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Does your name get shortend by others
and do you care?
or do you hate it?

so when her indoors is annoyed do you get Edward!! rather than Ed or Eddie?

Or is it Robert!!! rather than Rob or Bob

I have never made my wife angry so I wouldn't know

MarkCDodd wrote:I have never made my wife angry so I wouldn't know

Ha ha ha...yeah rite!

My hubby has never shortened my name but all my friends do

So he always call you Mallosa?

yeh, what's wrong with that?

To get back to this extreamely thought provoking and stimulating topic
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Do you wish you could change your christian name?
and if so what would you call yourself

Rob wrote:So he always call you Mallosa?

Personally I don't like my name shortened and Mallosa is such a pretty name I can understand why you wouldn't want it shortened!

The people I hate are those who ask for my name - I give them my proper name and they promptly shorten it -

eg "Hello I am Elizabeth"

"Good to meet you Liz!"

I just find that rude

I don't mind my name being shortened in fact I prefer it!
I hate the name Janet
but quite like Jan

I love the name Laura and some of the names that we come across in family history are great
the biblical ones
Absalom
fabulous!
don't see too many Achitaphels


Mallosa come on own up to your real name
Shirley you can do that

Maths girl wrote:

Rob wrote:So he always call you Mallosa?

Personally I don't like my name shortened and Mallosa is such a pretty name I can understand why you wouldn't want it shortened!

The people I hate are those who ask for my name - I give them my proper name and they promptly shorten it -

eg "Hello I am Elizabeth"

"Good to meet you Liz!"

I just find that rude

Sorry MG, I didn't mean to mislead you! My reply was solely for Rob who is just being plain awkward

The truth: My name, Sandra is shortened to San. Mallosa is a variation on my surname

I like having my name shortened to 'Di'. When I am in trouble my husband and my mum both address me as DiANe.

mallosa wrote:
My name, Sandra is shortened to San.

But which would you prefer? or does it depend on who is using it?

And I still feel Mallosa has a ring to it--- a suggestion for the next generation?

I always got my full name at home, and most of the time at school but some shortened it to Trina which I hated! Thought it sounded like a poodle So when I went to uni I told everyone I was Kate and that has been me every since.

Don't think my name can be shortened, My dad used to call me LIza because he said she always lizabed.

My dad always called by Clarabelle ot Christabelle, it wasn't until I started doing the family searching bit that I found out his Grandmothers name was in fact Clara.........

Most people just call me Chris, which is ok by me.

Years ago a woman at work always called me Chrissy, which I hated, it made me sound about five. Even though I asked her not to, she wouldn't stop until I shortened her name to something she disliked........

If Mom rings and calls me Christine I know I'm in trouble