Pick your own name

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'm surprised you don't shave that too. Don't really know why, just thought you would.

[Sundae]

I love the name Oscar. I was gutted when women my age started spawning and made it trendy. I thought I was unique (sob).

So. Sheldon has a hairy glans.
I'm so glad I know that.

[Clodfobble]

I have always hated my name, and from second grade through high school went mostly by the nickname Fergie (from my maiden name Ferguson.) There were a good number of people who were honestly surprised to discover it wasn't my real name, which always sort of baffled me. Fergie Ferguson? Who in God's name would do that to a child? But when I entered the workforce I went by my real name for professionalism's sake, and then I got married and the nickname didn't make sense anymore so it never made a comeback.

My parents toyed briefly with the idea of naming me Scythia after a relative, and I always wished they had gone through with it. So I guess if we're picking from scratch I'll go with that.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Stress Puppy

I'm not being a stick in a mud. The premise is that one is assumed not to like their name, I guess.

where does it say that?



I'm going to go with .... Stu

not short for Stuart....just Stu.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'm going to go with .... Stfu

not short for Stuart....just Stfu.

Fixed it for ya.

[JuancoRocks]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Fixed it for ya.

Stfu....

Thanx Dana........For the laugh.....for me..... not Lj....I'll let him thank you on his own....

I actually like my name..As it is I am John H.

If I was a lawyer it would be J. Hastings Esq.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by DanaC

*Smiles* I suppose when we mould our own nickname we are selecting an identity.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

There were a good number of people who were honestly surprised to discover it wasn't my real name, which always sort of baffled me... But when I entered the workforce I went by my real name for professionalism's sake, and then I got married and the nickname didn't make sense anymore so it never made a comeback.

My Mum used to call me Cherry BonBon, and occasionally Cherry Bakewell (which is a tart, cruelly enough!) so it was a pet name of mine even with those that chose my given name.

When I left Aylesbury, I decided to go back to my full, formal name - and endure having to explain to people how to pronounce it. But I moved in with an old school friend who only ever called me Cherry, so all her friends did too. I lived by one name at work and one name at home.

Moving to Leicester I had trouble getting my reference through (I ended up not working for a month while it was sorted) so I've kept my formal name at work since then. And the old schoolfriend I now live with, never called me Cherry because that was more of a girlie thing. So after all this time I am slowly moving away from it, which I feel is sad, as I personally identify with it far more.

In fact when I'm talking to myself, especially if I am trying to motivate myself, I use the derivation my best friend always used - Berrily. My ex used to call me that too, when I was unhappy or needed comforting.

So maybe I'll take that as my middle name instead.

[Stress Puppy]

but here is your chance to select a name that really says......YOU.

do you go with your first name, ....because that's who you've always been? or have you always been bothered by the fact that your name doesn't really FIT?

My name fits me perfectly and if you read about the origins of Christopher, you'll be reading a general outline of my personality. And, to clarify, I formed this personality long before I actually knew the origins of my name. So if I were to select a name that really says, 'me', I would pick the one I already have.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Stress Puppy

My name fits me perfectly and if you read about the origins of Christopher, you'll be reading a general outline of my personality. And, to clarify, I formed this personality long before I actually knew the origins of my name.

You carried the young Jesus across a river on your shoulders?

[Stress Puppy]

Patron saint of travelers. Also given the connotation of a guide and protector.

[sweetwater]

I'd pick Rosebud. [/obscure reference to an old episode of Dick van Dyke].
Raised Catholic, we had to pick a 'new' name for confirmation. I didn't care much about the tradition so I used my twin sister's middle name and she took mine. I'd prefer to ditch all my names and use the one word name I use in most other sites, actually.

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I'm surprised you don't shave that too. Don't really know why, just thought you would.

Trimmed. Why make you floss?

[Shawnee123]

I've always thought I should be a Francesca.

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Hey! I have hair. You're just not looking at the right head.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I'm surprised you don't shave that too. Don't really know why, just thought you would.

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Trimmed. Why make you floss?

Quite appropriately for this thread, this reminds me of the most unkind nickname I have heard.

Chap I knew at Uni had been circumcised as a baby, and it had gone wrong, become infected, and required a skin graft from his thigh. Various other issues developed - growth problems, pain (which may partly explain the fact that he was somewhat of a jerk, but I digress) but also, as he aged, the skin transplanted from his thigh developed follicles and started sprouting hair.

Nickname: Bottlebrush

[Sundae]

I knew a guy called Chris who had wall-eye (officially called Strabismus apparently - it's a wandering eye).
He was known as One-Eye, ostensibly because there's only one i in Chris. Actually because he could only ever focus one eye on you in conversation.

Quite cruel I thought. Bottlebrush is worse though.

Sweet, my confirmation name is Brigid, same as my Mum's. I actually used it as an additional name while I was still Catholic.