Comments on: Real(ly Long) Names, Short Nicknames, and the Consequences of Your Online Identities http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/ On web design, technology, the Philippines, and more. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Storm Alyce Harper http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-62457 Storm Alyce Harper Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:19:21 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-62457 Hi, Ia I get you but just be glad that your three names have the added affect of having some sort of meaning, mine are simply the proof of my parents being bored with regular names. My brothers are (first name) Simon (middle name) Adam and (1st name) Adam (2nd) George. my father is ONLY Paul and my mother Mary. They all got nice christian names but I got stuck with: 1. Three First-names: Storm Alyce Harper 2. Four syllable middle-name: Theodora 3. and a four syllable hyphenated surname: Cunningham-Johns. Thank god I only go by Aly Cunningham-Johns and can't wait to get married and become a Door. I look forward to a life of not having to fill out form to that extent. I found your piece interesting and am thankful to know there are people out there with the same small but frustrating issues as I have. Aly. C-J Hi, Ia

I get you but just be glad that your three names have the added affect of having some sort
of meaning, mine are simply the proof of my parents being bored with regular names.
My brothers are (first name) Simon (middle name) Adam and (1st name) Adam (2nd) George.
my father is ONLY Paul and my mother Mary. They all got nice christian names but I got stuck with:
1. Three First-names: Storm Alyce Harper
2. Four syllable middle-name: Theodora
3. and a four syllable hyphenated surname: Cunningham-Johns.

Thank god I only go by Aly Cunningham-Johns and can’t wait to get married and become a Door. I look forward to a life of not having to fill out form to that extent.

I found your piece interesting and am thankful to know there are people out there with the same small but frustrating issues as I have.

Aly. C-J

]]> By: Flick http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-39784 Flick Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:57:59 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-39784 This is hilarious! Sorry, but I laughed SO, SO MUCH as I read up through the University etc.etc. part. Brilliant! This is so going into my favourites. I would love to have so many lovely first names like you (and an exotic surname) although I can imagine filling in official forms to be terribly tedious as well (no space left!) but pretty names FTW! This is hilarious! Sorry, but I laughed SO, SO MUCH as I read up through the University etc.etc. part. Brilliant! This is so going into my favourites.

I would love to have so many lovely first names like you (and an exotic surname) although I can imagine filling in official forms to be terribly tedious as well (no space left!) but pretty names FTW!

]]> By: Paul Aaron Travis http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-39305 Paul Aaron Travis Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:32:16 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-39305 Hi Ia – A Google search of one of my favorite subjects brought me to your site. While you do not have the exact attribute, you are clearly smart and see that trait in my brothers and sisters who possess <b>3 first names!</b> Since you are attuned to it, I thought you might pass it on to others you think might enjoy "congregating": http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38694701403 Cheers, Paul Aaron Travis pt@paultravis.com Hi Ia –

A Google search of one of my favorite subjects brought me to your site.

While you do not have the exact attribute, you are clearly smart and see that trait in my brothers and sisters who possess 3 first names!

Since you are attuned to it, I thought you might pass it on to others you think might enjoy “congregating”:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38694701403

Cheers,
Paul Aaron Travis
pt@paultravis.com

]]> By: Remund Jordan Dicen Labios http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-38848 Remund Jordan Dicen Labios Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:05:23 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-38848 My name's not as long as yours, but writing it down by hand repeatedly when filling up forms is a pain. And when I'm asked to write down the names of my four other siblings, my eyes begin to roll. My dad's name begins with an "r", and my mom's with a "j". They stuck with the "two first names, the first beginning with an "r" and the second with a "j" if a boy, and vice versa if a girl" rule with all their five children. Mom decided to shorten the polysyllabic names to just one when the youngest was born, to end the agony. My never-ending "problem" is that with my first first name (no typo there). Mother, by her own insurmountable power, changed the commonplace "Raymond" into "Remund"--different spellings but the same pronunciation. I would have to explain to other people time and again. But due to exhaustion, I've learned to respond to all these: "REH-moond", "RAY-muhnd", and "RAY-mohnd". And it's pretty annoying that even my siblings call me "REH-moond", when <i>mahal na ina't ama</i> call me "RAY-mohnd", when they all know it's supposed to be "RAY-muhnd". Well, at least I have been gifted by my parents with a lifetime conversation-starter. Ahlabshyoo, mami & dadi. Thank you, too, for your post. ;-) My name’s not as long as yours, but writing it down by hand repeatedly when filling up forms is a pain. And when I’m asked to write down the names of my four other siblings, my eyes begin to roll.

