# Call me by my preferred name, you stupid fuckers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129 "2005-10-07T01:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/61 "2005-10-07T21:22:50Z")
> [@Who\_me?](#): > > My first name is Robert… but I don’t use it, I go by Dave. I get people calling me Robert, Rob, and Bob and while it sometimes irritates me, my irritation comes from the fact that these people are trying to be too friendly/ too intimate. {snip} My philosophy is to call me whatever you want, but understand that I may not answer if I don’t realize you’re talking to me. This is the scenario (except with different names, as neither Robert nor Dave are good “girl” names) I live with. I got to hate the nickname I had as a child, for a number of reasons (bullying & teasing, it didn’t sound feminine & pretty to me, etc.). So I tried using my full name, but everyone seemed to think I was being stuck up (“Well, lah-di-dah, ‘Christina’ [false name used for illustrative purposes]”, they’d say). Also, complete strangers would still shorten it (because **everyone** with this name uses the diminutive, **right**?). So, I tried going by my initials for a few years. It was ok, but I wasn’t really thrilled by it, and it definitely didn’t sound feminine. Finally, my SO hit upon a solution (he didn’t like the initials thing, either) - a nickname of my middle name, one that sounded feminine. This works fine for everything except “official” situations, like where I have to have my “real” name on paperwork - for instance, when I go to the doctor’s office and the clueless nurse calls out for “Chris” and it just goes right in one ear & out the other for about 10 seconds, until she says it again or says the last name - and then I go forward and smile & say “I go by ‘Annie’ [another false name used for illustrative purposes].” Because of this, I’m careful to get others’ names right, and I could never feel friendly toward anyone who refused to get mine right. I once had a boss that used to call me by the nickname, and when I corrected her for the umpteenth time, she screamed at me (for the whole office to hear) to stop being so picky. WTF? To anyone who says “lighten up” or “get used to it” or whatever, I say - mind your own business on this one. A name is very personal; it’s your identity. Just because **you** are not sensitive about this, doesn’t mean you should be **in** sensitive to those who are. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/62 "2005-10-07T21:30:59Z")
If a mod wants to delete my first (incomplete) post of the 2 above, that would be great. I think I accidentally hit something on my keyboard, and for some reason my display still showed the “reply to thread” screen. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/63 "2005-10-07T21:56:03Z")
I’m down with the OP. I have a formal name that I hate with the burning passion of a thousand suns, and a regular name that I use with everyone except government/legal documentation. My regular name ends with a -y, and when people spell my name with an -i (the pronounciation remains the same), I cringe because a good number of people tend to associate the -i spelling with the cutesy stuff that young girls do with their names, including hearts dotting the I. Names are important as they’re often the first thing anyone notices about you, whether it’s online or in person. Names also play a major part in literature – there are scads of articles and such about how to pick the right character name. Who would you take more seriously in an RPG, someone named Ivan the Terrible, or Fluffy the Terrible? Another example is Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea universe where people gain a great deal of power over others by knowing the true name of the person or thing. This isn’t a new trope, either – consider the story of Rumplestilskin where the damsel in distress got herself out of distress by knowing the guy’s real name. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/64 "2005-10-07T22:10:58Z")
> [@Aangelica](#): > > I’ve always blessed my parents for giving me a name that’s impervious to diminuation. Me too. Kids are a few years off for me still, but when the time comes, I’m planning to give them names with no diminutives. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/65 "2005-10-07T22:14:12Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > Me too. > > Kids are a few years off for me still, but when the time comes, I’m planning to give them names with no diminutives. Nobody’s ever had a diminutive for my given name (Holly). On the playground, the class clown would try to find a joke, like “Holls! Go to the Holls of medicine (an old ad for Halls cough drops)” then just stand there blankly while he realized how stupid it was and go find a Richard to pick on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/66 "2005-10-07T22:18:55Z")
R-i-i-i-i-i-K R-i-i-i-i-i-kki The Rikinator Baron von Rickenhoffer Rik-a-roni-i-i-i Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-k ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/67 "2005-10-07T22:30:39Z")
I’m the same way about being called “Ben.” I don’t mind my friends calling me “Ben”, but if I don’t know you it’s “Obi-Wan” to you, jerk store! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/68 "2005-10-07T23:45:21Z")
