POLL: Do you go by your first given name?

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Sep 20, 2022
3:06:15pm

Sea Chicken Freeloader

POLL: Do you go by your first given name?

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Sea Chicken

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Last login: Apr 19, 2024
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POLL: Do you go by your first given name?

Sea Chicken Freeloader

9/20/22 3:06pm

Shortened version of it.

Cosmodiar

9/20/22 3:08pm

Same here. Most call me Blue, but I know I'm really in trouble when I hear BlueBlood...and only my mom adds the 94.

BlueBlood94

9/20/22 3:20pm

Yup. Everyone knows Jimo is short for James.

Jimo Dashen

9/20/22 3:27pm

Yes. And no. Lots of people know me by my given name, many know me by a common shortened version of it.

John Doe

9/20/22 3:10pm

Whatever, Richard.

reagan21

9/20/22 3:11pm

John is not a shortened version of Richard.

John Doe

9/20/22 3:45pm

I go by my middle name and it's a hassle. Please don't torture your child by calling them by their middle name.

Cougar-Duck

9/20/22 3:11pm

as does my wife, be she chose to do so, so no one else to blame

9/20/22 3:16pm

Funny story. My parents have called my younger brother by his middle name for his entire life. One day we were

Cosmodiar

9/20/22 3:18pm

I second this...it is a major hassle

9/20/22 3:39pm

RE: POLL: Do you go by your first given name?

BW84

9/20/22 3:13pm

Ish. Common nickname of my given name most places, but my given name in a few. I was hired at a job where someone else

RootieBoy

9/20/22 3:13pm

So is RootieBoy the nickname or your given name?

Sea Chicken

9/20/22 3:16pm

That's actually a nickname of a nickname. 😀

RootieBoy

9/20/22 4:01pm

No I go by someone else’s name. I switch every day. Keeps coworkers guessing and

ArcticKat

9/20/22 3:21pm

I had three or four different name badges back when I worked for McDonalds

Born2Fish

9/20/22 4:53pm

Keep the man guessing.

ArcticKat

9/20/22 5:29pm

Stats sounds way cooler than Bubba

bubbastats

9/20/22 3:25pm

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