It occurred to me that I rarely call anyone, especially my pets, by their name.

For talking to people, I usually just say what I need to say, unless I'm trying to get their attention from across the room or we're in a group or something. In that case, I usually just use their name... but not for the person I live with, who's been my best friend for many years. We call each other the same nickname, or variations of it (at this point it could be anything that starts with the same letter, but usually the same few), and have been doing so since high school. At this point, it feels more natural than using actual names.

Then there are the pets. We have two cats, Goblin and Gremlin. They rarely get called that. I feel like I could fill a book with the nicknames they get called. Some are shared nicknames that get used for both, others are unique to each cat. The most frequently used nicknames are at least related to their actual names, but many aren't. I am tempted to make a chart of all these names...

do you normally call your friends and/or pets by their given names? I apparently do not.

@GoblinsAndTea: egg, sausage... sounds like breakfast :U also +1 gob, except mine is a cat.

@squishy sloth: it's not our fault people's names are so unmemorable!

@koneko: well, you know what you gotta do. cats need nicknames, it's the law.

i need to take a fresh pic of them, something seasonally appropriate if I can manage it.