Prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet

[venta]

Fancy celebrating St Patrick's night tomorrow ?
The Far From the Madding Crowd has folk dancing (bad luck, it's us), music, possibly singing, monks to bless the beer, and all manner of goodness.


Yup, it's going the rounds, but I thought it might be of interest to some.

If you call me:

Venta you probably only know me from here.
Liz you're probably someone I've met in the last ten years, or who knows me from the Scout troop I belong to.
Beth you're someone I went to school with, or who was in the church choir with me.
Elizabeth you're probably someone I've met at some point. I tend to call myself Liz and Elizabeth reasonably interchangeably these days. Or you might just be cross with me.
Lizy you're RuthK, and where on earth have you been for the past twelve years ?
Lizzie/Lizzy you probably know me through rapper. I don't deliberately have a different name here, just it seems that's what people call me. Or you might have known me before I was about ten. Or you're a friend of Samantha's.
Bethaliz you're my Aunty Pat.
Blip you are Penny.
Spiv/Spivlet/Wizbit You're one of about four people I was at university with.
Morgause You used to play the same MUD as me when I was a student.
Silver You knew me online when I was a first year student.
Weebie You are family, or you're one of the few people who presumes it's OK to use my family nickname.

Have I missed any ?

Of these, I think only Elizabeth and its derivatives are in common use. Liz or Elizabeth for preference, please, though I answer to all of the above.

Am I odd in classifying some of those names as things it's OK for some people to call me, but not others ?

Comments

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Hurray, someone else said it.
Don't forget the Auntie.

And I may not call you Beth but after answering numerous phone calls for Beth I am aware of Bethdom. Which does cause some problems since I associate the name Beth with the vicars wife in WarOTW.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Actually, I genuinely had forgotten Auntie Lizzabossie as a name. To be honest, I've actually remembered a fair few one-off names that one or two people call me (or have called me at some point).