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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas)
- Subject: NameKoolnessWar
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.203847.23772@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
- References: <1992Nov23.013409.9268@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 20:38:47 GMT
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- In article 9268@midway.uchicago.edu, cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) writes:
- >atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
- >
- >>In article 92Nov22123125@candidus.ma30.bull.com, drg@candidus.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Nov22.151315.4882@wetware.com> diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:
- >>>
- >>> ] >all "Robert"s liked to be called "Bob"
- >>>
- >>> ] consensus has decreed that all Elizabeths be called 'Liz'.
- >>>
- >>> [all Dianas]
- >>> getting called "Princess Di"
- >>>
- >>>All Ezekials are called "Zeke"
- >>>All Philips are called "Phil the pill"
- >>>All Patricias are called "Patty cakes" or "Peppermint Patty"
- >>>
- >>>All Daniels are called one of these
- >>>"Dan the man"
- >>>"Book 'em Danno"
- >>>"Oh Danny boy the pipes are ..."
- >
- >>Oh no! You think you got it bad?
- >>I get called things like "Raggedy" Andy, "Randy" Andy, "Handy" Andy, and
- >>Andy "Panda." When my legal name's in print, "Is there more than one
- >>'Andrea' here today?"
- >> / ^
- >>A couple of years ago, somebody said, "He, 'dreas, Comment ca va?"
- >>[too bad this keyboard isn't rigged for French. :+(] S
- >>
- >>He sympathized with me because his name was "Marie-Louis."
- >>dreas
- >
- > Try explaining how to pronounce "Cal" to your new classmates in
- >elementary school. It inevitably comes out "Cow", which is a source of
- >endless fun and amusement to some. "Cow", "Cow Patty", "Cow Lot" (my last
- >name is Lott), etc.
- >
- > Cal is also fun for junior high: "Cal-ifornia", "Cal-Can", "How
- >now Brown Cow."
- >
- > Now that I am supposedly more mature, though, I have come to
- >appreciate having a less common name.
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- I was being Satyrikal when I posted this.
- I like having an extremely uncommon name, BTW.
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- - /^ - ^ - -
- Andreas Max Tovornik (AKA dreas)
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