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Diogenes Sep 2021 10:13pm, 6 Sep 2021 62,607 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes People calling me Steven
swittle Sep 2021 10:20pm, 6 Sep 2021 79,124 posts	Quote Pin swittle [^ Immediate family always call(ed) me 'Stephen'; friends, 'Steve'; and many, many scousers shortened that further to 'Ste'. I'll answer to any or all.]
Lip Gloss Sep 2021 10:25pm, 6 Sep 2021 54,394 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss People calling me Leanne cause they don’t hear me properly
WA Sep 2021 10:26pm, 6 Sep 2021 9,035 posts	Quote Pin WA (Hope she has a good first day Doogs) People adding H to the front of my name because I clearly can't be trusted to pronounce my own name correctly
Mouseytongue Sep 2021 10:29pm, 6 Sep 2021 8,222 posts	Quote Pin Mouseytongue People omitting an n from my name because I clearly can’t be trusted to spell it correctly.
Diogenes Sep 2021 10:33pm, 6 Sep 2021 62,610 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [this is in text. I am Stephen or Steve, but not Steven. Mind you, my kids call me Step Hen]
swittle Sep 2021 10:36pm, 6 Sep 2021 79,125 posts	Quote Pin swittle [More for the Fetch names thread, but 'swittle' came from rugby club days in the 80s, and 'switts' was a variant arising soon afterwards - and used often on FE ]
Diogenes Sep 2021 10:41pm, 6 Sep 2021 62,611 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [Ste is a very Liverpudlian abbreviation of Steve, and perhaps specific to the region? I remember being on Holiday in Tenerife in 1982 when a guy called Ste and his mates did the balloon dance at our holiday resort. It wasn’t you Switts, was it?]
swittle Sep 2021 10:45pm, 6 Sep 2021 79,127 posts	Quote Pin swittle [If it was, may I offer my most abject apologies? ]
Diogenes Sep 2021 10:50pm, 6 Sep 2021 62,612 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [sounds like an admission to me ]