I never knew about Buzzy - so that didn't have too much sticking power, I guess...
Funnily enough, my father, whose name was Gordon, was always known as Bob. When your surname is Burns that tends to happen - so one possibility might be to invent a romantic Scottish past and stick with what you've got? (Feel free to borrow Gordon as a real name to fill in the back story...)
Signed: Pidge (since I was six years old. No idea where it came from and still in use among old friends and family.)
If I switch from BAAZ, actually the only thing that I have heard is BASS, to BAHZ, I don't think any of my friends will know who I am talking about. So I might as well switch to BUZZY.
Loved this story! That editor you shared and with in Hong Kong sounds very familiar to me! I had a family nickname, and as a child, when I heard my proper name, I knew I was in trouble!
I was about to make fun of you for the word “alright,” which is not a word, until I looked it up on the Merriam-Webster site. It says that the word can be found in fictional dialogue and informal writing. So, yeah, I guess you can have that as a nickname. You could also be called Y’all Basler, Ain’t Basler, Gonna’ Basler, or Wanna’ Basler if you want to go that route.
OK. Maybe that happened and maybe it didn't. OK. It did. And maybe I did push old Prince Charles into the garbage can, but I looked first and there were plenty of sheets of wire service copy to break his fall. In my defense, Buzzy once stole the pizza I ordered for lunch.
I never knew about Buzzy - so that didn't have too much sticking power, I guess...
Funnily enough, my father, whose name was Gordon, was always known as Bob. When your surname is Burns that tends to happen - so one possibility might be to invent a romantic Scottish past and stick with what you've got? (Feel free to borrow Gordon as a real name to fill in the back story...)
Signed: Pidge (since I was six years old. No idea where it came from and still in use among old friends and family.)
Thanks, Pidge!
How ‘bout Robert the Mollified?
I know a rescue dog who would approve.
If I switch from BAAZ, actually the only thing that I have heard is BASS, to BAHZ, I don't think any of my friends will know who I am talking about. So I might as well switch to BUZZY.
Lovely. Who would have remembered Ivan the Reasonable or Catherine the Average? Buzzy :-)
Not even close to the greatest story ever told
A good point, sir. And who would buy a novel called "The Average Gatsby?"
Or Middling Expectations
Sobriquet made reading this totally worth every word.
thank you, Sandy.
Loved this story! That editor you shared and with in Hong Kong sounds very familiar to me! I had a family nickname, and as a child, when I heard my proper name, I knew I was in trouble!
you probably liked the Dylan song...
I was about to make fun of you for the word “alright,” which is not a word, until I looked it up on the Merriam-Webster site. It says that the word can be found in fictional dialogue and informal writing. So, yeah, I guess you can have that as a nickname. You could also be called Y’all Basler, Ain’t Basler, Gonna’ Basler, or Wanna’ Basler if you want to go that route.
That hurts, Julie. Hurts. I thought my subhead, using sobriquet, would buy me some patience from the Word Police...
I did like both the “Alas-Alias” and the use of “Sobriquet.” Apologies for such negativity on my part. Next time, I will write a haiku.
Haiku? That's one of those five-line poems that start out, "There once was a hermit named Dave?"
Subtract the Irish, carry the Japanese, and we are in business.
There was a man: Dave
Actual name was David
Dave was a nickname
OK. Maybe that happened and maybe it didn't. OK. It did. And maybe I did push old Prince Charles into the garbage can, but I looked first and there were plenty of sheets of wire service copy to break his fall. In my defense, Buzzy once stole the pizza I ordered for lunch.
Fake news. I have plenty of witnesses who saw me not steal that pizza and not eat it....
Unfortunately, for you…I have always thought of you as “Berb”. Berb and Barb. I apologize. My sense of humor is adolescent, at best.
Nice piece, Prince Adobe!
A perfect response, John. Now, my office. Bring your badge and gun...