If someone gets my name wrong, it's almost exclusively "Dave". I must have been misnamed, or am somehow channeling daveness.

Good point, Dave.

It's funny: I always get called "Steve". Apparently I look like a Steve.

Yet I know people called Steve and they look like Steves. Maybe a far greater part of the population than we know are actual Steves.

It's funny: I always get called "Steve". Apparently I look like a Steve.

Lucky you. Meet the Steves</>.

I get 'Greg', which somehow makes me feel like a putz. Probably because of an intense dislike of Greg Brady of the 'Brady Bunch'. Some years ago I read an article saying that (former senator and pres. candidate) Gary Hart was not one to take seriously because he had a 'little boys name'. So just call me 'Steve', dammit............

These are the <strike>Daves</strike> Steves I know, I know
These are the <strike>Daves</strike> Steves I know

I get called Matt by people I'm meeting for the first time. The weird part is wheh they don't know that I actually have a brother named Matt.

The weird part is wheh they don't know that I actually have a brother named Matt.

That's half as bad as having a twin brother.

These are the Daves Steves I know

You can call me Al, Alan.

I have gotten my brother's name which is a little weird but I am, in fact, the arctypical Al - in Arabic I am known as <i>el Al</i>, in Poland <i>Duzi Al</i>. I have been called Big Al my whole life since a character by that name was on the TV show <i>Laugh In</i> in 1968 or so. Which led to "Boa" or Biggest of Als. Which led to my favorite nickname "Smaller than some, bigger than most" circa July 1986 at age 23 or so.

PS - I also note places like Al's Steak House in Ottawa.

Its funny. Nobody ever gets my name wrong. Nobody ever mispronounces my name. Nobody ever calls me by another name like Harris or Hal or Lars. It must be weird having a name like Al or Dave or Mike or Steve.

Weird? Oh yeah? You and what army? I'm always calling you Jans behind your back, BTW, with the "Y" sound instead of the "H". BTW#2, how would Roger Yonker say "Hans": "'ans" or "Haych-ans"?

Its funny. Nobody ever gets my name wrong

Dutch, eh?

No. He is amongst the Ogdensburgian Danes.

No. He is amongst the Ogdensburgian Danes.

Oh yes. I forget.

I am not clear if he is an "up-the-hill" or "down-the-hill" Ogdensburgian Dane but he is definitely an Ogdensburgian Dane.

Roger Younker, who has had the benefit of mispronouncing my name since my 1985 appearance on "Reach for the Top", usually says "Hawns" like Goldie Hawn with a "z" sound at the end. I forgive him because he is Roger.

The Danish pronunciation, of course, is Hans, kind of like the county in Nova Scotia. You know the one. Not sure of the Dutch pronunciation given the Dutch propensity of using nicknames. Maybe its Henk?

I think I am "river" Ogdensburgian Dane and not of the hill (either up or down at all) but I would have to consult the family bible for further verification. Oh, the apprehension!

Be careful where ye tread, downhiller, lest ye find what ye fear!

Not sure of the Dutch pronunciation given the Dutch propensity of using nicknames. Maybe its Henk?

Nope. Actually, in Dutch, Hans is generally an abbreviation (nickname) of 'Johannes'. Henk is the shortened version of 'Hendricus'.

But I remember you're Dane, because I recall (you and me) discussing Roskilde here before...

oh yes. of course. you were at the roskilde festival.

(as for the Dutch pronunciation of Hans... it's like 'Hawnz' without the zed (not zee) and a 'delayed' s.... It's sort of like saying Han<small><small>s</small></small>. Thinking of it, 'Han<small><small>nes</small></small>' comes close to it)

...and the "s" has the dutch half-"sh" quality to it, right?

I knew a Dutchman who would write his name as Fred but verbally introduce himself as Rick. When asked: "So is your name Fred or Rick?", he replied simply: "Yes. Exactly."