tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post3646474399282821113..comments2023-05-03T08:09:19.119-05:00Comments on Just RK: What’s your name?RKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259757888643034394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-30219961997021022222011-01-31T13:31:24.790-06:002011-01-31T13:31:24.790-06:00Ha! I missed this post - oh yes the issue of names...Ha! I missed this post - oh yes the issue of names. I try to be aware of what people both a.) call themselves and b.) how they spell it. I can usually narrow folks down into three categories by what they call me... Jessica - you don't know me very well and/or you have just met me, OR you were friends with me when I was younger because I was always called Jessica growing up in WS.... Jessie - you know me and are friends with me from MO. There was more than one Jessica around when I moved here, so people started calling me Jessie... Jess - you're probably family or know me really well. I think my mom started calling me Jess and since she also works in the church office, a lot of the folks on staff there call me Jess as well.<br /><br />I have become to prefer Jess just because it negates the spelling issue. I have quite a few people that spell Jessie without the "i" at the end - Jesse is a boys name to me, not the shortening of Jessica. Just a little pet-peeve of mine, but I deal with it :)<br /><br />To throw a huge kink in the system, my husband calls me Jessica (and I call him Steven, because he doesn't seem like a Steve to me...) So really I have no huge preference. Clear as mud? :)Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088283351739864404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-37411677801655027832011-01-26T21:04:11.938-06:002011-01-26T21:04:11.938-06:00I was born a RuthAnn. Capital 'A', no spac...I was born a RuthAnn. Capital 'A', no space. The only reason I got from my parents for that was they wanted me to be different (I've fulfilled that one quite well!). I hated my name as long as I can remember. I experimented with Ruth and Ann in grade school, but they definitely were NOT me. So I just compromised with Ruthann. It's my name, it's me, I just normalized it a little. Every legal document I have other than birth certificate, is with a little 'a'. But I get people all the time calling me Ruth. Or after I introduce myself, they ask if I prefer Ruth or Ruthann!? Did they not hear? So yes, I feel your frustration. I'm a two-fer too.Ruthannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770949926688619476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-4978827833978876732011-01-26T18:53:56.229-06:002011-01-26T18:53:56.229-06:00Now I'm curious about the backstory. Because I...Now I'm curious about the backstory. Because I'm nosy like that. <br /><br />I have all kinds of name issues. My full name is Catherine. My parents came up with Cate. I like it, because it's consistent (unlike Kate, which BTW that Kate Middleton is really a Catherine and now has to explain the monogram on her wedding china. just saying.) Anyway, everyone misspells Cate. Whatev. what really bugs me is when people assume I want to be Cathy. NOT MY NAME. <br /><br />and a very few people, basically just my family (and maybe a couple of friends who've known me for-freaking-ever) call me Catie. <br /><br />So, yeah, sore spot.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248485766805270628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-25736003942100942872011-01-26T16:58:48.907-06:002011-01-26T16:58:48.907-06:00I always introduce myself as Tricia, but many peop...I always introduce myself as Tricia, but many people call me Trish. I don't mind it. But, I have been called Trish by my family my whole life. Some people call me Trish the Dish, or just Dish. If someone were to write Trish in an email or letter, it might stick out to me since I never sign my own name Trish, either, but it wouldn't bother me. Actually, my dad sometimes writes it that way, but he's fam. I have NEVER felt like a Tricia or a Trish, though, TTYTT. I think it's funny when people call me Patricia. I get that from old men. It's not my name. I get a lot of people calling me T, too. Again, I don't mind. But I can see how it could be annoying if you specifically ask someone to say your name a certain way. A lot of people mispronounce Rainer's name even after I correct them, and that bugs me.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12595026999757410223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-91487500459309653692011-01-26T16:11:51.128-06:002011-01-26T16:11:51.128-06:00LOL I caught myself doing this twice last weekend...LOL I caught myself doing this twice last weekend and then wondering "what the heck did I do that for?" So for the record, do you like to be Randa Kay or RK. You know, sometimes on the phone you refer to yourself and Randa Kay. So what's your preference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375070245303834905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354838298487883182.post-69334873188054145282011-01-26T16:00:45.287-06:002011-01-26T16:00:45.287-06:00Well, I don't have one personally but I do hav...Well, I don't have one personally but I do have one that's Pudge-related. Don't get me wrong...I knew we were asking for it when we named the girl Lainee Camille Leah Grace, but there was reasoning behind it. And I get annoyed when we're at the doctor's office and they're calling her "Lainee" and she's not paying them a bit of attention and why would she because she never hears that name? But when I try to fill out her paper work with "LC" I'm immediately asked to provide what the initials stand for. It's an annoying catch-22. BUT...I still prefer it to the "How did you choose Jace's name?" question and just have to grunt back, "Ummm...he came with it." But that's a whole other topic...Love you, Randa Kay...chhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976406973273184524noreply@blogger.com