[OT] It's "Beverly"!

Oh, of course, well you are forgiven. This time... ;->

(I was about to start calling you Dickie. )

Beverly

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BEI Design
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LOL! I'll have to share that with my kids. They seem to think a hearing aid will solve everything. I have been tested and there is definitely some loss around the higher registers, but trouble is, I don't think amplifying all sound will tune out the tinnitus. :-(

Beverly

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BEI Design

You been peeking? :-)

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The Wanderer

More than that: 'Juno' is respectability itself, the 'mother' of the ancient Greek/Roman pantheon, while 'June' has something flighty about it. Junebugs... don't they end up in candles on warm summer nights, too stupid to know the real thing?

U. - taking a break from re-arranging the office/sewing room which might account for the intersting associations...

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Ursula Schrader

Hah, the mother of Urs, the widow of my mother's late youngest brother, is called Kitty, too, but it's a short for Claire; I think her passport reads Klara since she was born in Appenzell, a German-speaking Kanton.

Nicknames - you could fill volumes with stories about them...

U.

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Ursula Schrader

when you are done with yours, can you fly over here (New Jersey, USA) to re-arrange mine for me?

Betsey (shortened from Mary Elizabeth)....and gets shortened to Bets all the time.

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betsey

That's how I feel about "Beverly" vs. "Bev". One has a certain completeness and dignity, the other is .... aborted.

From that I hope it means your cat-infection is clearing up at last!

Beverly

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BEI Design

That sounds like me growing up and the way I taught my children; we were taught to call adults, Mrs.; Miss. Most of my siblings and friends allow their children to call adults, Ms Susie, etc.

When growing up, my younger siblings couldn't pronounce Emily very well, they called me "Mims", until they were older.

My ex told his only sister about it. When we met, she immediately asked if she could call me "Mims" and I should call her "Sis". We used those names for the 56-years she lived, and she was the only person the name.

I am extremely fond of my name, which was my maternal Grandmother's and I lived with her much of my youth.

-- Emily

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Emily Bengston

Beverly, I think I will forward your note to my children because they think I should buy a hearing aid.

-- Emily

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Emily Bengston

Husband went to see doctor because he thought his wife was losing her hearing.

Doctor thought for a minute and said 'Try a little experiment. Stand a little way behind your wife and quietly ask a question. If she answers you'll know her hearing is OK, if not move a little closer and try again'.

Husband goes home and stands behind his wife and asks quietly 'What's for dinner?'

He gets no answer and moves closer and asks again 'What's for dinner?'.

He gets no answer and moves until he's just a couple of feet behind her. 'What's for dinner?'

His wife turn round and yells at him 'For the third time, it's chicken!'

Made me chuckle when I first heard it and reading your comments just brought it to mind. :-)

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The Wanderer

You shouldn't have told us, you really shouldn't. We'll all call you Emily but think of you as Mims now! :-)

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The Wanderer

Richard, thank you!!! I am feeling a little blue over having to give up a favorite activity (not sewing TG), and your little story made me laugh. I'm just glad I wasn't having a nightcap....

Beverly

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BEI Design

Emily, I'm sure every case is different. I hope you have been evaluated by an otolaryngologist.

In my case the hearing loss is not quite severe enough yet to justify the expense of a hearing aid, and since I live alone I can crank the TV up as far as necessary to hear most of the dialog on shows I watch. We bought my Father one of those wireless-to-earphones TV gadgets when he was living with us, I suppose if I ever want to watch something with company again, I'll have to look into one for me. :-( Or a hearing aid....

Beverly

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BEI Design

I also tried to bring my girls up calling adults by their title and last name, although title-and-first name was occasionally acceptable. Aunts and Uncles were always Aunt Eve, Uncle Bruce, etc. The people who gave me fits were the

*teachers* who encouraged their *students* to call them by their first names. Wreaked havoc, that did.

Reciprocity is a good thing.

My first name is not a family name, I think it just seemed a good companion to go with "Barbara" when we turned out to be twins. ;-)

Beverly

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BEI Design

It came from a book subtitled 'Understanding Philosophy through Gags'. We're both members of U3A and one of our classes is Philosophy for Phun! Done just to keep the grey matter stirred up.

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The Wanderer

Exactly!!!

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Pogonip

It doesn't matter to me if people think of me as Mims, as long as they remember mmy name. My DSIL was an extra-special person and treated me always as a sister; It's sad to say we were closer than I was/am to some of my own sisters.

-- Emily

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Emily Bengston

No, I haven't yet; the ear specialist I saw last month seemed to be more interested in selling me a hearing aie than actually treating the problem. When I saw my regular doctor, he gave me a prescription for a corti-steroid. He seems to think my entire system is/was infected, ears, nose, throat and eyes. I am taking the medicine and hopefully, it'll be cleared up by the time I see him again.

-- Emily

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Emily Bengston

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