Do you like to be call by your nick name, real name or family name?
By xio shi
@simonelee (2715)
China
August 3, 2009 3:27am CST
hello mylotters!=p Do you like someone call you by your real name? nick name? or worst, your family name?lol When I was still studying they often addressed me by my my family name,if not, my real name. The worst thing was they didn't know how to pronounce my family name. It happened to me all the time... I prefer calling nick names rather than real names.
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8 responses
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
all of the above is okay for me. i love my name and my nick name and my surname as well. though my real name is not a familiar name so people dont use my real name. some of my close friends call me using my real name and some would really react WHO IS THAT? for people really call me using my nick names. in your case when a name or surname is hard to pronounce it gets really irritating if you always need to correct it. lucky me i have simple surname and a popular surname that is, and a not popular name so they end up calling me ron or roni.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
3 Aug 09
yeah! it's realy irritating. They usually prounced it with a question mark. Let me guess, you surename is Santos? You don't have to answer.=D anyway, thank you for responding.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
thats funny, you think i am a santos while you can see a popular surname there with my user name. santos is popular but i guess roxas is more popular than santos. 
. thanks for trying to guess it, its fun visiting your discussion. have a nice day
. thanks for trying to guess it, its fun visiting your discussion. have a nice day@simonelee (2715)
• China
4 Aug 09
hahahaha I didn't notice. I usually don't give much attentions to names.=p So, your Roxas. You have a popular surname. So, are you planing to run this up coming election? presidency? lol
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
hello simone! i'm here again! hehehe
all of them are fine with me...wherever they are comfortable in calling me...hehhee
but when i am still studying, most of the time i am called in my real name...well i just have a short name...but when we have our girl scouts, CAT...that was the time when i am addressed in my surname...and sometimes some teachers really addressed us in our surnames, maybe that's easier for them...
the only people who called me in my nickname are those who are really close to me, and those who knew me since i am just a kid, like my relatives and my neighbors...hehehe
but now, some people was able to give me new nicknames which are even shorter than my real nickname! huh!
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
yes i can see it! and congrats for that! 
sooner or later you will also be able to use the smilies! hehehe
well maybe that's really it, teachers really uses our surnames coz that is also how we are arranged in their class records! heheh and that makes them easier to remember us...
and what's in me that reminds you of your partner's nurse?
actually 'sim' is not sounds bad...for me it sounds like "sim card"? hehehe or sim chiu! hahaha nyeeeee...corny!
sooner or later you will also be able to use the smilies! hehehe
well maybe that's really it, teachers really uses our surnames coz that is also how we are arranged in their class records! heheh and that makes them easier to remember us...
and what's in me that reminds you of your partner's nurse?
actually 'sim' is not sounds bad...for me it sounds like "sim card"? hehehe or sim chiu! hahaha nyeeeee...corny!@simonelee (2715)
• China
3 Aug 09
Hello! Hello! Hello!=p look, I already have a "star"=p see that star?lol
hi, ckyera. love to hear from you. You remind me of my partner's private nurse.=D
anyway,Your teachers are old,having trouble in memorizing names.lol kidding. Professors are like that, they usually addressed their students in surenames. My friends and classmates called me "sim"(sounds bad) because they heared it from my sis.
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@simonelee (2715)
• China
3 Aug 09
hahaha its corny, but funny. corny jokes are the funiest.lol I'm also corny. My partner laughed at my jokes even if it is realy corny. my partner's private nurse? she is funny, she always paint a smile on my partner's face. i remember her when she saw couple walking (holding hands), she sang "no body wants to see us together..." why? because the girl is so pretty and the guy is...lol
ckera,you have a sense of humor.lol
@simonelee (2715)
• China
15 Aug 09
why is that so? Is your name so short that is why you don't have a nickname? Usually short names like Chinese are not fond of using nicknames except their family address them according ranking(age and gender).
@dohc_fwd_touge (68)
• United States
20 Aug 09
i rather be called by my nick name that I grew up being called by. My real first name seems occurward to me. I just don't really like it either. lol.
@phillip_shiny (2330)
• India
3 Aug 09
Hi simonelee, I wanna be the first to respond this. Because I used to be called by my nicknames from my childhood. somepeople dont know to pronounce my name. They say pilip instead to pronounce as filip. But some in my office they used to call me as phil. Here in mylot also some dearones called me as philly. Its really nice to hear nicknames. But in my family they call me as pilip. 
Nice discussion. Enjoyed.See you around..
Nice discussion. Enjoyed.See you around..@simonelee (2715)
• China
3 Aug 09
thank you phillip.=p thank you for participating in my discussions. Some people are having trouble in pronounciation,it depends on their environment. Some prounounce "e" as an "i", "f" for "p",vise versa.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
family name, first name , nickname its depend on whose our talking to and your relation to that person.
For example.. family name is use to call a person if you have formal conversation..
Like talking to a teacher, a doctor,..professional...
Now first name when you have informal talk or semi formal like a friend you meet in a meeting, or your former boss. etc..
nickname only reserve to the person who you want to get closed to..like friends, cousins, etc..
So me..I preferred in that order..If your a doctor and you call me by my nickname I will surely correct you..And if you your my friend and think you are and you call me using my family friend..That will be the last time that I consider you a friend..
@simonelee (2715)
• China
10 Dec 09
Well, yes. It's improper if you address a professional by its nickname or by her/his first name if you are within the work place. But, outside i think it's fine if the person permits you so. I guess it depends on the individual. My professor way back in college allow us to call her by her first name but with "Miss".
@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
3 Aug 09
The only knick name I have is more associated with a group I am in for motorcyclists. Everyone in the group has a knick name. So it only gets used when I am talking to those people on line or when I am at a rally with the group. At the rally no one calls me by my real name just my knick name. Nobody in my everyday life calls me the knick name. I like it when I am at rallys and wouldn't like it at home in everyday life.
