Yep, my name was constantly being shortened by people - I have a rather long name. Did I like it? It didn’t really bother me much, but it also depended on the person who was doing the shortening.
Oh, Hennery...where did you run off to now? Allergies flare up again? Did you go to the Doctor to get some allergy meds? Or...did you run out to get that 'special' tattoo, just for me??
Anyway, here's a little something for ya....
I met her in a club down in old soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version: Coca-cola] C-o-l-a cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not the worlds most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola Well Im not dumb but I cant understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well we drank champagne and danced all night Under electric candlelight She picked me up and sat me on her knee And said dear boy wont you come home with me Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
I pushed her away I walked to the door I fell to the floor I got down on my knees Then I looked at her and she at me
Well thats the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola Girls will be boys and boys will be girls Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well I left home just a week before And Id never ever kissed a woman before But lola smiled and took me by the hand And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man
Well Im not the worlds most masculine man But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man And so is lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
I did try something similar when I was a kid...except it wasn't a hat I threw in the water...it was his glasses. Didn't really turn out very well at all.
Actually, sometimes...it IS, unfortunately, too late for SOME things.
Really depends on what it is, in particular, that you happen to be talking about...which none of us can seem to quite figure out, seeing how you have left us 'hanging', so to speak.
RE: Was your name shortened when younger and did you like it
Yep, my name was constantly being shortened by people - I have a rather long name. Did I like it? It didn’t really bother me much, but it also depended on the person who was doing the shortening.