I think I mentioned in some other thread a friend named Martin Paul _____ whose Dad from the start called him Pete. Most people call him Pete except those who find his name from some record.
I met Albert ??Pete? Petersen last week.
had a friend named James Scott Smith. Jim to his friends, Scott to his family. He said it was funny taking girlfriends to meet family, Jim why are they calling you Scott?
Most people call me Dave. I use David because over the phone it is a lot less likely to be misunderstood as Abe. I??m not kidding. Even in person.
Most people call me Dave. I use David because over the phone it is a lot less likely to be misunderstood as Abe. I??m not kidding. Even in person.
I've got a friend named "Cabe".?ÿ I've heard him complain about all the time having to spell his name over the phone.
You can call me Ray
or you can call me Jay
or you can call me Mr. Johnson?ÿ
but don??t call me Ray Jay Johnson, Jr.
Funny you should be the one to bring that up.
True story.
The client walks up and goes through that whole spiel as he introduces himself to us.?ÿ His first name was David.
"Oh, you doesn't have to call me Dave.?ÿ You can call me................................................"
My chemistry teacher in highschool refused to call me Robert. I am Robert not Bob. This continued for the first week of school. I was then called to the office for two reasons: 1 I would not respond to the teacher when he called me bob, 2 I called my chemistry teacher by his first name. ?ÿ
Honestly, if the teacher calls their students by their first names, they should expect the same coming back at them.
Old school teachers expected to be Mr. So and So and Mrs So and So...and they used the last names of their students, once they got into high school especially. I had a few old school teachers that were still around in HS.
Respect and formality is the reason, and it isn't a one way street.
My school expected the adults to be Mr. Manson or Mrs. Weitzel or Coach Holtzman.?ÿ Students were always referred to by the name everyone else called them by in polite company, i.e. Jim, Jeanie, Johnny, Cathy..........
Of course, there were some nicknames for certain teachers that smart students DID NOT say in their presence.?ÿ Long before I arrived in high school a specific English teacher was known as Grindl by surly students.?ÿ This is sort of close to a character of some sort in Beowulf.?ÿ Might have been a monster.?ÿ I don't know.?ÿ The math teacher was Sarge.?ÿ That was his military rank immediately prior to arriving as our teacher.?ÿ He had been working with recruits.?ÿ If things became a bit unruly in the classroom, he was prone to say, "AT EASE".
When I was a Junior, one of the Seniors saw the guidance couselor coming down the hall one Monday morning in his normal 4-foot steps and wearing a frown.?ÿ He turned towards the counselor and said in a very slow drawl, reminiscent of the counselor's preferred means of speaking, "Mornin', Mel."?ÿ Next thing he knew, he was being slammed against the bank of lockers, with his heels off the ground in a state of shock and hearing a rather loud and forceful lecture on how he was to never say that again.?ÿ That Senior went on to be a teacher and principal in a neighboring district.?ÿ I have wondered if he ever used the same procedure to straighten out a student.?ÿ At 6'6", he is a rather imposing figure.?ÿ His daughter was the nurse drawing some blood from my hand this morning for some standard testing.?ÿ Her daughter won the Regional competition in Girl's Wrestling in her weight class and will leave in a few days to wrestle at State.
Next thing he knew, he was being slammed against the bank of lockers, with his heels off the ground in a state of shock and hearing a rather loud and forceful lecture
Can't do that anymore...and we are worse for it.
My older brother's middle name is our father's middle name, Leon.
My son is named Leon after my grandfather, but he goes by Leo.
@squirl?ÿ
You could have been named for a great-grandfather.?ÿ Orval Wesley L***.?ÿ Better yet, Oren Orval.?ÿ ?ÿ"The Big Oh Oh"
