Author Topic: People who chose to go by their full first name rather than a shortened name... (Read 11889 times)

treysolid · « **Reply #25 on:** October 14, 2012, 05:25:46 PM »

i overwhelmingly prefer my shortened name for most of my daily life, but use my full first name for publishing and other career-related things.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 14, 2012, 05:49:36 PM »

<--- Initials guy. if someone calls me my first name, then well.. i know they are a bill collector and don't return the call.

kitten_mittons · « **Reply #27 on:** October 14, 2012, 05:53:15 PM »

Quote from: seven on October 14, 2012, 05:49:36 PM

<--- Initials guy. if someone calls me my first name, then well.. i know they are a bill collector and don't return the call.

Pay your bills.

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:02:29 PM »

Quote from: kitten_mittons on October 14, 2012, 05:53:15 PM

Quote from: seven on October 14, 2012, 05:49:36 PM
<--- Initials guy. if someone calls me my first name, then well.. i know they are a bill collector and don't return the call.
Pay your bills.

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telemarketer wasn't as funny to say.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:03:38 PM »

My family named me after a candy bar. Everybody else can GTFO!

0.42 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:06:14 PM »

Lotta racism in this thread.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:26:48 PM »

wish i had a name i could change up. sucks.

wetwillie · « **Reply #32 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:37:23 PM »

Quote from: treysolid on October 14, 2012, 05:25:46 PM

i overwhelmingly prefer my shortened name for most of my daily life, but use my full first name for publishing and other career-related things.

This is the best # humblebrag ive seen in a long time

jdagg2003 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2012, 06:41:31 PM »

I answer to Joe, Joseph, Joey, and one guy calls me J. I dont really care what people call me.

kso_FAN · « **Reply #34 on:** October 14, 2012, 07:12:30 PM »

What about going by a diminutive of your middle name? Is this the same thing steve dave was talking about?

Trim · « **Reply #35 on:** October 14, 2012, 07:54:01 PM »

Quote from: SwiftCat on October 14, 2012, 04:34:14 PM

Best of both worlds j-von. If he's tiny you can just call him Ant.

My best friends call me Jake, but everyone else calls me Jacob. I will not correct either. I like them both.

You're Swift. The official scoresheet at the Y says so.

DQ12 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 14, 2012, 08:29:21 PM »

<----Go by shortened version.

Actually a lot of people call me "DLew" off the board.

Daiji · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2012, 09:08:39 PM »

I don't know what Swift is talking about. I hate being called Jake, it saves no time and isn't more difficult to say than Jacob.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2012, 09:12:17 PM »

I'm not a fan of people that go by their middle name. Don't try and run from your embarrassing first name. Embrace it.

Trim · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2012, 09:17:01 PM »

Quote from: Dlew12 on October 14, 2012, 08:29:21 PM

<----Go by shortened version.

Actually a lot of people call me "DLew" off the board.

D-Rew.

Anybody else need me to tell them what their names are?

DQ12 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 14, 2012, 09:19:29 PM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on October 14, 2012, 09:12:17 PM

I'm not a fan of people that go by their middle name. Don't try and run from your embarrassing first name. Embrace it.

I have kind of a weird middle name (Gerard). I kind of thought about maybe trying to start to go by that once I entered college.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #41 on:** October 15, 2012, 12:23:25 AM »

Quote from: nicname on October 14, 2012, 02:42:05 PM

or nickname.

Usually weirdos and/ or creepy.

Example Steven > Steve, Matthew > Matt, etc. these people are weird.

eff off Nicholas

"His momma named him Michael, Imma call him Michael." I should go by my middle name, its so damn elite. Oh well. Strangely enough at work I'm initials guy. Far too many Michaels for that to work.

slackcat · « **Reply #42 on:** October 15, 2012, 06:40:53 AM »

Quote from: fanningksu on October 14, 2012, 06:03:38 PM

My family named me after a candy bar. Everybody else can GTFO!

SNICKERS!

Trim · « **Reply #43 on:** October 15, 2012, 06:46:40 AM »

Quote from: MakeItRain on October 15, 2012, 12:23:25 AM

Quote from: nicname on October 14, 2012, 02:42:05 PM
or nickname.

Usually weirdos and/ or creepy.

Example Steven > Steve, Matthew > Matt, etc. these people are weird.

eff off Nicholas

"His momma named him Michael, Imma call him Michael." I should go by my middle name, its so damn elite. Oh well. Strangely enough at work I'm initials guy. Far too many Michaels for that to work.

MIR.

TBL · « **Reply #44 on:** October 15, 2012, 06:53:05 AM »

Quote from: slackcat on October 15, 2012, 06:40:53 AM

Quote from: fanningksu on October 14, 2012, 06:03:38 PM
My family named me after a candy bar. Everybody else can GTFO!

SNICKERS!

If he was a girl, it was a toss up between Mounds and Butterfinger.

Brock Landers · « **Reply #45 on:** October 15, 2012, 09:00:51 AM »

Quote from: EuroCat on October 14, 2012, 02:59:07 PM

Quote from: nicname on October 14, 2012, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: EuroCat on October 14, 2012, 02:50:52 PM
Quote from: steve dave on October 14, 2012, 02:44:58 PM
First name initial middle name users are far weirder. 90% of attorneys do this.
Guilty

Not the same though. What goes on your business card isn't the same as what people call you in conversation.
I actually went by my middle name, which my parents decided since it's a kind of sick tradition. I have since said GTFOMF with that junk and now go by my legal first name.

There are a number of males in my family that do the middle name thing. I am also firmly in the GTFOMF camp with this idea.

CNS · « **Reply #46 on:** October 15, 2012, 10:08:09 AM »

Quote from: fanningksu on October 14, 2012, 06:03:38 PM

My family named me after a candy bar. Everybody else can GTFO!

Could always go by Candy

treysolid · « **Reply #47 on:** October 15, 2012, 10:28:13 AM »

Quote from: wetwillie on October 14, 2012, 06:37:23 PM

Quote from: treysolid on October 14, 2012, 05:25:46 PM
i overwhelmingly prefer my shortened name for most of my daily life, but use my full first name for publishing and other career-related things.

This is the best # humblebrag ive seen in a long time

that wasn't meant to be a brag. in my job, publishing is just something you do, it's not incredibly glamourous.

pissclams · « **Reply #48 on:** October 15, 2012, 10:39:29 AM »

i'm first name initial, part of last name initial.

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #49 on:** October 15, 2012, 10:41:08 AM »

I haven't had a person besides my parents call me by my first name in years. Sadly... sometimes I even forget its my name.