This happened to my brother when he was at uni and his flat mates picked up the phone.
“No, there’s no Mr. Denison here”
“Yes there is, that’s for Denny”
“His name’s Denny Denison?”
What I’m saying is that my brother’s so old that they had a landline at his student flat
My grandmother had a similar situation going on as Billie, and answered to that nickname pretty much exclusively, even among family! Except that her last name was Billig instead of Billingsworth, and she spelled her nickname Billye instead of Billie, and instead of the nickname being from insult-fighting with a martian-human hybrid it was from a school friend who had a lisp and had trouble pronouncing her first name and so asked her if she could call her Billye instead, and also my grandmother was a much nicer person than Billie, and also she quit smoking in her youth instead of booze, and she was Jewish instead of Asian.
I still remember a Happy Ad placed in my hometown newspaper (what are THOSE LOL) of a bunch of children, I guess just a “hey, look at these kids” advert that isn’t creepy at all, nope
So one of them was named Travis T. Travis. Guessing what the T. stands for 🤷 (then the kid in question searches himself and finds this thread and MYSTERY SOLVED (prob not tho))
Loading ...
You can almost hear the sound of that clue whooshing over Becky’s head.
I love how Joyce’s “best friend” doesn’t know her husband’s actual name.
**sigh**
I’ma go back to reread Dumbing of Age. I like that Joyce better.
And that version of Walky, and that version of Joe, and definitely that version of Dorothy, and…
… I mean, it’s not surprising, DoA is written by a Willis who has decades more experience under his belt.
Give up now, Joyce. You can’t win.
He could be referred to as David “Walky” Walkerton, so you’re not that far off.
I wonder how many real-life people use part of their last name as their preferred nickname.
I know a bunch of people who prefer using their ENTIRE last name as their preferred name
This happened to my brother when he was at uni and his flat mates picked up the phone.
“No, there’s no Mr. Denison here”
“Yes there is, that’s for Denny”
“His name’s Denny Denison?”
What I’m saying is that my brother’s so old that they had a landline at his student flat
My grandmother had a similar situation going on as Billie, and answered to that nickname pretty much exclusively, even among family! Except that her last name was Billig instead of Billingsworth, and she spelled her nickname Billye instead of Billie, and instead of the nickname being from insult-fighting with a martian-human hybrid it was from a school friend who had a lisp and had trouble pronouncing her first name and so asked her if she could call her Billye instead, and also my grandmother was a much nicer person than Billie, and also she quit smoking in her youth instead of booze, and she was Jewish instead of Asian.
But otherwise? PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL.
Mario Mario
It’s a little known fact, but Mario goes by his last name, Mario, and not his first name, Mario
I still remember a Happy Ad placed in my hometown newspaper (what are THOSE LOL) of a bunch of children, I guess just a “hey, look at these kids” advert that isn’t creepy at all, nope
So one of them was named Travis T. Travis. Guessing what the T. stands for 🤷 (then the kid in question searches himself and finds this thread and MYSTERY SOLVED (prob not tho))