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Why do so many gay guys like the full version of their names more? Richards (not Dicks), Williams (not Bills), etc.?
carabin Posts: 453
Jun 23, 2009 7:25 PM GMT
Why is that? As for myself, my full name - Sergei - is actually shorter than the colloquial familiar Russian "Serjozha" (and much easier to pronounce in English), so i go with that.... What about you?
Jun 23, 2009 7:30 PM GMT
I don't go by Timothy, I prefer Tim. I detest Timmy.
GQjock Posts: 6534
Jun 23, 2009 7:33 PM GMT
Going by the Name Joseph .... which I was called in Catholic School

I segregate myself to my str8 friends I am Joe
To all my gay friends they know me as Joey

It just worked out that way
Jun 23, 2009 9:02 PM GMT
My creditors call me "Bill".





Be sure to try the veal.
RunWithMe Posts: 9
Jun 23, 2009 9:06 PM GMT
My name is Sean. If anyone can come up with a shorter version of that, I'd like to hear it.
Clarkj39 Posts: 230
Jun 23, 2009 9:11 PM GMT
My parents and sisters are the only people who call me Joseph or Joey, to everyone else I just go by Joe.
Jun 23, 2009 9:13 PM GMT
Is this really a gay thing?

"Dick" is sort of antiquated. I think it was a popular name in the 50's and 60's. But add to the fact that it's also a word in reference to penis. Hence, the declining popularity. I go by Rich or Richard. Either is fine by me.
Jun 23, 2009 9:17 PM GMT
My name is Joshua, but I've gone by Josh my whole life... why didnt my parents just name me Josh???
HndsmKansan Posts: 6576
Jun 23, 2009 9:25 PM GMT
The full name is Christopher... the only time its used is through legal issues or significance. Its on my office door and on my 3 degrees and some bills but generally only those who have called me "Christopher" has been my mother (and a girlfriend or two).
My cousin calls me by my middle name, since its my father's middle name as well. Most just call me "Chris".
Czarodziej Posts: 985
Jun 23, 2009 9:29 PM GMT
i go by my full name, but i have no idea why- its just what i've always been called and i've never questioned it. it suites me.
Ghen Posts: 1293
Jun 23, 2009 9:35 PM GMT
Meh, in the UK I went by my full name, and in France, well, I still do.

It's only my parents that actually shorten it.
Ghen Posts: 1293
Jun 23, 2009 9:37 PM GMT
jcones80 saidMy name is Joshua, but I've gone by Josh my whole life... why didnt my parents just name me Josh???


This is something I tell my friends who are search for kid's name all the time : they were covering their bases if you wanted to become president (or in fact any high responsibility/power position).

redheadguy Posts: 3092
Jun 23, 2009 9:42 PM GMT
I am Malcolm or Malc but never ever Mal. I don't mind either.

One of my older brothers has recently for some reason started calling me Malcy which I loathe even though he doesn't know I hate it, yet.
Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM GMT
My parents gave me a full first name but only called me by the short version. I don't like either the full or the shortened so I go by my last name as my first name.

The parents and old friends still call me by the shortened first name, but I've outgrown it and they don't seem to notice. Also, people that only know me by my name call me by my first name pretending to know me. I don't correct them. When they get to know me, they'll know what I go by.

As for other gays, perhaps they feel the need to fully assert who they are, so a fuller name suits them. That's all armchair conjecture.
Jun 23, 2009 10:40 PM GMT
RunWithMe saidMy name is Sean. If anyone can come up with a shorter version of that, I'd like to hear it.


um ... you could easily go by: " Se, " as in see.

and my full first name usually means I'm in trouble.
Jun 23, 2009 10:46 PM GMT
I go by Doug, never Douglas, and I don't answer at all to Dougie or Doogie.
Jun 23, 2009 11:21 PM GMT
Robby, Rob or Shaneequa. Never Robert, Bob or Bobby. Those are my uncles and grandfather.
Jun 23, 2009 11:27 PM GMT
Would a gay man really want to be called Dick?

Jun 23, 2009 11:32 PM GMT
When I was young I thought that my full name including my
middle and last name sound very stuffy.
So I shortened my first name when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade.
Now that I'm older I like my first name. Still hate the middle
name though. Won't budge on that. My family still calls me by my
shortened name. Which confuses my friends. They think
my full first name is something that I've created just to be... " different."
Chaos444 Posts: 744
Jun 23, 2009 11:35 PM GMT
my name is michael, thats why i go by michael. my name is not mike, and only 2 girls i have known i allowed to call me Mikey.

i have numerous nick names, but i wont respond to anyone who doesnt call me michael. if anyone calls me mike, i will correct them and tell them my name is michael

Ducky46 Posts: 2971
Jun 23, 2009 11:46 PM GMT
I have always been called Kristoffer as child. I will answer to both but if asked I always say Kristoffer. I also go by my middle name as well Dana.
DCEric Posts: 2052
Jun 23, 2009 11:51 PM GMT
Plenty of people call me Air, not Eric. So... yeah.
carabin Posts: 453
Jun 24, 2009 12:01 AM GMT
Lostboy saidWould a gay man really want to be called Dick?



or Rich, it's just an example. I aked the question because I meet A LOT of Davids, Williams, Josephs, Andrew's, Christophers and Christians, et al., and I get corrected a lot for shortening the names. I guess it's a cultural thing that I am not plugged into...
Jun 24, 2009 12:27 AM GMT
I'm Matthew .. but go by Matt.. and most women like calling me Matty..
Jun 24, 2009 12:33 AM GMT
Lostboy saidWould a gay man really want to be called Dick?



IT'S BETTER THAN COCK
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