What is your name?
We all have one. You may not like yours, it but you have one and you don’t like to be called by the wrong name. We hear or read of other people’s names everyday. You will have to repeat it to the laboratory health technician before they take blood. Hearing a name invokes a reaction such as favourable, curiosity or un-comfortableness. We are concerned with pronouncing, spelling and remembering a new name. We are averse to calling someone by the wrong name. How do you remember names? The Dale Carnegie way is to pay attention to some one’s name and repeat it along with a mental association. Salespeople develop contact lists. Mr Rosuvastatin Rivaroxaban. Sounds like a medication. How do you pronounce or spell that? Do people call him Vas for short? We often give people nicknames? Not always complementary ones. When can you use them? How many nick names have you h ad? When is it all right to call someone Ginger? Some nicknames become enduring, eclipsing the real name. Well at least Se