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Ms. Reed's name
Kugai:
My first name is James, I got that from my Father James, but most people called him Jim. I don't like that, it's just a personal thing, but I am tolerant of people using Jimmy or Jimmy boy in jest - but only so far.
Now here's the thing, my third name is Noel, and I was called that for many years, just to differentiate me from my Father. This was my commonly used first name right up till the late eighties when I had to change it to my real first name due to circumstances where I worked. I've never gone back and I prefer James these days.
*Shrugs*
It's just one of those things that happens.
pwhodges:
My son James simply decided in his teens that he wanted to be called Max, and has kept to it ever since (he's now 48).
Zebediah:
Funny story from my wife's family: Back in the 1960s my father-in-law's three sisters decided to adopt male nicknames in order to annoy their extremely conservative father. (It worked, too.) So they became Martin, Oscar and Jake.
Fifty years later, and nearly thirty years after their father died, all three of them still go by those nicknames. Makes it interesting when my wife talks about her aunt Jake to people who don't know the story. :-D
TheEvilDog:
I just realised this happens a lot in my family:
My grandfather was named James, but everyone called him Jim.
My uncle is also named James, everyone calls him Jimmy.
My cousin (his nephew), surprise surprise, James, but we all call him Jamie (even though he insists on being called James now).
My great-uncle is called Paul, but we call him Duck (because it's far more polite than another word it rhymes with).
My father is Paul as well, but beyond a pub nickname of "Black Paul" (which is used if Liverpool ever lose), you can't really shorten it.
Then there's me, and because of my father, most of our extended family calls me Paul Joseph to differentiate us, which has kind of gotten to friends so that's what most people call me nowadays. Used to hate it when I was younger, but meh, it's not too bad these days.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 31 Jan 2015, 14:55 ---my father-in-law's three sisters decided to adopt male nicknames in order to annoy their extremely conservative father.
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Love it! My daughter Catherine goes by Kit, which is usually Christopher - but has been used for Catherine in the past.
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