. Tradesmen would also employ the same tactic when addressing their apprentices.

Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?

Sara · 14-03-2008, 20:24

Doesn't bother me either. Only difference with my name and my user name is that on here the H is not added. Reason is that i didn't realise i'd not put the H on until after i registered.

derekgas · 14-03-2008, 21:16

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Originally Posted by blazey

Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?

garinda · 14-03-2008, 23:47

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Originally Posted by blazey

Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?

I once, in affection, called a member on this forum 'Jim Bitty', inspired by that sterling BBC programme, Little Britain.

I'm not sure how well it went down.

Probably not as well as Mummy's milk.

Neil · 14-03-2008, 23:48

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Originally Posted by blazey

Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?

Your saying daft things again.

garinda · 14-03-2008, 23:50

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Originally Posted by Neil

Your saying daft things again.

Kneel, Blazer's always saying daft things.

steeljack · 14-03-2008, 23:54

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Originally Posted by blazey

Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?

its stuff like this that reminds me of Capitan Mainwairing (sp?) in Dads Army and his famous quote ........"you stupid boy "

cashman · 14-03-2008, 23:57

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Originally Posted by jambutty

It is even more pathetic, lazy, disrespectful and insulting to call someone by a name other than their own.

Would you ask your greengrocer for a pound of CP’s?

Would you call your boss by his initials or his abbreviated name to his face, unless it was the norm?

This whole issue is a puerile sub-conscious attempt to try and establish an infantile superiority over the person you name. Old fashioned foremen would often mis-name a new employee as a means of establishing who is boss. Tradesmen would also employ the same tactic when addressing their apprentices.

the only person trying to be superior to everyone is you from where i'm standing.