[blparent] question of interest

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

My family calls me Jo Elizabeth, but nobody else wants to spit all that out, 
so it's just Jo.  I don't like it that much, but what do you do?

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:09 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] question of interest

> That would be me. My name is Veronica and most peeps just call me V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of jan wright
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:22 PM
> To: blparent
> Subject: [blparent] question of interest
>
> My name was always "Jan," no shorter or longer.
> I wished that I had a nickname.
> Just as long as your nickname is not embarrassing, it is ok.
> Someone gave one of my son's the nickname "L A." Those are the first
> two letters of his name.
> "LaTroi."
> i promised that he would not be called "Troy," or anything else.
> But, family caught on to the "L A" part and he is still known that way
> to family and people that knew him before 5yo.
> And, some of his friends, despite my objections call him "Troy."
> Everyone wants to shorten a name  - don't know why.
> I have even known people's names that get shortened to a single
> letter: "k," "T," or "z."
>
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