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HelpRe: Alter-ego Names for Friends and Family
in reply to a message by AngieAngelique
When I was a kid I wrote a story about my cousins, brother, and I, but just used all or our middle names as our first names. I have briefly thought about alter-ego type names if I were to write a story, but never came to any distinct conclusions. I think that sort of thinking is typical of name-nerdiness though. It's just another exercise in playing with names.
This topic did remind me that I sometimes think that people look like they should have a specific name, and will think of them by that name in my head. One time in high school I accidently called a person the name I thought they looked like. Ha.
This topic did remind me that I sometimes think that people look like they should have a specific name, and will think of them by that name in my head. One time in high school I accidently called a person the name I thought they looked like. Ha.
This message was edited 4/14/2011, 7:15 AM
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I do that as well! I think my little brother, Anthony, would make the best Charlie. I have said it ever since he was a kid and for awhile when he was a kid I'd call him Charlie Brown. I also have a friend named Katherine "Kat" who I have always thought should be a Hannah
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I do that too (think that people "look" like a certain name). This has happened twice to me:
Once was a girl at work called Kate but she just looked so much like a Sarah to me. At the same time there was another girl called Sarah at the same workplace, so I used to get them mixed up all the time!
The other one was someone I met who I thought looked like a Katie (she also looked a lot like my cousin Katie), and it turned out that her name really was Katie! So I guess my judgement was right on that one!
Once was a girl at work called Kate but she just looked so much like a Sarah to me. At the same time there was another girl called Sarah at the same workplace, so I used to get them mixed up all the time!
The other one was someone I met who I thought looked like a Katie (she also looked a lot like my cousin Katie), and it turned out that her name really was Katie! So I guess my judgement was right on that one!
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It must be a name nerd thing! I remember when I was maybe 8 I got a gymnastics Stacey doll (Barbie's little sister that's younger than Skipper) and I told my Mom that I was going to call her Jennifer because she looked like that should be her name. Any my Mom was like, "How can someone look like a certain name?" And I just told her I don't know, they just do. :)
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