The Name Meme

[jbsegal]

Oh, why not. I've always said I don't hate my given name, so why not tell y'all what it is....


I've probably missed some...I'll edit them in later...

If you call me:	You are:
Richard		Old family friend, Reading my name off of a form, roadnotes, volund
Rich			Other old family friends, Teachers
Richie		Mrs. Shaw - next door neighbor
Ric			At Adirondack Woodcraft Camp in the summer of '76
Dick			a dick. (Or you're thinking of my father - Murray "Dick" Segal. No, I don't know how that happened...)
Richie Rich	an asshole - primarily from elementary school

Jailbait		most people over the past 21 years I've had the nickname.
Bait			a subset of the previous line, My mom over the past 6-10 years.
JB			98% people over the last 13 years who aren't using one of the previous 2, including most employers (though not the HR dept's)
Switching back and forth between JB and Richard
			My wedding ceremony.
Jail			Marc Drexler
Master Bait(s)	Trying (and failing) to be funny.
Mr. Bait		lyonesse and a few other people.

Mr. Segal		mangosteen

RMS			trying to be funny. Still failing. (Yes, those are my initials.)

Reuven Moishe	Calling me to the torah.

Rev. Deacon Pastor Jailbait
			In the Church Of the Subgenius.
Dominique	In my HS French Class, or the teacher of same, even these many years later.

Sir			dancingdeer
Bunny		kimberlogic
A bunch of other cute nicknames, as well as a number of not so popular ones
			also kimberlogic

Comments

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

I think I'm the originator of JB ... when I just couldn't fathom "bait" for the rest of our lives. Also ... bunnylove, love, honey, ...

[xeger.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I think I've used at least four of the above. Odd.

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Nice name list; it made me realized I forgot a few.

Also, great South Park userpic. Bears a striking resemblance to Laszlo from Real Genius.