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.

etc etc ...

RobertKing

William = Bill. ?
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William = Bill.
Robert = Bob.
Amanda = Mandy.
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SheJing 发表于 2011-5-8 11:23

小黄

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

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SheJing

William = Bill. ?
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People
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6 P8 M7 G- L9 z. q  \6 LThis section includes only individuals whose last name is Bill, or whose only generally-known name is Bill.
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( l& n. ]3 z3 j+ Z% j  ~$ g+ DBill 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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8 w# ~! s. q1 _! Z    * Alfred H. Bill, American writer
6 n. c/ A$ }  y( x: v    * Bill W. (Bill Wilson), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
, F* N6 W7 S4 v) @    * Charles Bill (1843–1915), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Leek 1892–1906

SheJing

* Alexander, Alexandra → Sandy
* U7 G" p: L  H' ^: y    * Amanda → Amy → Mandy
    * Anne → Annie
    * Arthur, Arturo → Art → Artie
' O: N3 J3 E. I* [# y- E/ \1 n    * Andrew → Andy → Drew
    * Barnaby → Barney → Swarley
    * Daniel → Dan → Danny
' q6 w% B, r! A    * David → Dave → Davy
' ]" }8 L+ L6 T0 p9 @0 @    * Dennis → Denny
    * Edwin, Edward, Edmund → Ed → Eddie, Eddy
7 |  ]2 r3 O+ @! u  O! W    * Elaine → Lainie
    * Franklin→ Frank → Frankie
    * George → Georgie
# N9 p# G- E8 l1 b+ B+ e# N8 A; q. B    * Isabella → Izzy
4 A; r* a0 l5 F0 y# W6 ]    * James → Jamie
; M* I2 b  L# O* j! i    * Jessica → Jess → Jessie
! z6 C# K& t! o" A    * Joel, Joseph → Joe → Joey
1 J# w0 r  f1 N% D5 U    * Jonathan → Jon, John → Jonnie, Jonny, Johnnie, Johnny
0 R7 r' ^. b: {0 P$ z2 B! w! |6 H6 B    * Katherine → Kate, Katie
$ \& v! M9 Y9 F! u& s" a4 j* u    * Kimberly → Kim → Kimmy
    * Kenneth → Ken → Kenny
: Q. `$ V/ U. ~/ x3 _, i6 \    * Lawrence → Larry
, |1 c" J  f% L7 _  _: z    * Louis → Lou → Louie
" S; h5 F! i9 C( ]    * Michael → Mike → Mikey
  ~6 F6 L& e+ h6 Z6 f& a* X) s/ M    * Nicholas → Nick → Nicky
    * Oliver → Ollie
    * Ronald → Ron → Ronnie
    * Rosemary → Rose → Rosie/Rosy
    * Stephen → Steve → Stevie
    * Susan → Sue → Susie, Suzy
    * Thomas → Tom → Tommy
* v& P. V7 V3 D5 B" w+ x# ]( B    * Timothy → Tim → Timmy
    * Tobias → Toby
1 h) q) ?8 J; `7 ?% C9 O- v    * William → Will, Bill, Willie, Willy, Billy

RobertKing

i c thanks

Stethoscope

* Alexander, Alexandra → Sandy
4 k& u- o) o6 ]$ t0 `    * Amanda → Amy → Mandy
    * Anne → Annie
% Z3 k7 V2 d# h# f: I7 \    * Arthur, Arturo → Art → Artie
8 {4 d8 Q3 x2 u( e4 L: J) e4 W    * Andrew → Andy → Drew
1 F' m  A, \, [9 q) j. P. w    * Barnaby → Barney → Swarley
9 U3 c3 X6 J/ p  c    * Daniel ...
+ Q1 k( O. u9 `- aSheJing 发表于 2011-5-8 12:22

老杨

谢谢蛇精，佩服！

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。
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$ k- j! s! L* [: u$ ?+ q( J, }/ N有的人姓奇长，十几个字母吧；中国的短才2个至七个。
这昵称还真得有个对照表；
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；
女士一结婚，又改从夫姓；
4 ]4 h) l8 h  E) Z, t0 c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。