Abbreviated names you hate

[Snacks]

What names do you have when they become shortened/abbreviated?

I hate Francesca being abbreviated to Frankie

Jennifer being called Jenny. that annoys the shit out of me

Gabriela - Gabby is awful

[SinA]

What names do you have when they become shortened/abbreviated?

I hate Francesca being abbreviated to Frankie

Jennifer being called Jenny. that annoys the shit out of me

Gabriela - Gabby is awful


are you exclusively upset about porn stars with nicknames?

[mikeyboy]

How about ANC?

;)

[Dude!]

'snack food' being called snacks

[underdog]

Jennifer being called Jenny. that annoys the shit out of me

Really? Jenny is a much different personality than a Jenn.

Plus, my wife is a Jenny and it fits her perfectly.

[JPMNICK]

satcam instead of satellite camera

i still do not know why someone named jonathan gets the nickname jack

[Snacks]

are you exclusively upset about porn stars with nicknames?

i guess


Really? Jenny is a much different personality than a Jenn.

Plus, my wife is a Jenny and it fits her perfectly.

i like jennifer and jen but jenny doesnt seem like a womens name.

[underdog]

i still do not know why someone named jonathan gets the nickname jack

Also, why does Richard become Dick?

[Snacks]

satcam instead of satellite camera

i still do not know why someone named jonathan gets the nickname jack

i was always confused as a child when my parents or a documentry talked about john f kennedy. i remember asking my mother if jack was his brother.

[underdog]

i like jennifer and jen but jenny doesnt seem like a womens name.

It's actually Jenn now. Get with the program!

And both my wife and sister are Jennifers. One is Jenny, the other is Jenn. Jenny is much more youthful.

[JPMNICK]

i was always confused as a child when my parents or a documentry talked about john f kennedy. i remember asking my mother if jack was his brother.

i used to think the same thing. now if i meet someone named jack, i always wonder if their name is really john

[TooLowBrow]

margaret is also marge or even maggie, which makes a little bit of sense
but it can also change to peggie which confuses me

[tele7]

Strat

[Snacks]

It's actually Jenn now. Get with the program!

And both my wife and sister are Jennifers. One is Jenny, the other is Jenn. Jenny is much more youthful.

there is now a 2nd "N"? thanks!

i agree jenny is much more youthful.

[PapaBear]

Topher

[jonyrotn]

The one I cant figure out is Thunderdogen Zenji..
And how the fuck does Kris become Jonyrotn? That's the dumbest fucking shit I've ever heard off. What an asshole...

[Fallon]

Also, why does Richard become Dick?

When JerseyRich posts.

[keithy_19]

When JerseyRich posts.

:clap:

I don't really understand why Keith became Keithy. People add letters to me and I never have figured out why. Fucking people.

[CruelCircus]

Not exactly the same vibe, but I haaaaate the whole "J-Lo-ing" of names.

J-Lo and ARod and that's it! Everyone else sounds RIDICULOUS!!

I hear some Mets fans trying to call David Wright "D-Wright" and I want to hurl them from the upper deck of Shea.
Anyone tries to call me "C-Circ" gets a thumb to the eye.

[A.J.]

Abbreviated names are awesome.

[topless_mike]

im sure nobody is really named GVAC...

[Marc with a c]

the fact that some forty year old walks around the city being called 'mikey' is unacceptable

[ralphbxny]

My chicks mom actually was thinking of this when she named her. She is named Elizabeth and hates all the nicknames except for Beth, so thats what she named her.

My nickname kind of stinks but I am like the third Rafael in my Family. So there was Ralph Sr , I was just Ralph and my uncle was Raffy.

[Freakshow]

i was always confused as a child when my parents or a documentry talked about john f kennedy. i remember asking my mother if jack was his brother.

I once answered a trivial question to name the 3 kennedy brothers as John, Robert, and Theodore. I though Teddy Roosevelt - Theodore, Teddy Kennedy - Theodore. Possible some chimpmonks influence in there too, :lol:

I don't like Katie, Kate is such an awesome name, why would anyone be a 'katie.'

[DolaMight]

Hands down the worst example of this happens in Hockey. As a canadian I'm annoyed by this frequently.

Anybody whose name starts with M basically becomes "Marty". All commentators do it. Should be reserved for Martin's, but it's done to Matt's They do it with weird eurotrash names like Mats. Some kid gets called up from the minors nobody's ever heard of before and within 2 minutes his name is Marty.

[commish13]

I like how Jack Arnold's mother always called him John.

[Servo]

How about ANC?

;)

:lol:
He's gonna get a complex.

[Kris10]

My daughter's name is Alexis and when I was pregnant I wanted to call her Lexi after she was born but my ex refused. At daycare they call her Lex. I call her Boogs.

