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Writer's Block: A rose by any other name
Jun. 7th, 2010 09:29 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Well, I don't feel any need to change my name, particularly, as I like it just fine, but I've also got a thing that barely anyone actually calls me by my actual name.
In terms of - my name's Matthew. Pretty much the only people in the entire world that have ever actually called me Matthew are my family, friends of the family and one of my old bosses. Why did he call me Matthew? Because when he asked the question "do you prefer Matt or Matthew?" when I said Matthew he did listen.
But it's surprising how few people do. When I started my current job 8 years ago I was asked. Within an hour everyone was calling me Matt, regardless. There's no malice in it, it's just people seem to default to the short version. It happens all the time to the point where I just accept it and go by Matt. With friends it's an either/or situation anyway. I have a slight leaning towards the use of my name in full, but I came to accept a long time ago that most people have an instinctive leaning towards shortening my name.
Well, I don't feel any need to change my name, particularly, as I like it just fine, but I've also got a thing that barely anyone actually calls me by my actual name.
In terms of - my name's Matthew. Pretty much the only people in the entire world that have ever actually called me Matthew are my family, friends of the family and one of my old bosses. Why did he call me Matthew? Because when he asked the question "do you prefer Matt or Matthew?" when I said Matthew he did listen.
But it's surprising how few people do. When I started my current job 8 years ago I was asked. Within an hour everyone was calling me Matt, regardless. There's no malice in it, it's just people seem to default to the short version. It happens all the time to the point where I just accept it and go by Matt. With friends it's an either/or situation anyway. I have a slight leaning towards the use of my name in full, but I came to accept a long time ago that most people have an instinctive leaning towards shortening my name.
