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Title: The worst thing about being named "insert my name" is:
Post by: Matt-Cook1 on December 10, 2008, 09:57:00 am: When people say "hey mate" with poor enunciation I get freaked out like they know me and I don't recognise them, but I'm supposed to. "Hm... what? OH...hey... you..."
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Post by: Illu on December 10, 2008, 10:50:00 am: hey mate how you doing?
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Post by: octoinky on December 10, 2008, 01:53:00 pm: Everybody thinks Phil -> Phillip. Yet nobody realizes that A) My name is Philip and B) Philip is way cooler than Phillip.

bastards.
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Post by: RWG on December 10, 2008, 02:14:00 pm: Upon first introduction, people think my name is Brian.

Also, my mom always yells "QUIET!" at the dogs when they are barking outside. This sounds a lot like "Ryan!" through several walls of the house, and mothers yelling your name is almost 100% gay.
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Post by: Lovins on December 10, 2008, 02:28:00 pm: People incorrectly assume my legal given name is Edward.
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Post by: RWG on December 10, 2008, 02:39:00 pm: and we also give you gay pet names like; The Lovinator, Eddie's Love Shack and LOVENATION 2008!
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Post by: l337 on December 10, 2008, 02:47:00 pm: PEOPLE WHO CALL ME MARKY-MARK

I'm going to implement a policy where any man/woman/mor who calls me that in person recieves a nice haymaker to the face.
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Post by: Soft-Hedwig on December 10, 2008, 09:04:00 pm: people call me cockface. It's pretty accurate.
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Post by: alexaxxem on December 10, 2008, 09:14:00 pm: I can relate... whenever I meet someone and then days later I run into them again they are always like HEY Alex!! and im just like... hey ... man. Since they called me by name I feel like they want me to call them by their name... so I always feel like they catch me.
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Post by: RWG on December 10, 2008, 09:41:00 pm: Quote from: Durkmeister
people call me cockface. It's pretty accurate.

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alexaxxem wrote:

I can relate...
I don't make them up, I just point them out.
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Post by: Scrambler Fanny on December 10, 2008, 10:33:00 pm: (https://forums.the-elite.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezboard.com%2Fintl%2Faenglish%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Flaugh.gif&hash=657f1346088ce2081c398c7379c3a47e4cf5861b)

Axxem = PWND
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Post by: wishiwasfamous on December 10, 2008, 10:56:00 pm: Who the heck names their child Insert My Name?
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Post by: RWG on December 10, 2008, 11:18:00 pm: Your daughter will be Catholic, and as a result her nickname will probably be "Insert Penis" throughout high school.
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Post by: Matis on December 10, 2008, 11:25:00 pm: mine is pretty straight forward and when someone says like "hey adam" i usually know them.. but when im with my brother and they go "hey matis" thats when im a little confused unless they say "little matis" then thats me...
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Post by: alexaxxem on December 11, 2008, 03:38:00 am: Quote from: RWhiteGoose
Quote from: Durkmeister
people call me cockface. It's pretty accurate.

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alexaxxem wrote:

I can relate...
I don't make them up, I just point them out.

lol as in relate to matt!
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Post by: Lovins on December 11, 2008, 12:04:00 pm: I don't mind my last name at all, people seem to think it's cool.
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Post by: Jimbo on December 11, 2008, 01:42:00 pm: Jim "I just can't Bare-it!" Barrett, etc. Jimboooooooooooooo
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Post by: RK on December 11, 2008, 02:42:00 pm: Being named Ryan Koch just all around sucks.

"WELL HEY THERE RYAN KOCK HAHAHAHA."
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Post by: wishiwasfamous on December 11, 2008, 04:39:00 pm: I have an teacher who's italian that hasn't learned that the TH-sound applies to names as well. She always calls me Thhhhhomas. Also, lots of people are calling me Andrew for no real reason.

Old friends/teachers from Grade school and Jazz cats are the only people that call me Tommy, heh. Tom is cool though.
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Post by: PDplum on December 11, 2008, 06:07:00 pm: i used to get called plumbum a lot. then lead then leady
also i hate people using my initials as pp, i always initial as PJP (James)
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Post by: the Blueline Goddess on December 12, 2008, 12:29:00 am: Like I need to point out the obvious.
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Post by: Thiradell on December 12, 2008, 12:30:00 am: Wishall gets mispronounced like crazy. Winchall, wisehall, wishal (a lot), wiser (who knows).
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Post by: Jimbo on December 12, 2008, 12:49:00 am: Actually, the worst part of being named Jim, is that SIX OTHER PEOPLE I work with out of about 15 at my job are named Jim, so it's mass confusion all the time when some retard shouts HEY JIM, COME HERE; or JIM TO THE OFFICE PLEASE, JIM TO THE OFFICE.
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Post by: Lark on December 12, 2008, 01:01:00 am: There are no disadvantages to being named Greg. It is the illest name out there.
All the best people here are named Greg....

Greg Woll
Greg Lewis
Greg Whatmore
Greg Larkin
Greg Lavery

I mean honestly, must I say more?
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Post by: Scrambler Fanny on December 12, 2008, 01:49:00 am: Johnson = WAY TO COMMON, IMO
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Post by: TheGreatMax on December 12, 2008, 02:02:00 am: *raises hand*
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Post by: Jimbo on December 12, 2008, 03:01:00 am: lolwot, Greg Woll is a fag.
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Post by: Time was untied when set. on December 12, 2008, 07:50:00 am: Quote from: Lovins
People incorrectly assume my legal given name is Edward.
Poor guy... That must suck, I bet that made high school absolute hell!