My dad’s name begins with an “r”, and my mom’s with a “j”. They stuck with the “two first names, the first beginning with an “r” and the second with a “j” if a boy, and vice versa if a girl” rule with all their five children. Mom decided to shorten the polysyllabic names to just one when the youngest was born, to end the agony.

My never-ending “problem” is that with my first first name (no typo there). Mother, by her own insurmountable power, changed the commonplace “Raymond” into “Remund”–different spellings but the same pronunciation. I would have to explain to other people time and again. But due to exhaustion, I’ve learned to respond to all these: “REH-moond”, “RAY-muhnd”, and “RAY-mohnd”. And it’s pretty annoying that even my siblings call me “REH-moond”, when mahal na ina’t ama call me “RAY-mohnd”, when they all know it’s supposed to be “RAY-muhnd”.

Well, at least I have been gifted by my parents with a lifetime conversation-starter. Ahlabshyoo, mami & dadi.

Thank you, too, for your post. ;-)

]]> By: Doodee http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-27997 Doodee Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:12:24 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-27997 Thanks for sharing Thanks for sharing

]]> By: Joe http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-23783 Joe Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:08:09 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-23783 I can feel your pain, sis. Mine's Joseph Christian. Unbelievably holy and unbelievably long. (Add the middle name and a really long bad-ass surname.) That's why in the future, I'd spare my kids and give em short names like X, Y, and Z, hehe. Your name sounds cool btw. I like it :-) I can feel your pain, sis. Mine’s Joseph Christian. Unbelievably holy and unbelievably long. (Add the middle name and a really long bad-ass surname.) That’s why in the future, I’d spare my kids and give em short names like X, Y, and Z, hehe.

Your name sounds cool btw. I like it :-)

]]> By: franca http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22598 franca Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:34:19 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22598 franca and emmanuel franca and emmanuel

]]> By: ia http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22291 ia Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:00:52 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22291 Actually my dad's first name is "F". Everybody assumes it stands for Francisco, my lolo, but on the birth certificate it only says "F. George P. Lucero" which neither confirms nor denies that. :P Actually my dad’s first name is “F”. Everybody assumes it stands for Francisco, my lolo, but on the birth certificate it only says “F. George P. Lucero” which neither confirms nor denies that. :P

]]> By: jangelo http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22288 jangelo Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:52:11 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-22288 I had a classmate at UP once whose first name was U. No, it wasn't an initial. It was his _first_ name. Seriously. I had a classmate at UP once whose first name was U. No, it wasn’t an initial. It was his _first_ name. Seriously.

]]> By: Rom http://stellify.net/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-21591 Rom Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:27:23 +0000 http://stellify.net/hacking-away/really-long-names-short-nicknames-and-the-consequences-of-your-online-identities/#comment-21591 But come to think of it - my children have the following names: 1. Gabrielle Rianna 2. Enrico Lorenzo 3. Jose Maria 4. Juliana Marie And their nicknames: 1. Zoe 2. Eco 3. Oz 4. Zia :) But come to think of it – my children have the following names:

1. Gabrielle Rianna
2. Enrico Lorenzo
3. Jose Maria
4. Juliana Marie

And their nicknames:

1. Zoe
2. Eco
3. Oz
4. Zia

:)

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