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Title: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 12:42:41 PM

i just got off the phone with the guy who interviewed me. it seems he's taken to calling me 'dave'.

[spoiler]looks like i'm headed to be that balding, fat middle-aged man in a dead end job already :( [/spoiler]

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Post by: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on August 28, 2013, 12:47:17 PM

Quote from: David on August 28, 2013, 12:42:41 PM
i just got off the phone with the guy who interviewed me. it seems he's taken to calling me 'dave'.

[spoiler]looks like i'm headed to be that balding, fat middle-aged man in a dead end job already :( [/spoiler]

Oh, shut up. A Job's a job's a job.

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Post by: PLEASEHELP1991 on August 28, 2013, 12:48:00 PM

if i get called ry-ry, i get angry

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Post by: Mando Pandango on August 28, 2013, 12:58:23 PM

I prefer Vince anyway, so it's whatever.

Some people jump straight to Vinny though, and those are the people that can't ever be trusted. They're bad people.

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Post by: piano moths on August 28, 2013, 01:04:15 PM

I actually love it when people call me Carl but onlyy
friends do this i don't think a stranger ever has

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Post by: Nyerp on August 28, 2013, 01:11:50 PM

thats never happened to me because i dont talk to people who i dont know

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Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 01:13:41 PM

Quote from: Boogus Epirus Aurelius on August 28, 2013, 12:47:17 PM
Oh, shut up. A Job's a job's a job.

i know. it just feels so strange being called 'dave' since that's what one of my uncles goes by myface;

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: YPrrrr on August 28, 2013, 01:13:57 PM

Idk pretty much everyone calls me Aubs. Really the only people that call me Aubrey are my parents, bosses and my girlfriends

Don't know how it's so widespread since I never tell people to call me Aubs but whatever i like it.

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Post by: Hippopo on August 28, 2013, 01:42:45 PM

I don't have a shortened version saddood;

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Post by: YPrrrr on August 28, 2013, 01:45:42 PM

Quote from: Hippopo on August 28, 2013, 01:42:45 PM
I don't have a shortened version saddood;

Maybe not shorter but you should insist people call you Tintin

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Post by: Hippopo on August 28, 2013, 01:49:53 PM

Quote from: YPR Classic on August 28, 2013, 01:45:42 PM
Maybe not shorter but you should insist people call you Tintin

Oh god yeeeees

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Post by: Thyme on August 28, 2013, 01:53:59 PM

literally no one calls me by my shorter name

and mine's p. obvious too so confuseddood;

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Post by: Nyerp on August 28, 2013, 01:55:02 PM

Quote from: Thyme on August 28, 2013, 01:53:59 PM
literally no one calls me by my shorter name

and mine's p. obvious too so confuseddood;

aly? ^___^

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Post by: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 01:55:46 PM

Quote from: Fuck on August 28, 2013, 01:55:02 PM
aly? ^___^

ppl sometimes call me that.

or al

or albert

or al bones

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 01:57:20 PM

allen

alle

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Post by: Thyme on August 28, 2013, 01:57:51 PM

Quote from: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 01:55:46 PM
or al bones

(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9819/dealwithit.png)

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: don't let's on August 28, 2013, 01:58:21 PM

Not particularly

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Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 01:59:28 PM

Quote from: Far Beyond Repair on August 28, 2013, 01:58:21 PM
Not particularly

jeeze, dave. you could at least pretend to feel my pain :(

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Post by: don't let's on August 28, 2013, 02:06:11 PM

Quote from: David on August 28, 2013, 01:59:28 PM
jeeze, dave. you could at least pretend to feel my pain :(

I'm not sure that anybody had every called me Dave. I was Davy when I was younger and now most people just call me David except for some who knew me as Davy.

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Post by: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 02:10:03 PM

Quote from: Thyme on August 28, 2013, 01:57:51 PM
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9819/dealwithit.png)

that's what im talkin about

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Post by: Classic on August 28, 2013, 02:17:04 PM

I hate it even when friends/family call me "Ty".
What an awful thing to call me.

