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Old 14-03-2008, 14:14   #51
blazey
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Re: Do people feel funny about others using their real names?

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Originally Posted by jambutty View Post
It is even more pathetic, lazy, disrespectful and insulting to call someone by a name other than their own.

Would you ask your greengrocer for a pound of CP’s?

Would you call your boss by his initials or his abbreviated name to his face, unless it was the norm?

This whole issue is a puerile sub-conscious attempt to try and establish an infantile superiority over the person you name. Old fashioned foremen would often mis-name a new employee as a means of establishing who is boss. Tradesmen would also employ the same tactic when addressing their apprentices.
Have you ever thought that we abbreviate your name in an affectionate way?
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