[Chip196]

I never understood how Alexander turned to Sandy

[DrDrew319]

:blink:margaret is also marge or even maggie, which makes a little bit of sense
but it can also change to peggie which confuses me


I dont get the whole Peggy thing either. It doesnt have any basis from Margaret

[JPMNICK]

I never understood how Alexander turned to Sandy

i always thought sandy was from sandra

[Chip196]

i always thought sandy was from sandra

I think it is for a girl ... at least I know a couple Sandra->Sandy's (or Sandie) ... but I have come across 3 Alexanders who went by Sandy rather than Alex ... never made sense to me.

[grlNIN]

When first and middle names sound so good together they become abbreviated.

My boyfriend's full name is Timothy John and he said his Dad would call him T.J. every now and then growing up. So now i call him "Teej" to poke fun.

I don't like "Nick" or "Nikki" for Nicole. "Alex" for Alexandra. "Jess" for Jessica. "Chris" or "Chrissy" for Christina.

They're all ugly abbreviated.

[led37zep]

My name is Charles but I've gone by "Chad" my entire life, in fact when I was little I used to get pissed when people would call me Charles, not really sure why.

I've always hated when people try and shorten it to "Chas"...doesn't even seem like a real name. Most the time you meet a "Chas" he turns out to be a douche anyway.

[BoondockSaint]

I hate when they shorten Larry to Chipper.

[grlNIN]

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8264/chaz8df5.jpg


I almost numchucked you, you don't even realize!

[weekapaugjz]

I can't fucking stand it when people assume my name is Jim even though I always introduce myself as James or fill out any paperwork. "okay, thanks Jim, we'll be right with you...". DIE!!!

[Freakshow]

I think it is for a girl ... at least I know a couple Sandra->Sandy's (or Sandie) ... but I have come across 3 Alexanders who went by Sandy rather than Alex ... never made sense to me.

It comes from the xand part in the middle. My brother is Alexander, but my parents shortened it to Xande (pronounced like 'zandee'). So zande/sandy isn't too far off. My mother had 'sandy' alexanders in her family, so I think his name is sort of a play off that, too.

He's probably going to find this thread if he searches for his name. Not a lot of people that share his name out there.

[Chip196]

It comes from the xand part in the middle. My brother is Alexander, but my parents shortened it to Xande (pronounced like 'zandee'). Soe zande/sandy isn't too far off. My mother had 'sandy' alexanders in her family, so I think his name is sort of a play off that, too.

He's probably going to find this thread if he searches for his name. Not a lot of people that share his name out there.

very cool thanks ... never understood it before.

[Lawson]

My wife shortened Lawson to "asshole"... still trying to figure that one out...

[PhishHead]

My sister has a son named Christopher James and they call him CJ i absolutely hate it.

[ozzie]

My sons are Thomas and Richard. I always called them Tommy and Ricky since before they were born, and they learned to write their names that way.

When they got to kindergarten, the school told them that they HAD to write their "given names", so ever since then, they've been called Thomas and Richard by their teachers, and that's what their friends know them as. The trolls at their school won't let anyone go by a "nickname" or an abbreviation, or a middle name, etc.

They're used to it by now, and most all of us have gotten used to calling them by their full given names, but I'd never heard of anything like this when I was growing up.

Anyone else experience this? Or is this another antiquated, backwoods Alabama thang?

[weekapaugjz]

My sister has a son named Christopher James and they call him CJ i absolutely hate it.

At least its not Christopher Jimmi!

[Mike Teacher]

When people call me Shauna instead of Shanna

Remember, its Shanna Banana, not Shauna Banauna

[Snacks]

I can't fucking stand it when people assume my name is Jim even though I always introduce myself as James or fill out any paperwork. "okay, thanks Jim, we'll be right with you...". DIE!!!

I am the exact same way. and first and middle names using only the first letters, i hate that. AJ, CJ, JJ etc. never liked that.

[A.J.]

and first and middle names using only the first letters, i hate that. AJ, CJ, JJ etc. never liked that.

:furious:

[Kris10]

My sons are Thomas and Richard. I always called them Tommy and Ricky since before they were born, and they learned to write their names that way.

When they got to kindergarten, the school told them that they HAD to write their "given names", so ever since then, they've been called Thomas and Richard by their teachers, and that's what their friends know them as. The trolls at their school won't let anyone go by a "nickname" or an abbreviation, or a middle name, etc.

They're used to it by now, and most all of us have gotten used to calling them by their full given names, but I'd never heard of anything like this when I was growing up.

Anyone else experience this? Or is this another antiquated, backwoods Alabama thang?

No, they do that up here too. I guess its so it doesn't confuse the kid but I would assume he/she would know their own name. I know in my daughter's daycare class there is a kid DJ and the teachers will only call him Donald Joseph.