Right, Davie? giggle;

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Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 02:18:31 PM

Quote from: ã,¯ãƒ©ã,·ãƒƒã,¯Â·ã,¿ã,¤ãƒ©ãƒ¼ on August 28, 2013, 02:17:04 PM
I hate it even when friends/family call me "Ty".
What an awful thing to call me.

Right, Davie? giggle;

davie doesn't produce the bad mental image that dave does. i'm not sure. i just don't know very many people who would be considered 'successful' that go by dave :(

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Post by: Classic on August 28, 2013, 02:19:09 PM

Dave the killer.

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Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 28, 2013, 02:20:31 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_the_Barbarian

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Post by: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 02:21:10 PM

dave dahmer

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Post by: Classic on August 28, 2013, 02:25:45 PM

Except when I'm getting sassy-pants with you.

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Post by: Mando Pandango on August 28, 2013, 02:26:15 PM

Maximilian

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Post by: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 02:28:48 PM

maxwell edison

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Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on August 28, 2013, 02:35:37 PM

maxillopod

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Post by: Commander Fuckass on August 28, 2013, 03:32:43 PM

I've only been called Chris.

There was that time someone called me 'Chrissy-poo'
Dumb slut awdood;

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Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 03:33:28 PM

Quote from: Kefka on August 28, 2013, 03:32:43 PM
I've only been called Chris.

There was that time someone called me 'Chrissy-poo'
Dumb slut awdood;

christopher, i'm sorry

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Post by: Commander Fuckass on August 28, 2013, 03:35:17 PM

Quote from: David on August 28, 2013, 03:33:28 PM
christopher, i'm sorry

that's [I]St.[/I] Christopher to you

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Post by: Hippopo on August 28, 2013, 03:39:02 PM

Quote from: Kefka on August 28, 2013, 03:35:17 PM
that's [I]St.[/I] Christopher to you

Dr. St. Christopher.

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: Samus Aran on August 28, 2013, 03:45:53 PM

i shorten people's names when i'm not necessarily friends with them or don't know them overly well

it didn't take long at all for me to do this to my coworkers lol

"linds" instead of "lindsay" for example

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Post by: applesauce on August 28, 2013, 03:49:27 PM

Please help me escape and I will kiss you in a manicured garden okay

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: ME## on August 28, 2013, 03:50:35 PM

Quote from: applesauce on August 28, 2013, 03:49:27 PM
Please help me escape and I will kiss you in a manicured garden okay

will it be in my manicured french gard en

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Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on August 28, 2013, 07:52:55 PM

people don't really shorten my name. i get cor sometimes.

mostly just misspellings

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Post by: ncba93ivyase on August 28, 2013, 08:38:50 PM

holy SHIT i hate it

what's really annoying is when a teacher/whatever asks what i prefer to be called

then permanently forgets immediately after asking akudood;

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Post by: Daddy on August 28, 2013, 08:46:13 PM

It's even worse when you introduce yourself as something and correct the person yet they still call you it.

I TOLD YOU MY NAME IS JAMES BECAUSE I WANT TO BE CALLED JAMES NOT JIM.

holy fuck

boyah can call me jim because jmv being read outloud sounds like jim v

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Post by: silvertone on August 28, 2013, 08:46:45 PM

what abotu jimmy

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Post by: Hiro on August 28, 2013, 08:54:26 PM

james michael valente

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Post by: YPrrrr on August 29, 2013, 08:23:16 AM

Quote from: Pancake Persona on August 28, 2013, 08:38:50 PM
holy SHIT i hate it

what's really annoying is when a teacher/whatever asks what i prefer to be called

then permanently forgets immediately after asking akudood;

you know you love it Ronny

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Post by: NOA_Haunted on August 30, 2013, 06:37:07 AM

My uncle's name is Dave and he's a doctor..

