tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post2878767438788268162..comments2023-06-19T06:28:32.714-07:00Comments on VWXYNot?: YTF?Cath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-57705826586783248812009-07-12T19:16:55.252-07:002009-07-12T19:16:55.252-07:00At any rate, I liked some of the vadlo scientist c...At any rate, I liked some of the vadlo <a href="http://vadlo.com/cartoons.php?id=1" rel="nofollow">scientist cartoons</a>!Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-86847566597827580392009-06-23T10:41:47.729-07:002009-06-23T10:41:47.729-07:00I just sent an email to someone, signed it as Cath...I just sent an email to someone, signed it as Cath, and got a reply to Cathleen! ROFL! He just doubled the length of my name using imaginary letters!Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-52280743664769791312009-06-22T15:39:10.253-07:002009-06-22T15:39:10.253-07:00Hee hee! That's funny. I have a friend who'...Hee hee! That's funny. I have a friend who's always been called by her middle name, and I had no idea until her wedding, when at least half the audience seemed unsure whether the groom was marrying the right woman...Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-63585624637268930682009-06-22T06:58:56.458-07:002009-06-22T06:58:56.458-07:00I'm called by my middle name, Mum did this to ...I'm called by my middle name, Mum did this to the three of us at birth, it must have been hormones or something.<br />It gets thing's in a right tiz, especially at hospital appointments, when they call my name I don't compute, I'm still sat in the waiting room! My brother got no calls he was in Hospital, because his friends were ringing up asking for him by known name not his uphilldowndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426833972060254592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-55204077408949901312009-06-21T12:50:22.132-07:002009-06-21T12:50:22.132-07:00Ridger, I know a Caryn, but Karen is definitely mo...Ridger, I know a Caryn, but Karen is definitely more common. The funny thing is that, if left unprompted, most people will spell Catherine with a C, but Kath with a K!<br /><br />Chall, oh, so it's all about the holidays! Happy solstice!Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-12424948120951557622009-06-20T13:26:50.478-07:002009-06-20T13:26:50.478-07:00Cath: Midsummers is always the third Friday in Jun...Cath: Midsummers is always the third Friday in June in Sweden :) How would you be able to have some days off otherwise?!?! But you are absolutely right, the summer solstice is the 21st.challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-14170032564731974662009-06-19T17:46:40.207-07:002009-06-19T17:46:40.207-07:00Lots of TH's become T in the nickname, since t...Lots of TH's become T in the nickname, since the TH is a spelling pronunciation of a Frenchified spelling (the TH is T in French) meant to "upgrade" the orignal... I digress.<br /><br />People can pronounce my name, no problem, but for some reason everyone asks me if it's spelled with a C (instead of a K) and I've never actually met anyone who spells it that way! (Karen, by The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-64246534612073475562009-06-19T11:43:01.753-07:002009-06-19T11:43:01.753-07:00Toaster, I dunno, Jonathan and, um, others, are OK...Toaster, I dunno, Jonathan and, um, others, are OK! And Bart Simpson has probably done a lot for all the geeky Bartholomews out there.<br /><br />Bean-Mom, that is bloody hilarious! I love it! That's the way some of my friends probably <i>imagine</i> I respond to being called Cathy, but it's not, because I'm actually not psychotic.<br /><br />Massimo, when I was about 13 there was a Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-34981923595424904402009-06-19T06:39:48.775-07:002009-06-19T06:39:48.775-07:00you are all wonderful! I'm laughing as am read...you are all wonderful! I'm laughing as am reading :)<br /><br />Animal nick names (Moose), someone who's gotten a "neither female nor male name", polysyllables, "K or C or Y", "shortened, not stirred" names, "I'm calling you Bob" etc. Absolutely fantastic!<br /><br />I guess if nothing else, all of us know how important somethings are with the challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-37813904205785271312009-06-19T00:53:57.227-07:002009-06-19T00:53:57.227-07:00Massimo - Caty, that's a new one!
