罗伯特与鲍勃

老杨

为什么名字叫罗伯特的，自称叫鲍勃？

Rapala

rob你听错了

费莫

一码事。

我不是哥哥

是ROB吧？

RobertKing

在美国，bob 是 Robert 的爱称，但是在加拿大 大家都叫 ruber 发啊的音

SheJing

William = Bill.
Robert = Bob.
Amanda = Mandy.

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RobertKing

William = Bill. ?
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William = Bill.
Robert = Bob.
Amanda = Mandy.

etc etc ...
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小黄

William = Bill. ?
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RobertKing 发表于 2011-5-8 11:54

Ever heard of "Bill" Clinton?

SheJing

William = Bill. ?
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RobertKing 发表于 2011-5-8 11:54

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This section includes only individuals whose last name is Bill, or whose only generally-known name is Bill.

Bill is a common nickname for William. See William (name) for more information on the history of the name William. People known as Bill include:
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    * Alfred H. Bill, American writer
' l3 m0 A* B+ k    * Bill W. (Bill Wilson), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
    * Charles Bill (1843–1915), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Leek 1892–1906

SheJing

* Alexander, Alexandra → Sandy
    * Amanda → Amy → Mandy
    * Anne → Annie
4 m  g- D4 u. a( n! \    * Arthur, Arturo → Art → Artie
    * Andrew → Andy → Drew
, `8 f2 C" U' m    * Barnaby → Barney → Swarley
    * Daniel → Dan → Danny
    * David → Dave → Davy
    * Dennis → Denny
3 D, ]8 U( K' z. U4 V& f- x    * Edwin, Edward, Edmund → Ed → Eddie, Eddy
5 O. V) {1 O+ J0 m: S) Y    * Elaine → Lainie
/ M. S" w5 e4 H" e    * Franklin→ Frank → Frankie
    * George → Georgie
    * Isabella → Izzy
    * James → Jamie
    * Jessica → Jess → Jessie
4 z0 p4 x9 f% d. w    * Joel, Joseph → Joe → Joey
    * Jonathan → Jon, John → Jonnie, Jonny, Johnnie, Johnny
    * Katherine → Kate, Katie
    * Kimberly → Kim → Kimmy
  |5 M* f# }: z6 U" E- `) {    * Kenneth → Ken → Kenny
    * Lawrence → Larry
+ d! ^/ ^+ z: ^3 |    * Louis → Lou → Louie
    * Michael → Mike → Mikey
% A0 P9 S& D9 Q4 ?' g0 B) z    * Nicholas → Nick → Nicky
    * Oliver → Ollie
! i! X0 O. V8 t* ^# r    * Ronald → Ron → Ronnie
. P9 d! X; K, G1 |    * Rosemary → Rose → Rosie/Rosy
; M! ^' t* E, K& W3 A    * Stephen → Steve → Stevie
1 B& Y1 k. x3 }+ H& a  j    * Susan → Sue → Susie, Suzy
4 t7 I: U& Y9 f2 Q2 x    * Thomas → Tom → Tommy
# y! u* P8 Y9 A. V    * Timothy → Tim → Timmy
5 d7 y/ O$ M0 {( l7 M  M7 _5 G; {    * Tobias → Toby
    * William → Will, Bill, Willie, Willy, Billy

RobertKing

i c thanks

Stethoscope

* Alexander, Alexandra → Sandy
' {( m* C3 _& _    * Amanda → Amy → Mandy
& {: Q% d" G3 t  i- d& g    * Anne → Annie
    * Arthur, Arturo → Art → Artie
7 H, `% I! J+ r! @' ~    * Andrew → Andy → Drew
/ m9 }" f1 ]2 i3 {    * Barnaby → Barney → Swarley
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SheJing 发表于 2011-5-8 12:22

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老杨

谢谢蛇精，佩服！
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5 T7 E' V/ s- A) M& L: B蛇精干脆改名叫牛精算了，真牛！

健康营养站

6# SheJing

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samjunarch

我们公司一个叫Curtis，每次我都叫他Curts，should call him Curt, no "s".

冥顽脑袋

这加拿大多元文化，名字也多种多样。作为公司IT人员，创建管理帐户煞是头疼。

5 ?* s! Y/ K- s7 `9 ?有的人姓奇长，十几个字母吧；中国的短才2个至七个。
5 T0 G8 t9 ]: u+ K# \/ w5 c7 `这昵称还真得有个对照表；
4 z0 R4 @! H$ J$ U# I$ i有的是复姓，早年因系统不支持，只得变用mid-name，他本人也不爽；
) y! m6 }; L6 w# V9 {女士一结婚，又改从夫姓；
) a8 I- F! t( p5 w# Q2 J. x' Z魁省来的拼写都的变；
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读就不谈了，大家相互迁就。自己名字读音公司老总都记不住，唉！和谈我的贡献了。

浪里黑条

佘靖说的很对。

sweetlele

这个算常识
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BTW昨天在家门口看见老杨的volvo飘过，我停牌yield了他一下

wwwlhit

SheJing知道的真多。偶也可学习一下这些东东了。谢谢分享。