I never had problems, but people have asked me if I was related to roger clemens...kinda stupid, but i dont mind samuel clemens...actually I hear Im related to him so thats kinda cool.
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Post by: flukey lukey on December 12, 2008, 02:11:00 pm: Szklarz...

the best things is that i personally think its a pretty cool last name, and i was always last on class lists for presentations at school, but no-one ever pronounces / spells it correctly which can get annoying
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Post by: AZ on December 12, 2008, 05:19:00 pm: The last name "Zackrisson" is not that common here in Sweden, especially how my family spell it (Zakrisson) (note single "K"). Many teachers and even some of my former class I've had and still have spell my last name: "Zackrisson" (note the "C) (that's how we usually spell it here in Sweden)

On a sidenote, I don't know anyone in my age besides Axel Andersson whos first name is Axel. I've always been the only one in my school named Axel. However, it's a very common first name to those who are borned in the 1940's.
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Post by: Soft-Hedwig on December 13, 2008, 07:35:00 pm: I think Axel's actual first name is Olaf?

I might be making that up though.
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Post by: Scrambler Fanny on December 13, 2008, 09:19:00 pm: or it could be Magnus (https://forums.the-elite.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezboard.com%2Fintl%2Faenglish%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Findifferent.gif&hash=8477f604dbc9b93d541b41fc8c40029181ae2adb)
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Post by: Time was untied when set. on December 14, 2008, 06:57:00 pm: I know a "girl" named Rick (https://forums.the-elite.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezboard.com%2Fintl%2Faenglish%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Fwink.gif&hash=4979046fbfc7ed25a03644bf608e503c4aa73f0f)
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Post by: Matt-Cook1 on December 14, 2008, 10:27:00 pm: omfg the chick I was going out with a few weeks ago was called "Terry". Sure, "Teri" is ok!... but ... ARGH!
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Post by: Lovins on December 15, 2008, 12:39:00 pm: Quote from: Alec006Boy
I don't mind my name, but my name can also be a girls name too. Even more boys are named Corey than girls.

LOL, true, one of the hottest girls I graduated high school with was named Corey.
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Post by: Fal2002 on December 15, 2008, 06:31:00 pm: I hate it when someone calls me by my real name Ian, i much prefer to be called Fal.
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Post by: PDplum on December 20, 2008, 11:59:00 am: matt i used to date a terri, with an i its a girls name
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Post by: Wouter Jansen on December 20, 2008, 03:25:00 pm: it's only 3 letters short from being complete.
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Post by: Imperfect Clark on December 21, 2008, 06:35:00 pm: People spelling my name "derrick" or "derrik" or "derick" or "darrick" or "darick" or "daryk" or "darik" or "derryk" or "darik" or "derik" or "DARK". Yes, these are all misspellings i've encountered.

People also think I say "Eric", and it's always "no, Derek. " "Erick?" "Derek. With a D." "What?" "I'll write it down" "Eric?"
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Post by: RWG on December 21, 2008, 07:42:00 pm: Lately I've just been introducing myself as Goose because:

a) Ryan and Bryan are confused commonly
b) Goose is very unique and is guaranteed to be remembered
c) Chicks dig nicknames, they think you're from a gang or a dance crew or some shit
d) Girls will ask you "why is your name Goose?" to which I can reply a long winded explanation that would get any guy other than me in bed with said sexual being.
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Post by: Infected Mind on December 22, 2008, 12:32:00 am: I never heard the end of alexander anderson in middle school. note the ander overlapping
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Post by: Vulpex on December 24, 2008, 01:00:00 am: Lol Derek, do you ever get called Terrik? (https://forums.the-elite.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezboard.com%2Fintl%2Faenglish%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Fsmile.gif&hash=1adea417e08e9042f9ce1a5426616bf29f2ca20e)

No-one ever gets my name wrong; it's so boring. And I have a drab surname which doesn't relate me to anyone. Fortunately I have a prompt reply for those who're moronic enough to ask if I'm related to Clark Kent; namely that the name was changed to Kent by my Dad's folks when they emigrated. Usually shuts ppl up because they only do it for the lulz. (https://forums.the-elite.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ezboard.com%2Fintl%2Faenglish%2Fimages%2Femoticons%2Fgrin.gif&hash=19085c4f82e7c8861cdf5328e4a8c6e590545af2) Of course some mental pygmies at college thought it fun to yell "C|_|NT" and see if I responded. They mostly got disappointed coz I had trouble with my hearing, even then.

Nicknamewise, I mostly get Kenty, Kennera, Kent Brockman, Kentfield, Kentling, and Kentos. Apparently the standard manipulations of Andrew to Andy, Andre, Drew or Roo just don't suit me. Meh...
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Post by: youseinthehouse on December 24, 2008, 01:34:00 am: Sometimes, as Goose alluded to, when I say my name, the other person will think I said Ryan. Other than that, Bryan with a Y rules way harder than with an I, mainly because of the match-up with my last name. There was a Brian Iannucci who went to almost every single school I did growing up throughout high school, and we both kind of had that working for us.

As far as my last name is concerned, virtually nobody gets it right, despite how simple it was. When I placed in a local disc golf tournament recently, I was actually prized to hear the tournament director announce my name correctly, despite never having heard of me before!!! I get "yous" and "use" the most, because people I guess never learned the silent 'e' rule that should be ubiquitous. Somehow people also throw in "you-say", and strangely I get a lot of t's appended by telemarketers despite the letter never appearing in my name: "yust" "yoost" "yowst".

YOUSEINTHEHOUSE, mf'ers.
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Post by: wishiwasfamous on December 24, 2008, 03:42:00 am: Holy crap, a Kent sighting!