what did I just say?

[lizziebelle]

I don't understand why, after I say that my name is Elizabeth, so many people immediately start calling me Liz. Did I just tell you that my name is Liz? No, I did not. What makes you think it's OK to call me Liz? Is 'Elizabeth' too hard to say? Do you think that you are endearing yourself to me? Would you call the Queen 'Liz'? I think not.

Same thing with my nickname, LizzieBelle. Not Lizzie. I have one friend who calls me L.B., which is better than Lizzie, I suppose. He is trying to be cute. The reason I don't like 'Lizzie' is that I used to work with someone by that name, and we did not get along, to put it lightly.

So anyway, that's my pet peeve of the day. Can you guess why? *g*

What annoys you in this way? Gum chewing? Talking on a cell phone in a movie theatre? People who drone on and on about their pet peeves? ;)

Comments

[ami-1.livejournal.com]

Whew, I'm glad I always called you Elizabeth until I felt comfortable calling you Lizziebelle!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's because S calls me Elizabeth? But D&G both call me LizzieBelle. :)

It's usually customers who do this. I seriously don't get it. I would never presume to call someone anything other than what they've said their name is, especially someone I don't know.

[ami-1.livejournal.com]

No, he always referred to you as Lizziebelle before I knew you but I first thought of you as Elizabeth.
: )

[(Anonymous)]

This is exactly why I am "Elizabeth" only on my various legal documents. And people still manage to turn "Betty" into "Betsy" far too often...

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

Oops! But I didn't mean to be totally nameless!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

That's right, I forgot that you're an Elizabeth too. You've always been Betty. :)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Aha! Read this (http://mabfan.livejournal.com/233220.html) and the ensuing discussion. Enjoy.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, you feel my pain. *g*

I would never call you Mike!

[firespirit1.livejournal.com]

I understand completely. I'm Peg, not Peggy.

[pkmorrison.livejournal.com]

Drives. Me. Crazy. "Do I LOOK like a Pat to you? I don't think so! What did I just say my name was? PATRICIA! Right! Got it? Good!"

Littering deserves the death penalty.
Gum chewing disgusts me.
People talking in movies loudly enough for me to hear them should be shot, or at least tossed out.
People who crook their little finger when drinking tea, in the utterly mistaken belief that it's "refined", deserve to have it broken.
People who think it's okay to talk to other people while you're on the phone with them need to be hung up on.
Cellphone morons who let their stupid musical ringtone go on and on, and then talk in a LOUD VOICE should be kicked in the seat of the pants. (Sometimes I join in on the conversation...)
People who get up a dozen times over the course of a two-hour movie, invariably dislodging you or grabbing the back of your seat. Do they really need to eat that much, or, indeed, pee that much? Hey! Shut your face and hold your water!

I'm quite sure there are plenty more, but that's enough for now...

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

My father (Christopher, not Chris) has the same problem.

Does anyone ever call you (inappropriately or no) Beth? Or do they gravitate right to Liz(zie) every time? That seems as weird to me, somehow, as randomly deciding they know your name better than you do.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Hit post too quickly! This is why my sister and I both have essentially unnicknameable names.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Once in a while I get Beth, but it's almost always Liz. I have no idea why.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

WORD!!!!

And it seems to be impossible to correct people without it being interpreted as snotty and difficult, when they were the ones WHO STARTED IT ALL BY CALLING YOU SOMETHING THAT ISN'T YOUR NAME.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

*g*