Thread: Using an Alias
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Old 07-16-2010, 05:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
Lindy
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My given name is Sophia, and I absolutely hate it. I never use it except when I'm signing legal documents. Driver's license. Passport. Those kind of things.
I've gone by "Lindy" (a diminutive of my surname) since I was about ten years old. I found out that legally changing my name would be a little bit of a hassle, but that I could call myself whatever I wanted as long as I was not using the assumed name to commit fraud or to usurp someone elses identity.
So I just call myself Lindy. One name. Like Madonna. It's unusual enough to be distinctive, but doesn't sound weird or contrived. Was a great stagename.
If the phone rings and somebody asks for Sophia, I pretty much know that I don't want to talk to them.

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