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Beechnut Wed 13-Nov-24 12:44:39

I was thinking about this after reading the pet name thread.

If your other half or anyone you know has a nickname do you call them by it or use their proper name?

Somewhere I worked years ago I had a nickname. I’m not often called it these days. My brother has changed it slightly and calls me his variation often and I am also called different names by different people.

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Grammaretto Sat 16-Nov-24 14:02:08

We had an uncle called Buster. It wasn't until I read his obituary a few years ago that I discovered his actual name was Marmaduke 🤣

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Oldnproud Sat 16-Nov-24 17:18:26

For some unknown reason, my OH has always called me by a name that is very similar to my actual name, but is also a name in its own right. Everyone we met after we got together called me the name that OH uses, and as I actually preferred it, I didn't correct them.

This only changed maybe 10 years ago, when I had a new email address that actually used my proper name - suddenly people started querying it, some quite worried that I might be upset by the fact they had been getting my name wrong, for well over 40 years in some cases.

Oh, and my parents tended to use an abbreviated form of my name.

Definitely confusing - even my older brother admitted not too long ago that he wasn't sure what my name was!

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Autumncolours Thu 21-Nov-24 08:26:19

My grandpa called me Snowy as I had very white blonde hair as a child. The nickname died with him but perhaps I should re-adopt it now that my hair is very white due to age?!

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