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> I know how you feel Howard. People haven't really gotten my name wrong, but it really confuses people to meet someone named Buddy. "Yes Buddy is my given name. It's on my birth certificate and everything. I *know* that Buddy is usually a nickname, but not with me." Why is that such a hard concept to grasp.
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> And another thing. That &%$# My Buddy doll is satan in red overalls! The stupid doll came out when I was a kid. It had the same name as me. And to make matters worse, it looked just like I did. Same color hair, same hair cut. Same face shape, everything! I had to live with that stupid song day in and day out for years. I vowed to never own one, and I never did.
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> Drac "My me, my me, wherever I go, I go" imas

I have a friend (well, I guess he is.. I haven't talked to him in a better part of a year, but we didn't have a falling out or anything, we just haven't been in contact.) whose name is Bud. It's on his birth certificate as such. He's named after his father whose *nickname* is Bud. He's never mentioned the "My Buddy" trama as you've endured though. His whole family is big on nicknames, he's got a cousin who goes by 'Bic', I believe, but that's not her name; it's actually a nickname for another nickname which has nothing to do with her real name.

Odd, Huh?

Tra "our cat's name is Facetious, but we call her Seesh (you have to spell it phonetically, because if you just say 'Cet' or 'Ceti', it's just not quite the same)" nio