Abbreviating Stephen or Steven to mere 'Ste'

[bumface]

It’s weird how much this one annoys people, it’s a stage name isn’t it? At least he doesn’t have “The” in it!

What about people called James who call themselves Vic, or people called Reg who call themselves Elton, or Farrokh but call themselves Freddie?

I never miss an opportunity to have a go at U2, mate. Same thing goes for Coldplay. To be honest, calling yourself The Edge is even worse than calling yourself Bono.

 

[DonTheKing]

My names Donovan but I get don. Makes no odds really. Probably wouldn't be happy with people calling me do though

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

I never miss an opportunity to have a go at U2, mate. Same thing goes for Coldplay. To be honest, calling yourself The Edge is even worse than calling yourself Bono.

The one thing I have in common with Coldplay is that they get called C's as well

 

[bumface]

The one thing I have in common with Coldplay is that they get called C's as well

Surely they call you C, because you're always at sea?

 

[Wilder Times]

My mate Smithy was always called "Smudge"

We have a lad at work who's called Fat t*ts but it just gets shortened to t*ts, pure laziness.

 

[xxlshirts_fit_all]

I’m a Stephen and can confirm that we find it lazy being called Ste…

I have a freind, Gordon that we all called G. though….

 

[bumface]

I’m a Stephen and can confirm that we find it lazy being called Ste…

I have a freind, Gordon that we all called G. though….

If this thread and the people I know from here who haven't even posted on this thread yet are anything to go by, I'm pretty sure that we could put out any entire FMTTM first eleven of Steves and probably have a full bench of Steves too.

 

[Rofesleg]

When the hell did this happen? What's wrong with Steve? Shocking.

I wish to be referred to Brian or Br only now.

To be fair, Ste is the equivalent of Bri, which is also quite common.

Br would be St which no-one uses.

I think you're just envious because your name doesn't give a second one-syllable option between Bri and Brian.

 

[king_hellfire]

So far it’s said Teesside, Leeds and Manchester.

I don’t understand why though.

I can understand saying Bri, Mick, Rob etc. because there are fewer syllables and it’s a quicker way of referring to someone, but Ste has the same number of syllables as Steve and is no quicker to say. If you’re gonna say Ste you may as well add the ‘ve’ on the end.

 

[Rofesleg]

So far it’s said Teesside, Leeds and Manchester.

I don’t understand why though.

I can understand saying Bri, Mick, Rob etc. because there are fewer syllables and it’s a quicker way of referring to someone, but Ste has the same number of syllables as Steve and is no quicker to say. If you’re gonna say Ste you may as well add the ‘ve’ on the end.

Steve takes longer to say than Ste.
Not by much, but you do have to move your lips to say Steve. I'm sure there will be a linguistic term for it. But it is almost like one and a half syllables.

 

[Ipad1977]

Steve takes longer to say than Ste.
Not by much, but you do have to move your lips to say Steve. I'm sure there will be a linguistic term for it. But it is almost like one and a half syllables.

Both one syllable, but one will be a tiny bit longer to say (though only by a fraction, not like comparing two one syllable words such as "strength" and "Ah".)

 

[Rofesleg]

Both one syllable, but one will be a tiny bit longer to say (though only by a fraction, not like comparing two one syllable words such as "strength" and "Ah".)

Quite similar to Ah and Strength actually.

 

[SilentProf]

I don’t mind what people call me but Ste or Steven feel like a better fit with my surname than Steve when saying it out loud, so that’s what I usually go with if someone asks.

 

[Big_Nothing]

My good friends and family call me Al which has caused such issues as:

1. People who don't really know me, friends of friends, calling me Al, I find this annoying though it bothers me less now.

2. People thinking I'm called Alan. Which I'm not.

 

[Brian Marwood]

My good friends and family call me Al which has caused such issues as:

1. People who don't really know me, friends of friends, calling me Al, I find this annoying though it bothers me less now.

2. People thinking I'm called Alan. Which I'm not.

So when someone gets to know you enough to become a friend you tell them, you can call me Al?

 

[xxlshirts_fit_all]

So when someone gets to know you enough to become a friend you tell them, you can call me Al?

If you’re called Betty and a bodyguard it doesn’t take as long as that….

You might have needed to know him before though…

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

Nice to know there’s so many other Steve’s on here!

I used to hang around with a couple of cockney lads at uni and they called me Stevo. So that stuck while I lived away. I only ever started getting Ste when I moved back to Boro, never like it and correct people to Steve all the time.

I’m only ever Steven when I’m in trouble off my Mam!

Were you known by your surname at school though, and only by a derivation of your forename when you moved to Uni ?

And would that surname begin with a "D" ?

 

[Redka]

The only person who ever called me Ste was my older brother when we were kids and he only did it to annoy me because he knew how much I hated it.

That’s terrible Dave.

 

[t4tomo]

I do this... Mainly because my name doesn't have a "v" in it so why would i add one?!

maybe all "ph" Stephens should be called Step? or DoorStep on sundays?

 

[bumface]

That’s terrible Dave.

Making me think of The Iron Haircut now. I've seen his birth certificate,and it says ' Sir Keth, Plonker Rodney - Stalin' on there. No idea why he he keeps calling himself Keir.