Change your name change your life
And no I don't mean on CS although some of us did and there was a real difference
How much does your name influence your life? When someone gives you a nickname, is it an annoyance or a relief? Lovers give each other pet names - a subconscious desire to change their loved one into a person who belongs only to them.
Slightly worrying when the new lover is called by the pet name given to the ex, mind. "Darling" is one thing, "Squooglemix" may be another.
If your name is, for example, Benjamin, you may introduce yourself as Benjamin, or Ben, or Benny, or Benjy, whichever is your 'happy' name.
When others add their own variations, especially when they've just met you, how irritating is that? It's like they don't even know you and already they're trying to change you. I don't even answer to the name Liz, not because I dislike the name, I simply assume the person is talking to someone else. It is absolutely not me.
I'd love to know if anyone has completely changed their name, even if only for a specific group of people, and noticed a real difference. Believers in numerology insist that changing your name - changing one letter can make the difference - can change your life. I have now been known in real life as Biff for over a year - I like it, and I have certainly changed in some ways, so it made me curious.
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However my name HANS translates to JOHN in English, SEAN in Ireland, also JOHNNY, SHAWN, IVAN (eastern Europe), and many more......
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Yessssss!!! It’s possible to do just that!! The Chinese love to name their kid that.
I know a lot of guys who have ‘luck’ in their name. It may sound differently in different Chinese dialects but the meaning is just the same. One of my maternal uncles have that in his name and he was always lucky in his gambling spree during Chinese New Year when I was a kid and he a teenager!
When you have more than one lover, I’d suggest using ‘honey’ or ‘dahhhling’ in order to avoid any confusion like what I’m doing with my Arty now! Oopppsssss!
Ooops you say...... too late Girl....
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Wen, she really did ignore that extended microphone, eh? I finally made an assumption
Usha, I know - KN will also know - the shortened form of Ursula is Uschi, which in my head I always spelt Ushi, so I assumed it was a shortening for you too and YAY for the 100th comment
I looked at numerology but there are so many different ways of counting, the Chaldean isn't exactly 1=A all the way through the alphabet, it skips about a bit and gave me a surprisingly accurate reading, especially the switching from Elizabeth to Elegsabiff (although Biff has the same value as Elizabeth so ...) the actual 1=A said I was sweet and nice and motherly so yeah that's a crock
I don't entirely agree that what people call you doesn't change who you are as a person. Some people identify completely with their birth name and so it isn't an issue. Some - especially when the name has been nailed on for family reasons - will change either to a variation of it, or another nickname altogether, I quoted Buzz Aldrin in a much earlier comment.
Viking, Mimi will get that sorted for you
So Mercedes is your real name too? And, er, do you mind when I say Merc? I really must stop doing that abbreviating thing!
Hans very clever effects in that video, wow!
KN in real life I use the name people introduce themselves by, but I know one guy by his shortened name who in Spain is called by his full name and he's rather liking it. Z is now very good about using his full name, I try to remember, but even his wife still calls him the nickname, which doesn't help!
The funny thing is, he gad carefully chosen his new surname, but just as he was signing the document, he changed it totally to a random one.
Luckily it was a good one, and it worked
My initials were originally going to be JELL, my mother fortunately realized just in time that a plump baby may not appreciate being gifted with the nickname Jelly
If your surname is Curtin (common here), you don't name your daughter Annette
Kate Winslet’s 3rd husband and a nephew of Sir Richard Branson.
And quickly back to Bear's comment - why do Governments DO that? Exactly the same in Australia with aborigines - unless it happened at the same time, do people learn nothing from these misery caused by these social experiments??
Elegsbiff here's a article which may help you understand of why the Government stole Native American children from their homes and placed them into boarding schools.Just continue to scroll downward in the article and will see where the Native American Children are mentioned.
Have moved 3 times since last here and yes kept same name but the move does it for me. I meet different people and can be who i want, they can not judge me from past just from the here and now.
Hope your are settled in sunny spain now.
By removing two letters from a guy's name, I realised it suited him perfectly! Don't think I'll ever change it back as he still lives up to his name.
Some people were given cryptic names, it just takes someone to decode it
Most people, for some reason, cannot pronounce my first name. For a few years I've been using my middle name, especially at work, being called the shorter version, which I don't mind but then I got so used to it that I introduce myself to everone by my new name. Now I find it quite strange when family and friends call me by the name they are used to
Hiya Ex! Was wondering what happened to you
Now there are some favorite names that people give to their friends, for instance in your case I call you "Elle" and I am not sure if you even like it. I should have asked you first (which is the appropriate thing to do) if you don't mind being called that name coming from your CS new name. It is very hard for me to be addressing your name Elegsabiff all the time. In my perspective, shortening one's name for easier application is to me a very common practice but the owner must like that name.
I love my birth nickname that my mother gave me which is Nena,(short for Filomena, my mother got it from Catholic calendar names after St. Filomena from Italy) but only my relatives and friends know me by that name.
Anyways, I certainly don't like when others call me names that are not mine. Jihad Jones for instance which is what Loulou calls me here at CS is definitely irritating.
So, I am thinking of changing my name to Isabella Rothschild. Would it change my life ?
I am seriously intrigued by this guy's name
Elizabeth's not a name here, the Spanish version of it is Isabel or Isabella, neither of which feel natural to me at all, so I guess I'm Biff
Nena suits you, but perhaps you keep it to certain people only - a bit like me being very fond of the friends who call me Lizzie, but it is their name for me, I would never introduce myself as that.
Harb's Ma Barker made me go look her up because I always thought she was Ma Baker, probably the Boney M song.
How about if I called you Goldie instead of GG? Back in the days when numerology was particularly popular I would have asked how that vibrated for you ...