On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Data point: I think of you as 'crab'. I mean, I know what your "real" > name is, it's just that I first knew you as crab, and crab has stuck in > my head. Similarly, but conversely (if you know what I mean) I first > knew "Kiran" and not "jace", so "Kiran" he is, to me.
That's an intriguing thing you've said, Udhay. On this list.... Kiran/Jace is someone I refer to by both names; a real-life ( I refuse to type IRL) friend is now generally referred to by his blog name; I have known Shiv by another name for several decades but now refer to him as Shiv (though it is a British slang term for a knife) and also, when I know someone and feel very comfortable with them, I start giving them nicknames...(my daughter has 22 or so nicknames).so let me examine this point you've raised. Deepa.
