Comments on: A note re: names and etiquette

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:04:19 +0000

Drew gets a pass. I’ve also let him hug me. Anyone with hug clearance gets automatic nickname clearance, but not vice versa.

Yeah Carrie I love saying your full name, it’s like a superhero’s secret identity.

By: leslie

leslie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:17:37 +0000

I was thinking: my brother called you by your nickname. I think we’ve only had coffee together once…no, twice, but not for over an hour. I’ll tell him to stop.

By: carrie

carrie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:23:51 +0000

People like to call me by my full name. It hypnotizes them. POWER!

As for the inevitable shortening, “Carr,” the only people who are allowed to call me that are from a certain neighborhood in Philadelphia where two syllables is too hard.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:47:11 +0000

@Leslie: Ahh, well, my standards for hug clearance are even more stringent than those for nickname clearance.

@Matthew: You do have a great full name. One time (I’m dating myself here) the drummer from Tullycraft wrote me a note to say that my full name was one of the most rhythmically pleasing names he’d ever heard… wish I’d saved that. I had it taped inside my locker for a while.

By: leslie

leslie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:41:36 +0000

I’m number two! I’m number two! And we were number one!

And, for the record, I hate it when people call me “Les” when they first meet me. I’m all like: “Excuse me, we aren’t friends. Don’t get all intimate with me!” I used to be like that about the first-meeting hug, but now it depends on the hugger.

By: Matthew Perpetua

Matthew Perpetua — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:07:01 +0000

Yeah, also just with my surname. That name just works best with two syllable first names. My siblings all go by their complete two-syllable names too.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:31:21 +0000

Exactly. Plus, also, such as, “Matt Fluxblog” lacks the rhythmic oomph of “Matthew Fluxblog.”

By: Matthew Perpetua

Matthew Perpetua — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:22:29 +0000

I have a great deal of sympathy for you. I absolutely despise it when people insist on calling me Matt, despite me never ever ever introducing myself as such. No one who knows or likes me will call me that, but there’s always people you meet and you tell them your name and they automatically call you Matt because they think that’s more friendly. No no no no.