What's in a Name?

[misspiggy5260]

I know WAY to many Allisons

 

[CensoredAlso]

My name's not too common, I only knew one person with my name growing up. And it's usually not included in those personalized name tags in stores.

But then suddenly I got a job where three different people had my name! Lol

 

[Teheheman]

I actually work with 3 people named Barb(it WAS 4 at one point but 1 retired) but with as common as MY name is, I just recently started working with a guy who had my name for the first time in the 70-something years I've been working there lol. Although, he goes by Dan, and I prefer Daniel. Some people call me Dan or Danny but I prefer Daniel. I keep telling people who call me Dan that I prefer Daniel, but nobody cares what I prefer........in general, but that's a different discussion entirely.

Daniel

 

[D'Snowth]

I know exactly what you mean, Daniel.

Personally, I never was big on nicknames that were simply abbreviations of my name; I'll accept actual nicknames, such as "Jadar" which Kathy gave me, or for a while when I interned at PBS I earned the nickname "Puppet Master', but other than that, I prefer Joseph - not Joe or Joey, but Joseph. And I actually made the mistake of that myself, back in the earlier days of Steve D'Monster's YouTube series, where I made a Creator Cameo in two or so entries to give Steve someone of a surrogate father figure to interact with, and he called me "Joe" to show his lack of respect for me (then again, would YOU respect me if I shoved my hand up your *** all the time?), soon enough, the new people I was meeting at that time started calling me Joe because of it, which is why within the last year when I was written into a couple of newer entries, Steve then refered to me as his boss instead.

At the same time, I feel like a snob asking people not to abbreviate my name: I'm okay with them calling me Joe if they want to, but I do prefer Joseph, because that's what my name is, not Joe.

 

[Teheheman]

If they ask, I say Daniel, if they just go for it, I cringe, but I smile and take it ya know? I work at a place where customers come in and I have to take what name they give me, I don't wanna be rude and say "I'd rather be Daniel" or whatever. I just take what they call me with a smile and bear it, but truth be told, I'd rather be Daniel. Unless people know me as Big D, that's the exception lol.

Daniel

 

[CaseytheMuppet]

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[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Thread bump.

I've met an overwhelming amount of people named Zach/Zachariah.

Meanwhile, i've never met anyone with my name, nor have I heard of anyone with my name besides a tennis player.