thekidsgirl said:

Yeah baby.. a VERY good time!

sextonseven said:

NDRU said:

Yeah.. but you should see me at maximum

TheEnglishGent said:

PunkMistress said:

MrsGoodnight said:

MiniMax. That's your new name!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

NDRU said:

hey! I'm darlin'

ZombieKitten said:

she was only darlin, you're darlin' but if allison reads this I'm really up shit creek

I get Sharon and Michelle, over and over

ZombieKitten said:

Oi! Back off Bitch!

NDRU said:

omg!!!!

MrsGoodnight said:

ZombieKitten said:

Lots of people want to put an A at the end of my name. My name is not nor has it ever been JULIA!

It's okay for my nephew to call me Julia Gulia though.

ZombieKitten said:

we can all shout out each others' wrong names in extacy!

NDRU said:

Uh, Uh UH!! OH DAVE!!! Oooh Yeah! Michelle!

MrsGoodnight said:

oh my god Karen! yeah right there

MrsGoodnight said:

Sharon!!

NDRU said:

yes?

ZombieKitten said:

Oh GOD! Brian... Hannah, yeah... harder. HARDER!!!

I work with developmentally disabled adults, so I get some interesting versions of my name.

One client calls me Ellis, no matter how many times I try to help him pronounce Erin.

Another calls me Karen, and many of them just have funny pronunciations like Eeeeaaaoooowen.

But my favorite by far is one young man with Down's Syndrome who, for some reason unknown to me, calls me Obama. Without fail. Everyone else gets called by their proper name, but I am Obama. When we go out to eat in restaurants, I always giggle at the looks I get when he calls out, "Obama! I can have more chicken?" or "Obama! I gotta go bathroom?"

omfg i get called every name in the book. From Nicholas to Irving.

the most common name i get is Kevin.

PunkMistress said:

God, I'm terrible with names... It puts me in a blind panic, sometimes - it's like my mind goes blank when I see someone I'm familiar with approaching. It's a real problem sometimes.

onenitealone said:

don't do like my dad and just call all women Gloria

ZombieKitten said:

I won't. Although - when I'm in a group of people - and I'm addressing someone, I usually go through every name in the phone book before I hit the right one. Socially - it cam be amusing. Work-wise - a lil' embarrassing. What NDRU said about business and networking is quite right.

PunkMistress said:

Another thing: because I over-think about remembering people's names, it usually has the opposite effect. If it's just a 'Hi' to someone in passing - or I've seen someone and thought 'I recognise him/her' - as soon as I'm 5 yards away, I instantly remember their name. Or, 2 minutes into speaking to someone, it comes out of nowhere.


It's like facial dyslexia or something I'm rubbish.

onenitealone said:

oh

Oh! Thank god its not just me! I am [b]exactly the same[/i] Its bloody embarassing, isnt it?! I've even done it with really good friends, who I see on a regular basis... I've seen them and had to really cast around for their name, or introduce them to someone else and go completely blank

Its also a pain when someone is trying to tell me about someone - they're telling me this persons name and I just can't place them

And I totally agree - its just like facial dyslexia.