| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 510.1 | | UTROP1::BORRIAS_I | | Mon Mar 19 1990 12:49 | 6 |
| How do you pronounce it?
Like "Eric" but more an 'a' in stead of an 'e'?
I like it, it's unusual, but not strange!!!
Bye,
Ilse.
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| 510.2 | Aric Job = A.J. | STEREO::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras, Luincarandir | Mon Apr 16 1990 11:18 | 12 |
| I finally found out Aric's middle name. His full name is
Aric Job Fowler.
My father-in-law, my husband and I all agreed that we shall call him
A.J. Valerie (A.J.'s mom) pulled a fit about that, but none of us
really like the name Aric. Until HE is old enough to tell us (or her)
differently, he will be A.J. to us.
Incidentally, A.J.'s dad doesn't mind us using this nickname. But then
again, HIS name is Eugene. (We call HIM "Gene".)
K.C.
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| 510.3 | Respect the parents wishes..... | BARTLE::BARRL | Like a bird without a song | Tue Apr 17 1990 13:48 | 16 |
| > My father-in-law, my husband and I all agreed that we shall call him
> A.J. Valerie (A.J.'s mom) pulled a fit about that, but none of us
> really like the name Aric. Until HE is old enough to tell us (or her)
> differently, he will be A.J. to us.
<<FLAME ON>>
I think that's awful. How can you go against the mother's wishes.
Just because you don't like the child's name, who are you to decide
what nickname the child will have? If it were my son, I'd make sure
you called him by his given name and not a nick name that I dislike.
<<FLAME OFF>>
Lori B.
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| 510.4 | Finish reading the note before snap judgements | STEREO::FAHEL | Amalthea Celebras, Luincarandir | Tue Apr 17 1990 15:46 | 8 |
| Re: .3
If you had bothered to read the rest of the note, you would have
noticed that the FATHER approves of the nickname.
So, we all ARE respecting at least ONE parent's wish.
K.C.
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| 510.5 | Different strokes... | NUTMEG::MACDONALD_K | | Tue Apr 17 1990 16:23 | 28 |
| K.C.,
I can see your point, but I must admit that I can also see Lori's
point as well. I was just having the same sort of discussion at
my in-law's house on Sunday. See, a friend of ours had a baby boy
on Friday and they've named him William Thomas. His dad's name is
William, but the baby is NOT a jr. Anyway, everyone calls his dad
either Bill or Billy and my in-laws asked, "What are they going to
call the baby? Surely it will get confusing..." I told them that
his mom insists on his being called William. NO nicknames and that's
that. I don't really like it too much, but I addressed the card
to "William" and I will always call him William because that's what
she wants. Personally, I think any nickname people give my daughter
is O.K. with me with (within reason, of course). For example, if
everyone in my family started calling her A.T., I wouldn't mind at
all, but *there are parents who do mind* and I feel that their wishes
should be respected. I realize that your brother doesn't mind, but
he also wouldn't mind if you called your nephew by his given name,
either. That way, nobody gets offended - dad or mom.
Personally, I think A.J. is cute and I would be very tempted to call
him that also, but I really think you should try to feel the situation
from his mother's standpoint. Please don't think I'm flaming at you,
K.C. I really can understand how your sister-in-law feels, though.
Obviously, she really likes the name Aric.
- Kathryn
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| 510.6 | How can people be so rude? | BARTLE::BARRL | Like a bird without a song | Tue Apr 17 1990 17:35 | 16 |
| re: .4
I did read the entire note. I am also expecting in August and I sort
of have names picked out. I expect that people use the names I have
picked out and not any nicknames. I will be very firm about that.
I also have a nephew who's name is Andrew. My brother and
sister-in-law are very insistant on calling him Andrew or sometimes
Drew, but don't ever call him Andy! I don't particularly like Drew,
and I really like Andy, but I would never ever call him Andy, out of
respect for my brother and sister-in-law.
I just think it's very small of you to go against the mother's wishes,
that's all.
Lori B.
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| 510.7 | | VLNVAX::OSTIGUY | | Wed Apr 18 1990 16:45 | 13 |
| If this happened to me, I would end up respecting the parent's wishes
also (although the Dad here didn't mind the nickname but unless he
used the nickname himself, I wouldn't use it) BUT.....
When I named my son, Jonathan I thought about the nicknames that would
eventually surface. Although I prefer Jonathan, I don't mind John or
Johnny (I don't like John-John though) and I wouldn't object to someone
using these nicknames. The way I see it, as long as they aren't
calling my son, PeckerHead or Doofus I'm ahead of the game......
Anna
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| 510.8 | Up to a point | WOOK::LEE | Wook... Like 'Book' with a 'W' | Thu Aug 16 1990 20:33 | 7 |
| I agree that the parents' wishes should be respected until the child is old
enough to decide for himself what he's to be called. If at that point, the
child's wishes go against the parent's wishes what would you do? I think I'd
have to respect the child's wishes at that point. Of course this begs the
question of who decides when the child is old enough.
Wook
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