Comments on: What’s in a name? http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/ All reet for those who likes' laffin... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shades of Grey » Simian stories http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 Shades of Grey » Simian stories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:29 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/#comment-4596 [...] an interesting email turns up when someone has googled something of interest to them. This week, Nivag Nosnikta has become my friend on friends reunited and someone researching into Planet of the Apes has been [...] [...] an interesting email turns up when someone has googled something of interest to them. This week, Nivag Nosnikta has become my friend on friends reunited and someone researching into Planet of the Apes has been [...]

]]> By: Shades http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Shades Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:06:52 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/#comment-1762 JMB, funny that. If you go far enough back in my family tree, we were Grays bu tsomeone changed it by deed poll when they moved down to the Newcastle Area. (We have a Grey Street, a Grey's Monument etc.) When I was at Primary school, a Scots lad used to call me "Een", a very hard vowel and about the only way of shortening Ian. Grey is as short as can be as well with only one syllable. I was known as "Prof" at school, but I don't remember when it started. JMB, funny that. If you go far enough back in my family tree, we were Grays bu tsomeone changed it by deed poll when they moved down to the Newcastle Area. (We have a Grey Street, a Grey’s Monument etc.)

When I was at Primary school, a Scots lad used to call me “Een”, a very hard vowel and about the only way of shortening Ian. Grey is as short as can be as well with only one syllable.

I was known as “Prof” at school, but I don’t remember when it started.

]]> By: jmb http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 jmb Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:33:41 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2007/12/06/whats-in-a-name/#comment-1753 I never had a nickname in high school, which bothered me a bit, as if I wasn't important enough. It was an all girls' school and we were not very imaginative with nicknames usually basing them on the surname. Since my name then was the same as yours , save spelled with an "a" because my Dad was a Scot, it didn't lend itself to manipulation, nor did my first name. I never had a nickname in high school, which bothered me a bit, as if I wasn’t important enough. It was an all girls’ school and we were not very imaginative with nicknames usually basing them on the surname. Since my name then was the same as yours , save spelled with an “a” because my Dad was a Scot, it didn’t lend itself to manipulation, nor did my first name.

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