Sorry it took so long to get back here. Work, ya know? Anyway… > [@Scumpup](#): > > Rik? As opposed to Rick or Rich? How cute. I bet you’re just adorable when you stamp your foot and insist on it, too. When you sign your name, do you dot the “i” with a little heart? > [@Updike](#): > > I don’t quite get that last bit there, shortening from Rick to Rik. Do you pronounce them differently, and if so, how??? Ha ha ha. Where I grew up it seemed that every third guy I knew was named RIck. I wanted to be a bit different for artistic (music) reasons. That was over twenty years ago, and in all that time I’ve only encountered maybe four other guys who spell it the same way. I like the way it looks. And I actually don’t even use the letter “i” when I sign it. My R flows directly into the k and then I just put a dot in between them to imply the i. > [@Enderw24](#): > > Stop being such a Dick about it. Now see, that’s part of my problem. I had to put up in junior high school with the “cool” kids calling me “Dick”. Actually, it was “you dick”. When I would object they would sarcastically say, “It’s just short for Richard!” My junior high school years were some of the most miserable years of my life. People who don’t call me by the correct name strongly remind me of those years. > [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Yeah, I can see how “Ricky” would piss you off now that you’re calling yourself “Rik” now. Pretty obvious they should be calling you Rikki. I’ve had that same thought. In Japanese romaji I become Rikku, because Japanese words simply don’t end with hard-K sounds. But the fact of the matter is that I don’t object to Ricky because I’ve been calling myself Rik for twenty-two years, it’s because I’ve been going by Rik for twenty-two years and _I’m almost forty years old_. I’m _too old_ for stupid “kid” names. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > What about “The Ricker”? The bosses sister-in-law actually calls me Rickles more often than RIcky. It’s only slightly less irritating, but I like her for the most part. She doesn’t have the other annoying personality traits of my supervisor. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > “Aaaaawwwww, but Ricky, I wanna be in the show tonight!” As it so happens, I’ve started calling people Loooooocy when they call me RIcky. > [@calm kiwi](#): > > How can I tell if I am saying Rick or Rik? Is one variant more “hip” then the other? If I say Rik but think Rick, is that ok? > > Just feel happy you ain’t a Dick If people ask if it’s pronounced differently, I tell them that it’s shorter and crisper, with more energy and spice than Rick. I’m not serious about this pronunciation; Rik is really pronounced exactly like Rick and I don’t expect people to pronounce it otherwise. Unfortunately, I was named after my dad’s best friend in high school, a Richard who went by Dick as an adult. On the other hand, my grandmother always insisted I was named after _her_. > [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I’d never call a grown man Ricky unless he really insisted on it. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. > [@Martin Hyde](#): > > As it is though, anyone who feels the need to stress the difference between Rick and Rik is someone I would generally shy away from in most situations. I probably would too. Monosyllabic names aren’t suitable for pronunciation quibbles, unless it’s a “foreign” name that nobody gets right. Like the Vietnamese name Ng. I still don’t know how to pronounce that. > [@Green Bean](#): > > On one hand, I feel for the OP. My name is Elizabeth, and I don’t like to be called Liz. But even worse than being called Liz is being called “Liz…I mean ELIZABETH.” So, I sympathize with that part. My sister is Elisabeth (with an S) but has always gone by Betsy. I guess it’s kind of a family tradition - none of us have consistently gone by our actual first names. My other sister, Jessie, has dropped the E. My mom was born Ann, but when she married my dad and got a new last name that ended in E, she switched to Anne because it looked better. When my parents divorced and Mom married a man whose last name ends with N, she dropped the E. My dad hates his first name, Leonard, and has always gone by his middle name, Dean. And, in fact, according to my late grandmother my family name didn’t originally end with the letter E. A school teacher ancestor several generations always signed his name with a flourish at the end, and the flourish sort of evolved into an E. And I guess I should explain my grandmother comment. She was Grandma Dick. Literally **everybody** who knew her called her Dick. It’s what she answered to until the day she died. She would know she was talking to a stranger the minute the telemarketer called her Lorena. She also had sisters named Pete and Johnny, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard either of their real names. Their father wanted sons, but got daughters. After the third daughter it became something of a joke, and the girls were tagged with Dick, Pete and Johnny. The names stuck for life! (Note: Their little brother Mary chose to be called by his given name.) > [@Green Bean](#): > > But the whole “I changed it from Rick to Rik, but I don’t want to be cutesy” thing really lost me. Rik is kinda girly. Like my sister-in-law is Nicole, but she goes by Niki or Nik. Nicolas