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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear belMarduk: Nicknames seldom make sense. Why is Senator Edward Kennedy called Teddy? Why am I called Bill? Sometimes nicknames are coined by the small children who cannot pronounce the name right, and the family rather than mocking their efforts, adopts them. I saw a cartoon in New Yorker recently showing one young executive asking another, "What does it mean when the boss does not use your nickname?" Haven't got the magazine to check the quote, but it's fairly close. In many settings, if you don't have a nickname,you're underprivileged.
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Your Name, please?
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of troy
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03/01/01 05:41 PM
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Shoshannah
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Max Quordlepleen
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wwh
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Re: Names
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jmh
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belMarduk
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Geoff
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des
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Seian
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paulb
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belligerentyouth
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of troy
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musick
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Rose of Sharon
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Sparteye
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Shoshannah
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Shoshannah
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03/03/01 10:24 AM
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shanks
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Capital Kiwi
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03/07/01 04:39 PM
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shanks
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03/08/01 11:45 AM
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wow
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Bean
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03/02/01 07:02 PM
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Natural names
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Sparteye
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03/02/01 07:23 PM
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Marianna
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wwh
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Seian
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Capital Kiwi
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paulb
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03/03/01 10:56 AM
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AWAD names
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AnnaStrophic
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03/03/01 11:57 AM
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Marianna
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03/03/01 03:40 PM
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jmh
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Marianna
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Bean
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Bobyoungbalt
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Fiberbabe
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Bobyoungbalt
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Bingley
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03/03/01 10:03 AM
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solrep
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03/06/01 11:18 PM
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Max Quordlepleen
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wwh
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Max Quordlepleen
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of troy
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wwh
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Sparteye
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Capital Kiwi
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03/07/01 04:45 PM
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Re: Just for fun : Hawaiian names
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wow
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03/07/01 04:47 PM
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Re: Just for fun : Hawaiian names
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Jackie
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03/08/01 04:20 AM
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Max Quordlepleen
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03/08/01 04:45 AM
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Shoshannah
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03/08/01 06:56 PM
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Max Quordlepleen
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03/08/01 07:09 PM
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belMarduk
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03/09/01 02:27 AM
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wwh
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03/09/01 03:02 AM
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Bobyoungbalt
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03/09/01 06:02 PM
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belMarduk
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03/09/01 09:34 PM
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Re: Just for fun : Hawaiian names
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shanks
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03/08/01 11:53 AM
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wow
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03/08/01 03:04 PM
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shanks
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AnnaStrophic
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wow
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03/09/01 05:37 PM
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AnnaStrophic
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03/09/01 09:52 PM
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wow
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AnnaStrophic
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wow
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03/10/01 12:30 AM
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More name stories . . .
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wizzen
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03/17/01 11:03 PM
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Geoff
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03/18/01 02:42 AM
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Max Quordlepleen
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03/10/01 12:27 AM
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wow
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03/09/01 11:54 PM
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Max Quordlepleen
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wow
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of troy
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Shoshannah
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Bingley
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