[Freakshow]

:furious:

Agreed.

-Signed PJ.

[Snacks]

:furious:

dont hate it, just dont like it. my first and middle name are AJ as well.

[RAAMONE]

i HATE when people call ford mustangs "Stangs"

its so rednecky

[underdog]

I am the exact same way. and first and middle names using only the first letters, i hate that. AJ, CJ, JJ etc. never liked that.

What about Juniors who abbreviate their names? Like say someone's name was D.J., I think that's awesome. So awesome.

[A.J.]

dont hate it, just dont like it. my first and middle name are AJ as well.

I only go by it because it's a way to tell me and Dad apart because we have the same name.

And I hate my first name. (Don't bother asking.)

[Kris10]

What about Juniors who abbreviate their names? Like say someone's name was D.J., I think that's awesome. So awesome.

Your name is D.J. isn't it?

[underdog]

I only go by it because it's a way to tell me and Dad apart because we have the same name.

And I hate my first name. (Don't bother asking.)

Hey, that sounds like my story.

Your name is D.J. isn't it?

Maybe.

[Kris10]

Hey, that sounds like my story.



Maybe.

Yep. It is. Myspace gave it away.

[Freakshow]

I only go by it because it's a way to tell me and Dad apart because we have the same name.

And I hate my first name. (Don't bother asking.)

My parents were weird (see the Xande post above) and named me PJ. The hospital wouldn't let them use just initials, so they had to come up with 'filler' names.

I hate my first name, too.

[Kris10]

My parents were weird (see the Xande post above) and named me PJ. The hospital wouldn't let them use just initials, so they had to come up with 'filler' names.

I hate my first name, too.

I could understand the hospital saying no to BJ but what's wrong with PJ? And when did hospital say yes or no to baby names???

[RAAMONE]

I could understand the hospital saying no to BJ but what's wrong with PJ? And when did hospital say yes or no to baby names???

pussy juice

[Freakshow]

I think it was a state clerical thing? I don't know. It was western MD in the 70's, it's not like it was someplace very advanced. My family also told me I was going to be named I270, but the hospital wouldn't let them use numbers. I don't tend to belive that one :)

[Kris10]

I think it was a state clerical thing? I don't know. It was western MD in the 70's, it's not like it was someplace very advanced. My family also told me I was going to be named I270, but the hospital wouldn't let them use numbers. I don't tend to belive that one :)

Sounds like your sperm donor #

[Kris10]

pussy juice

LMAO! Now I follow ya...

[SatCam]

I hate when people abbreviate J.P. Morgan Nicholas to JPMNick........................:bye:

[ANC]

How about ANC?

;)

Awww not you too Saint MikeyBoy? :down:

:laugh:

[jauble]

Topher

100 percent behind you.

[ANC]

:lol:
He's gonna get a complex.

You know me all too well. Good thing MikeyBoy put a smiley or I'd be moping around.. :tongue:

[PhishHead]

At least its not Christopher Jimmi!

Thanks for making fun of my nickname you bastard!!

But I also hate as you say when people say Jim. If I introduce myself as James then call me James it makes sense.

Only friends call me Jimi(jimmi, jimmy) for the most part

[Bossanova]

Thanks for making fun of my nickname you bastard!!

But I also hate as you say when people say Jim. If I introduce myself as James then call me James it makes sense.

Only friends call me Jimi(jimmi, jimmy) for the most part

Allow me to add to the dead head's that are name James club.

I can not stand it when some one calls me Jimbo

[drjoek]

Listen up its:

Brad and Angelina

It was Ben and Jennifer


Enough already

[Freakshow]

Sounds like your sperm donor #

It's more like this (any DC'er would know)--
http://www.interstate-guide.com/images251/i-270_md_st_02.jpg

And I was the son of the mailman, and also adopted. That's what they told me.

[Kris10]

It's more like this (any DC'er would know)--
http://www.interstate-guide.com/images251/i-270_md_st_02.jpg

And I was the son of the mailman, and also adopted. That's what they told me.

I've been to Bethesda once. Ugh. 8mths pregnant & my ex husand (fiance at the time) had flown in from Albania with malaria while he was in the Marines. Ahhh, fun times.

[weekapaugjz]

Thanks for making fun of my nickname you bastard!!

But I also hate as you say when people say Jim. If I introduce myself as James then call me James it makes sense.

Only friends call me Jimi(jimmi, jimmy) for the most part

Allow me to add to the dead head's that are name James club.

I can not stand it when some one calls me Jimbo

sounds like we have a pretty sweet club here.

[PhishHead]

sounds like we have a pretty sweet club here.

I would say so.

[A.J.]

Listen up its:

Brad and Angelina

It was Ben and Jennifer


Enough already

Amen. And you forgot "TomKat".