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Post by: ?????? on August 30, 2013, 11:19:10 AM

Quote from: YPR Classic on August 28, 2013, 01:13:57 PM
Idk pretty much everyone calls me Aubs. Really the only people that call me Aubrey are my parents, bosses and my girlfriends

Don't know how it's so widespread since I never tell people to call me Aubs but whatever i like it.

aubs sounds so corny. ilke if you're 24 and stuck in a basic state college that still think keggers are cool.

don't be that guy.
also aubery is cool
AUBERY GET DOWN HERE

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Post by: Classic on August 31, 2013, 08:04:32 PM

What about Aubear?

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Post by: ikanaide on September 01, 2013, 01:57:36 PM

"hirochan"

fuck you I am 18 years old madood;

but this is uncommon

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Post by: silvertone on September 01, 2013, 01:58:19 PM

hiro-san :3

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Post by: ME## on September 01, 2013, 02:46:58 PM

hiro-kun, is that what kimiko calls you :3

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Post by: Samus Aran on September 01, 2013, 02:48:03 PM

he'll always be hiro-kun to me

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Post by: ikanaide on September 01, 2013, 05:46:27 PM

Quote from: David on September 01, 2013, 02:46:58 PM
hiro-kun, is that what kimiko calls you :3

just hiroto doodthing;

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Post by: ME## on September 01, 2013, 05:58:43 PM

Quote from: ikanaide on September 01, 2013, 05:46:27 PM
just hiroto doodthing;

aw :(

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Post by: YPrrrr on September 01, 2013, 07:57:52 PM

Quote from: K L U X on August 30, 2013, 11:19:10 AM
aubs sounds so corny. ilke if you're 24 and stuck in a basic state college that still think keggers are cool.

don't be that guy.
also aubery is cool
AUBERY GET DOWN HERE

So basically... A frat? n_u

Idk I've been called aubs ever since I was born so i think the analysis is a bit off. I've gotten used to it. I'm not any sort of guy just because friends call me something

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Post by: ?????? on September 01, 2013, 08:45:32 PM

Quote from: YPR Classic on September 01, 2013, 07:57:52 PM
So basically... A frat? n_u

I'm not any sort of guy just because friends call me something

lies

Title: Re: do you dislike people who shorten your name without knowing you?
Post by: strongbad on September 01, 2013, 10:59:35 PM

Quote from: David on August 28, 2013, 12:42:41 PM
i just got off the phone with the guy who interviewed me. it seems he's taken to calling me 'dave'.

[spoiler]looks like i'm headed to be that balding, fat middle-aged man in a dead end job already :( [/spoiler]

true dat
Dave is the worst rendition of David

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Post by: Hiro on September 02, 2013, 01:28:00 AM

i dunno every dave i've known has been pretty laid back

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Post by: silvertone on September 02, 2013, 09:12:34 AM

what about

davery

or davevergreen

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Post by: silvertone on September 02, 2013, 09:22:22 AM

i always read this thread title as "do you dislike disabled people who shorten blabllaba"

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Post by: strongbad on September 02, 2013, 10:42:12 PM

Quote from: Snack Dad on September 02, 2013, 01:28:00 AM
i dunno every dave i've known has been pretty laid back

yeah maybe i'm just jealous

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Post by: Wrench on September 03, 2013, 04:59:09 AM

Yes. I truly hate the name Andy. I never liked it.

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Post by: Hippopo on September 07, 2013, 12:24:40 PM

I shorten all my customer's names over the phone. I guess I'm "that guy." ^____^

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Post by: ME## on September 07, 2013, 01:23:39 PM

Quote from: Hippopo on September 07, 2013, 12:24:40 PM
I shorten all my customer's names over the phone. I guess I'm "that guy." ^____^

of course you'd be that guy

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Post by: Hippopo on September 07, 2013, 01:49:29 PM

Quote from: David on September 07, 2013, 01:23:39 PM
of course you'd be that guy

Oh Dave giggle;

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Post by: Pancake Paraphernalia on September 12, 2013, 01:08:54 AM

no

but i hardly tell strangers my real name anyway

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