Ok, we’ve all heard them before.
My real name is Toby. I get everything. I don’t think I’ve heard anything ‘new’ in years. When I do, I actually enjoy it. What I hate is when people say something that they think is cute or neat or cool or whatever. I give the blank look. So I try not to say ‘stale’ things to people. It’s hard. But I do come up with some, sometimes.
So, what are some ‘nicknames’ or things about your name that you’ve liked? I think the most creative was a friend of mine called me Reg. (toby - roby - reggie roby(dolphins kicker) - reg) Other than that, really all I get is Kunta. Boy that’s always a hoot.
So, what do you like? what’s been creative? what do you hate? What do you hear all the time?
Oh, dude, my last name is McDonald.
Try going through elementary school with that $20 handle.
So I know where you’re comming from on the “I have heard it all” tip.
It’s weird, going through life with a name like Santiago McDonald. People look at me like “What were they thinking? Your parents I mean.”
I guess I am just a McSpic. Nothing to be ashamed of. Except that maybe I drink like an irishman and fart like a mexican. The cool thing is, I have the best of both worlds. Lot’s of culture.
And I do mean accent in either language.
how did it start? well i don’t know i just feel the craving. i see the flesh and it smells fresh and it’s just there for the taking…
VvvV
“Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.”
If I hear Marvelous Marva one more time I am gonna deck the person. Give it a rest people. It is not a compliment, it is annoying as hell. I don’t fuck with your name, so leave mine alone.
Do I sound marvelous to you?
I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!
Not to be mean, but I have a good friend whose name I can’t resist picking on. It’s Wyleen. Swear to God. That’s her name. I say to her all the time: “Why lean? Because she can’t stand up straight, that’s why!” Sorry, dear. I just can’t resist. And so many people still don’t get it…
Life is teaching you some painful lessons. But it is from adversity that strength is born. You may have lost the inning, but I know you’ll win the game.
I don’t think I’ve ever had any nicknames per se, as much as it was ‘Julie’ instead of Judy, and when I worked at Woolworths, then it was ALWAYS, ‘blondie’ or ‘do you work here, honey’? I think you have to have a cool name to get attention, or maybe an exceptional name, and I’m have neither. Oh well, the most tiresome now, is my last name is ‘Wright’ and how many people ask ,‘is that with a ‘W’?’ I finally asked the last person, ‘how many people have you had with it spelled RIGHT?’ She hung up on me! Telemarketers must be very high strung!
“I only use 10% or less of what I study. It’s a waist. sined, Dropout” Up The Down Stair Case
In my younger, sheltered days, my classmates would make fun of the fact that the last name invariably sounds like “cunt”. Very confusing until my vocabulary dropped into the gutter along with everyone else’s. These days, I go by Pat Hunt or Patrick A. Hunt.
Oh yeah, please don’t ask if I’ve got a brother named “Mike”. (…must…control…Fist-Of-Death…)
When someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles to frown. But it takes only 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head.
My first name is Dorothy. I don’t dislike my name–I’m named after my grandmother–but it isn’t very common in people my age (23), and it was even less common when I was in elementary school. How many freakin’ “Wizard of Oz” jokes can people make? “Hey, where’s Toto?” Oh, I’ve never heard that one before!
The other thing that mystifies me is the number of people that spell it “Dorethy.”
Kind of like “Right”–has anyone ever spelled it that way?!
Evidently there is a song about some dumb-ass who primps with a wagon wheel, gets certain pains in the wrong parts of his body, which prove fatal. And there’s a song about him. And I’ve heard it a million times.
Also: Did you know that my name rhymes with “motherf***er”? It’s true. And ever since the fourth grade, there have been morons who make sure I realize this.
I’m Rosemary. Try being in grade school the morning after some of your classmates have been allowed to stay up and watch… oh, guess… “Rosemary’s Baby.”
Thank you so much, Mom and Dad
Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa…
My last name is Sohl. These days I get mostly alternative spellings (Soul, Sole, Soll, Sol, Shol), but when I was a young lass you can be sure I heard stuff all the time, mostly bad puns.
“Any relation to David Soul (of Starsky and Hutch)?”
“I called your house and there wasn’t a soul home.”
“sole of my shoe”
“fillet of sole” (yes, that’s where my username comes from)
“I’m the sole survivor!”
“Soul Train”
“Hey, you should marry Dr. Joyce Brothers’ son & hyphenate your name”
For some reason, short as it is, my name also presents a pronunciation challenge to some who will always say “shol.” One of my high school teachers consistently called me “Miss Shol.” I always corrected her until the day she said, “Oh just forget it, I’m never going to get it right.” (Hey, can I use that excuse on my next exam?)
Having finally finished my Ph.D., I’m just waiting for the first time someone misunderstands my last name and asks me about footwear inserts…
Sound like any movie star who might be very, very perky and blond and hasn’t had a real hit since “Sleepless?”
Who is NOT related to me, and NOT married to Don Johnson. Who changed her name TO my name in 1979, when I was three, so yes, technically, I had it first.
I’m getting married in three months and I can’t wait for the insanity to end.
People ask me ALL the time if I’m related to “THE” Baldwins - [sarcasm]like I’d be a secretary if Alec was my brother…[/sarcasm]
I occasionally get the “Are you related to the Baldwin piano people?” [sarcasm]I own a 110 yr old, REALLY beat to hell, upright grand with 2 sticky keys - you do the math.[/sarcasm]
I’d like to think I’m related to the Baldwins (missionaires) that settled Hawaii. How cool would that be?! (“Yes, Ms. Baldwin, here’s the title to 20 acres of prime valley land on Kauai that’s been held in trust for each descendent of the Baldwin family.”) Dream on, huh?
Of course, as a kid I got the usual snotty teasing: “Tyler balled!! WHEN?!?” sheesh
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