Cage, OTOH, goes by Nic. Not that he’s a bastion of manlihood or anything. How about Ric Ocasek? There ya go. A genuine funny looking rock star married to a genuine supermodel. My original intent was to go with Ric, but after I wrote it a few times I just thought it looked “unfinished”. Maybe it’s because the letter C is ambiguous - it can sound like a K or like an S. The letter K leaves no doubt. It’s the same with your name and my sister’s. An Eli **z** abeth might go by Liz, but an Eli **s** abeth would also go by Liz, rather than Lis. The Z is exact while the S is ambiguous. I actually copied my spelling from Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett. I think it was also an effort to detract attention from my last name because, being a teenager in the ‘80s I was getting sick of telling jokers, “No, I’m not related to Ozzy!” > [@Ceejaytee](#): > > My name is Cathy. Generally, I have one of two problems. The first is people who insist that “Cathy” is a nickname and must be short for something else. Sure, Cathy is frequently short for Catherine, Cathleen (Katherine, Kathleen), so I don’t mind someone asking. It’s the people who insist that my name is NOT Cathy that piss me off. People have actually argued with me about it. “No one is named ‘Cathy.’ It’s always short for something else.” It’s been my name for 41 years. I’m pretty sure it’s just Cathy. My sister Jessi(e) has had the same problem. Her name is not Jessica. Her birth certificate says Jessie. She was named after our great-grandfather Jesse. Hey, there’s another one. He went by Jess (we called him Pappy Jess). My aunt Cathy is actually Catherine, and she never married so my sister Betsy named my niece after her. However, she went with the Gaelic variant, Caitlin. We call her Katie. > [@Little Bird](#): > > Makes me feel little, like I’m not important enough to have my preferences respected on my own damn name. And that about sums it up. > [@Futile Gesture](#): > > But everyone else also has the right to think you a tool/doofus/idiot because of the name you’ve chosen. Insisting on Rik, instead of Rick, gets dangerously close to this. I don’t make an issue about the spelling since I use Richard on the documents that matter. However, my _last_ name continuing to be misspelled on my paycheck despite almost six months of requests to fix it was one factor in my decision to quit a job several years ago. I was getting tired of having to sign my paychecks twice - once the way it was spelled on the check and once the correct way (yes, I was irritated by my bank making me do that). > [@YaWanna](#): > > To anyone who says “lighten up” or “get used to it” or whatever, I say - mind your own business on this one. A name is very personal; it’s your identity. Just because you are not sensitive about this, doesn’t mean you should be insensitive to those who are. Amen. My name is not the name I was _given_, it is the name I have _chosen_. There were some very personal reasons for choosing my name and choosing my variant spelling. How about this: this board is very liberal, right? Most of you believe in respecting other cultures, right? Imagine yourself living with and studying a primitive tribe someplace. This tribe has an ancient tradition that calls for a person who has reached the age of majority to meditate and choose his adult name. It is to be a name that reflects the person’s accomplishments as well as his goals. It will be the name that he will forever be known by, and it tells the world (or at least his people) _who he is._. You have been invited to witness a young man’s naming cermony, and at the end of the ceremony the young man announces that he will henceforth be known as Running Buck. Would you find it appropriate to call him Bucky? I didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/69 "2005-10-08T00:51:00Z")
> [@SusanStoHelit](#): > > Nobody’s ever had a diminutive for my given name (Holly). On the playground, the class clown would try to find a joke, like “Holls! Go to the Holls of medicine (an old ad for Halls cough drops)” then just stand there blankly while he realized how stupid it was and go find a Richard to pick on. 😃 And thank Og they don’t call you Ho? ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/70 "2005-10-08T00:58:21Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > I’ve had that same thought. In Japanese romaji I become Rikku, because Japanese words simply don’t end with hard-K sounds. But the fact of the matter is that I don’t object to Ricky because I’ve been calling myself Rik for twenty-two years, it’s because I’ve been going by Rik for twenty-two years and _I’m almost forty years old_. I’m _too old_ for stupid “kid” names. You are 40 years old and can’t just ignore it? 40 years of practice and still can’t handle it? Develop a hide. I can see it rankling in real life, but to pit it at 40 shows other problems. I can see it at 18, but a 40 year old demanding Rk, with an implied i, that is so sad. Is there no Trek convention to attend? I wish I had your problems. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/71 "2005-10-08T01:26:56Z")
> [@LaurAnge](#): > > What IS Sally short for? Salmonella. No, seriously, I misspoke. It’s not a diminutive, but a variant ('least it used to be) of Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/72 "2005-10-08T01:30:16Z")
