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James Owens wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:21

Bailey Glade wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 01:33 I really hate nicknames for my self… it’s really hard to get one that fits. And for Bailey… I have NO ideas

How about Bails?

Juniper Kelly wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:22 My name is too short for nicknames, but Juniper is not.

Bailey Glade wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:23

Marius Brown wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:08

@Bailey Glade I think it's so polite!

Here if we're calling someone by their given name (without their title), we simply use one syllable from their name, usually a syllable that consists of consonant-vocal-consonant. (For example, instead of "Hey, Marius!" we'll say "Hey, Mar!")

But when we introduce ourselves or when we talk about a third party, we use the whole given name:
"I'm Marius."
or "Hey Mar, did you see Bailey?" "Bailey? Oh, there she is! Bail, Bail! Please come here, Jean's looking for you!"

That makes total sense. With a few of my friends they help teaching Taekwondo with me (although I teach a lot more than they do ) , we refer to each other as Mr. and Miss while teaching, but out of teaching and in our own class, it’s first names. with the Taekwondo organization I train with, anyone who is a black belt (like me) or higher rank than you (probably like me) it’s mr, miss, or Mrs. I’m Miss insert my real name here- I almost wrote it down… oops, since I’m one of the highest ranks. I still call all of the adults and over-18 s mr/mrs/miss

That makes total sense too, the taekwondo rank vs the outside-class ways of calling each other.

BTW I'm curious, what is it like to join a martial artist club? I almost joined a kung fu club when I was a preteen, but then my mum disagreed.

Marius Brown wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:35

@Bailey Glade Ah sorry, thought it was OoC!

Marius Brown wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 02:45 OoC, how do you learn taekwondo? Is it in a school club, outside-school club, private training, ...? (I'm just curious, apologise if this is too personal for you.)