Whats your real name?

Just kinda courious cause there's another thread about nicknames and this kind goes with it. Mines Ben. Whats yours? And dont spaz. Ok. Just having some more fuckin fun like we always do. Haha

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Permalink Reply by Jessinta on May 29, 2009 at 8:07pm

..my names Jessinta.
i just wasn't real creative when i joined this site.

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Permalink Reply by sandman on May 29, 2009 at 8:52pm

Declan

pronounced
Dec-lan

everyone pronounces it wrong for some reason lol

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on May 29, 2009 at 8:53pm

Like.. DEE-Clan? :-)

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Permalink Reply by Jessinta on May 29, 2009 at 9:12pm

i really cant see how that could be mispronounced.
but...some people can find a way to mispronounce jsut about anything

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Permalink Reply by sandman on May 30, 2009 at 3:48pm

you'd be very surprised. in all my years i can count on one hand the amount of people who got it on there first try :(

i went be "de-clon" for 7 years in judo lol.

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on May 29, 2009 at 8:54pm

I'm Paige.

But that isn't a name you should call me. Khaos or raije is just fine (raije -rage- being roughly how my name is pronounced and spelled, courtesy of my bulgarian co-workers) and I do mean ROUGHLY. I'm pretty sure there aren't any "g" or "j" characters in the cyrillic alphabet...

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Permalink Reply by So What on May 29, 2009 at 11:25pm

I was just courious. I didn't ask so we could call you that. I just wondered because everyone has these awesome (or wierd) nicknames and I always kinda wondered what peoples real names are. I was actually trying to guess a few. Like you know how people say "You look like a_____". Hahaha

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on May 30, 2009 at 1:24am

Lol, I was just saying, it weirds me out to the extreme. I live in a busy house - multiple kids and multiple animals. I respond to almost anything these days... getting my own name is rare, haha.

You wouldn't believe the names I get...
Stacy
Emily
Amanda
Sam (haha, which is my boyfriends name)

Also! Are you aware of the studies about childrens names and how it affects them socially? If you have a common name you tend (read everyone else -- TEND!!! haha not necessarily) to be more mainstream in your activities and social groups?

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Permalink Reply by So What on May 30, 2009 at 3:31am

Really? Never heard that before. That kind of makes sense. In a way. Do you know off the top of your head(or where I could find out) which names are the most sociable and least? Thats really interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Khaos on May 30, 2009 at 4:22am

Depends on the decade - Names like Mike, Will, Ryan, Alex, Emily, Ashley, Amanda, etc. (fairly common names)
basically the top 20 baby names or whatever for whatever time period. I think ours is finally shifting.

the theory is that the more of an uncommon or embarassing name (who wants to be named orville???) you probably won't be one of the mainstream kids. Those kids who are named with more popular names would be more likely to cast you aside.
If i can remember where I found this out from, I'll definitely let you know. But it does make sense.