Life Your name

**luv** · 02-22-2009, 12:00 PM

Friend of mine has this habit of calling her guy friends by their full name. Jake is Jacob, Josh is Joshua, etc. Yet, she calls me Leo.

I used to have a friend named Cindy Lou. We used to call her Cynthia Louise just to make her mad. Her mom always said that, if she wanted people calling her Cynthia, she would have named her Cynthia and not Cindy.

**KcMizzou** · 02-22-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

I used to have a friend named Cindy Lou.

Was she from Whoville?

**luv** · 02-22-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Was she from Whoville?

That's another thing we'd tease her with.

**Bearcat** · 02-22-2009, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Friend of mine has this habit of calling her guy friends by their full name. Jake is Jacob, Josh is Joshua, etc. Yet, she calls me Leo.

I do that with a couple of friends... had a gf named Cassandra and I never got used to calling her Cass or Cassie like her other friends; and I have a good friend who has actually complained that she doesn't like me calling her Alexandra, since everyone else calls her Alex... but both full names are, well, better.

**Bugeater** · 02-22-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I do that with a couple of friends... had a gf named Cassandra and I never got used to calling her Cass or Cassie like her other friends; and I have a good friend who has actually complained that she doesn't like me calling her Alexandra, since everyone else calls her Alex... but both full names are, well, better.

I have a niece named Alexis that goes by Alex and I can never bring myself to call her that, it's a dude's name.

**Bearcat** · 02-22-2009, 01:09 PM

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I have a niece named Alexis that goes by Alex and I can never bring myself to call her that, it's a dude's name.

Exactly... and her personality doesn't really fit Alexandra, but yeah, Alex is for guys. I had a friend named Alexis in high school and couldn't ever call her Alex, either.

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Depends. Cass and Cassie are "cute" names. Cassandra is a beautiful name. Depends on her personality.

For some reason the name Cassie has a bad connotation... she definitely fit the name Cassandra better, imo.

**luv** · 02-22-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I do that with a couple of friends... had a gf named Cassandra and I never got used to calling her Cass or Cassie like her other friends; and I have a good friend who has actually complained that she doesn't like me calling her Alexandra, since everyone else calls her Alex... but both full names are, well, better.

Depends. Cass and Cassie are "cute" names. Cassandra is a beautiful name. Depends on her personality.

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...my full formal first name, and it's what my parents/family always called me.	40	39.60%
...my full formal first name, and it was my choice instead of what my parents preferred.	3	2.97%
...a shortened/informal version of my first name, and it's what my parents/family always called me.	33	32.67%
...a shortened/informal version of my first name, and it was my choice instead of what my parents preferred.	10	9.90%
...my full formal middle name, and it's what my parents/family always called me.	4	3.96%
...my full formal middle name, and it was my choice instead of what my parents preferred.	1	0.99%
...a shortened/informal version of my middle name, and it's what my parents/family always called me.	1	0.99%
...a shortened/informal version of my middle name, and it was my choice instead of what my parents preferred.	0	0%
...a nickname, and it's what my parents/family gave to me.	2	1.98%
...a nickname, and it's what friends or other nonrelatives gave to me.	5	4.95%
...a nickname, and it's a name I gave myself.	1	0.99%
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02-22-2009, 12:00 PM	#1
luv You think you can get by this? Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $-1250000	Friend of mine has this habit of calling her guy friends by their full name. Jake is Jacob, Josh is Joshua, etc. Yet, she calls me Leo. I used to have a friend named Cindy Lou. We used to call her Cynthia Louise just to make her mad. Her mom always said that, if she wanted people calling her Cynthia, she would have named her Cynthia and not Cindy.
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