The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140964   Message #3246202
Posted By: Bettynh
28-Oct-11 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Things that get up your nose
Subject: RE: BS: Things that get up your nose
Well, my given name is Elizabeth, which can have a dozen or so nicknames. Salesmen and petty bureaucrats frequently start off by calling me "Liz" - not my name at all. The implied intimacy just gets me angry. I just hang up on the salespeople, but more than city secretary has heard my opinion of that particular shortcut.