Comments on: Simon by No Other Name

By: bethnbobinnc

bethnbobinnc — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:12:07 +0000

Maybe “Wolfman”! The whole nickname of the middle name is overated. I’m still trying to explain that one to people……
Fauf is easier to explain!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:16 +0000

I guess many/most people have re-arranged names to suit them at one point or another. At around 12, my mom ditched the “Hanna” part of her name, which is funny because now that name is back in style. I ditched my own “Lynn” when I was around 21. Matt changed the spelling of his “Garrett” early on. And I’ve got a great friend (Hi Beth!) whose entire family goes by some semi-altered version of their middle name. Wonder if one day Simon will inform us that his name is now “Wolf”?

By: harriette

harriette — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:07:11 +0000

My brother was nicknamed Butch by the nuns in the hospital where he was born because he was big and the only boy. That name stayed with him until he went to junior high school. He came home that first day and made an announcement, “My name is Howard and I won’t answer to anything else.”. Several spankings later, my family finally figured out that Howard would rather die than be called Butch. I was not as assertive, and suffered through a number of nicknames based on childish variants and mispronounciations of my name, songs with my name in them (ever hear of “Harriet with the Lariat”? ), and all the male nicknames for Harry, the latter being the least offensive (although sexist) because they were usually used when complimenting my work.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:01:38 +0000

I ejected Mandy at age 4 when on the first day of kindergarten Mrs. Reed referred to me as “Amanda.” So I went from Mandy to “A.” Funny, now I don’t mind Mandy that much (stupid Barry Manilow song notwithstanding) but that ship has sailed.