Rickles? Rico Suave? ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/73 "2005-10-08T01:31:38Z")
I totally support the OP on this - because I have the exact same problem. Rik can spell his name however the hell he wants to. It’s not childish or cutesy. It is shorter and faster to write. What the hell is the problem? It’s his goddamn name. Spelling it Rick or Rik or Ric or Riq doesn’t change the fact that his name is not Ricky. Also, when people talk to him, I doubt they say, “Hi R-I-C-K-Y”. So, the spelling is irrelevent. It is not rude or annoying or childish to expect others to cease calling you something you hate. I would never dream of shortening someone elses name without their permission (except my sister, but she calls me Chucky so she doesn’t count). And for the record - my name is not Claire, goddammit! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/74 "2005-10-08T01:34:28Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I can’t believe _every single idea_ I had for a post has already been taken. You mean you hadn’t thought of “Don’t lose that number”? ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/75 "2005-10-08T01:38:37Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > You are 40 years old and can’t just ignore it? 40 years of practice and still can’t handle it? Develop a hide. > > I can see it rankling in real life, but to pit it at 40 shows other problems. I can see it at 18, but a 40 year old demanding Rk, with an implied i, that is so sad. Is there no Trek convention to attend? > > I wish I had your problems. yea I can see that—being an asshole and all you have your own issues don’t you? So I take it you are okay with my calling you asshole–I mean it seems a logical dimunitive of brownie and all—or do you prefer stain? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/76 "2005-10-08T01:40:51Z")
> [@LaurAnge](#): > > What IS Sally short for? Originally, it was a nickname for Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/77 "2005-10-08T01:51:30Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > You are 40 years old and can’t just ignore it? 40 years of practice and still can’t handle it? Develop a hide. > > I can see it rankling in real life, but to pit it at 40 shows other problems. I can see it at 18, but a 40 year old demanding Rk, with an implied i, that is so sad. Is there no Trek convention to attend? > > I wish I had your problems. Grow the fuck up. It’s ironic that you would defend the folks being dicks to the OP by implying that _he’s_ immature. Calling someone by a name they don’t like - especially an infantilizing one like “Ricky” - is something a ten-year-old bully would do, not an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Updike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/78 "2005-10-08T02:03:37Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > And I actually don’t even use the letter “i” when I sign it. My R flows directly into the k and then I just put a dot in between them to imply the i. So you’ve actually shortened your name from Richard, to Rick, to Rik, to Rk with a dot to imply the “i”. What’s next, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince? Seriously though, if you’re going to take such an affectation with your name, some people are going to mock you for it, one way or another. So just deal with it, since you made the choice. BTW, if I were almost 40 (and I am), I’d go with Richard. Rk with a dot? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/79 "2005-10-08T02:05:57Z")
> [@Updike](#): > > So you’ve actually shortened your name from Richard, to Rick, to Rik, to Rk with a dot to imply the “i”. What’s next, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince? > > Seriously though, if you’re going to take such an affectation with your name, some people are going to mock you for it, one way or another. So just deal with it, since you made the choice. > > BTW, if I were almost 40 (and I am), I’d go with Richard. Rk with a dot? Not so much. What, his signature’s not precise enough for you? Do you sign your name in perfect Palmer method script? I basically don’t make an R when I sign my last name nowadays - should we ever meet, please don’t take that as a personal rejection of the R. It’s just how my signature looks - lazy, like everyone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![Updike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@Updike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Updike)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129/80 "2005-10-08T02:22:38Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > What, his signature’s not precise enough for you? Do you sign your name in perfect Palmer method script? I basically don’t make an R when I sign my last name nowadays - should we ever meet, please don’t take that as a personal rejection of the R. It’s just how my signature looks - lazy, like everyone else’s. I dunno, it seems to me he’s doing it on purpose, hence the “affectation”. No skin off my nose, of course, but I think it’s rather silly. Which is kinda my point. If you choose a silly name, why be all outraged if (when) people mock it? I’m not saying mocking people’s names is right, it’s not, but it’s likely to happen anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-my-preferred-name-you-stupid-fuckers/325129.md?page=5)