Well, the ...<i>Massimo - Caty, that's a new one! </i><br /><br />Well, the correct Italian spelling would have been Cati, but among younger generations the use of 'y' has become fashionable (an exotic letter that is not even part of the alphabet).Massimohttp://expbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-68261772547680765232009-06-18T20:40:57.693-07:002009-06-18T20:40:57.693-07:00Cath,
Have you seen this story yet on Politico? I...Cath,<br /><br />Have you seen this story yet on Politico? It seems to be getting huge press here in the U.S.<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0609/No_namecalling.html?showallThe bean-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411250616280191525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-607153031110299732009-06-18T09:36:23.237-07:002009-06-18T09:36:23.237-07:00My last name, which is simple to pronounce but loo...My last name, which is simple to pronounce but looks intimidating on paper, has been butchered too many ways to count. I especially like it when they switch up the vowel forms on the repeated vowels even though they're all pronounced exactly the same way. I am glad my parents saw fit to give me an uncommon and very polysyllabic American first name* that can be diced up several ways as Toaster Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388782618295656406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-23089143105640042502009-06-17T12:04:40.272-07:002009-06-17T12:04:40.272-07:00I can't believe how many comments this post is...I can't believe how many comments this post is getting!<br /><br />Bear, that's even more annoying - I have a lot of positive experiences with Cathys, so at least I don't have that level of "THAT'S NOT MY NAME!" frustration.<br /><br />And people can't spell a 6 letter surname? LOL!<br /><br />Massimo - Caty, that's a new one! Actually if I had known when I was Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-16341918187834157292009-06-17T10:40:58.219-07:002009-06-17T10:40:58.219-07:00(I'll stop now. No, really, I will)
Yes, plea...<i>(I'll stop now. No, really, I will)</i><br /><br><br />Yes, please Caty, stop this...Massimohttp://expbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-80498506528875888062009-06-17T07:39:08.148-07:002009-06-17T07:39:08.148-07:00I've actually had this problem with both my fi...I've actually had this problem with both my first AND my last name. My first name is very common but people automatically assume I WANT a shortened version. This is completely incorrect. Every person I've met who goes by the shortened version of my super common name has been a ditz. <br /><br />My last name has a silent letter, and it never fails that people attempt to pronounce it (Science Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926107878730562800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-80218525973993479872009-06-17T07:14:35.068-07:002009-06-17T07:14:35.068-07:00EGF, the occasional Cathy is OK, but when it's...EGF, the occasional Cathy is OK, but when it's at least one a week, it does get a bit much! <br /><br />Eva, I've been saying your name in my head as Ava, but I was thinking Eva Peron, not Braun!<br /><br />PiT, I don't mind the full version so much, but when it's clear you've chosen your own shortened version of your own name, why would someone else choose a different one forCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-25588322071358616942009-06-17T05:17:21.145-07:002009-06-17T05:17:21.145-07:00Haha - Moose it is, Massimo!Haha - Moose it is, Massimo!Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-6639193660785001422009-06-17T02:01:59.905-07:002009-06-17T02:01:59.905-07:00It's MAH-see-moh (in most Italia words and nam...It's MAH-see-moh (in most Italia words and names the emphasis is on the first syllable, which is what makes it sound the way it does). Many American friends of mine call me "Mahs", and honestly at this point I don't mind that anymore... I think in the American culture it is regarded as acceptable, it is not done with foreign names only, and no disrespect is meant ever... but, &#Massimo (not Moose)http://expbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-34801573838063947002009-06-16T19:52:15.864-07:002009-06-16T19:52:15.864-07:00I get the same thing as I use the shortened versio...I get the same thing as I use the shortened version of my name in every aspect of my life except for publications and on official documents but there are some individuals, usually university admin people, who <i>insist</i> on using my full name or a different shortened version which I absolutely detest (it just isn't me). Grrrr. Makes me want to hurt them every single time.Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-1583095150668018442009-06-16T18:28:36.805-07:002009-06-16T18:28:36.805-07:00I often get e-mail and regular mail addressed to &...I often get e-mail and regular mail addressed to "Eve". I don't know who that is, but the bank even let me cash her cheque once so it's fine by me.<br /><br />People also always pronounce my name wrong. You probably do, too. It's okay - there are 3 ways to pronounce it and mine is the least common in English. It sounds like the English name Ava, or, as someone once pointed ylsnedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285845872507338464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-11700495826764718052009-06-16T18:04:24.381-07:002009-06-16T18:04:24.381-07:00I have a name like AA's and I'm grateful f...I have a name like AA's and I'm grateful for it. I have, however, experienced the email misspelling thing that Ruchi described and I find it puzzling. Is it that hard???<br /><br />I don't blame you for getting annoyed with the Cathy people. I'd hate that too.EcoGeoFemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236907917990309659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-2968564720510152852009-06-16T16:30:43.344-07:002009-06-16T16:30:43.344-07:00LOL @ Roberta
There are several names between min...LOL @ Roberta<br /><br />There are <a href="http://vwxynot.blogspot.com/2008/05/one-big-happy-interconnected-family.html" rel="nofollow">several names</a> between mine and Mr E Man's family too, it can get quite confusing. I like Classic and New!<br /><br />MXX, I'm intrigued now because I can only imagine 2 different pronunciations! And the whole Mr/Ms etc palaver is yet another bonus ofCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-27366569704510927572009-06-16T16:10:45.933-07:002009-06-16T16:10:45.933-07:00Oh and chall, too funny. My name is not a man or w...Oh and chall, too funny. My name is not a man or woman's name, so I get mail addressed to Mr., Ms., Mrs. and Miss.microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-57865555859927751082009-06-16T16:06:03.074-07:002009-06-16T16:06:03.074-07:00Well, you've seen my real name written and I d...Well, you've seen my real name written and I doubt you would pronounce it correctly based on the spelling (no one does). People don't really do much better after hearing it either. What I have found most helpful after a lifetime of research is to say, my name is A it rhymes with B, where B is typically another very, very common name or word.microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-87135831791648143902009-06-16T15:28:03.469-07:002009-06-16T15:28:03.469-07:00I can't figure out the whole extra syllable th...I can't figure out the whole extra syllable thing not being obvious either. Just call me Diana and see the response you get. It is a whole different name! My best response from one man who insisted that the name was the same was for me to call Robert "Roberta". See, it IS different!<br /><br />My husband has the same name as my brother. We call my brother "[name] Classic&Mermaidnoreply@blogger.com