Comments on: What’s in a nickname? Apparently, a lot. http://www.theworkbuzz.com/current-affairs/nicknames/ Job Seeker Community Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Katie http://www.theworkbuzz.com/current-affairs/nicknames/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Katie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:05:16 +0000 http://www.theworkbuzz.com/?p=2540#comment-2229 On an additional note, I think it's weird that anyone's assistant would refer to a grown woman in a social setting by anything other than Ms. Insert-last-name-here. Unless you've been told otherwise by that person, I just think it's disrespectful. Granted, I was raised in a very etiquette-conscious southern culture, but... Anyhow. Names are a big deal to me. :) On an additional note, I think it’s weird that anyone’s assistant would refer to a grown woman in a social setting by anything other than Ms. Insert-last-name-here. Unless you’ve been told otherwise by that person, I just think it’s disrespectful. Granted, I was raised in a very etiquette-conscious southern culture, but…

Anyhow. Names are a big deal to me. :)

]]> By: Katie http://www.theworkbuzz.com/current-affairs/nicknames/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 Katie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:03:13 +0000 http://www.theworkbuzz.com/?p=2540#comment-2228 My full name is Katharine. The only nickname I have ever (or will ever) go by is Katie. I really do not appreciate the myriad nicknames other people come up with for me (most commonly Kate or Kathy), and I feel that if you do use any other name for me than the one I've given you, it's out of either laziness or lack of respect for my preferences--not a sign of our coziness. If you were cozy with me, you'd know I hate being called anything other than my own name. I think particularly when older men attempt to shorten my name, it bothers me more because it comes off as infantilizing. For instance, calling someone who is named Susan, "Susie." Some people just think the nicknames sound childish. Either way, you wouldn't call someone who's named Mary, "Lisa" all the time, so why would you call someone named Elizabeth, "Liz"? It's not her name. The end. My full name is Katharine. The only nickname I have ever (or will ever) go by is Katie. I really do not appreciate the myriad nicknames other people come up with for me (most commonly Kate or Kathy), and I feel that if you do use any other name for me than the one I’ve given you, it’s out of either laziness or lack of respect for my preferences–not a sign of our coziness. If you were cozy with me, you’d know I hate being called anything other than my own name. I think particularly when older men attempt to shorten my name, it bothers me more because it comes off as infantilizing. For instance, calling someone who is named Susan, “Susie.” Some people just think the nicknames sound childish.

Either way, you wouldn’t call someone who’s named Mary, “Lisa” all the time, so why would you call someone named Elizabeth, “Liz”? It’s not her name. The end.

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