Many people have noticed I sometimes give people (or characters) strange (occasionally funny) nicknames. Well here’s to some justification, straight from Wolfram Alpha’s analysis of several thousand Facebook friends – common names:
Laura/Lauren 26
Sarah 19
Liz/Elizabeth 17
Katie/Katherine 16
Emily 13
Chris/Christopher 19
Mike/Michael 19
John 16
Matt/Matthew 16
Ben/Benjamin 14
Dan/Daniel 14
Dave/David 13
Brian 13
So, chances are if you have one of these names I’m probably going to have to make something more unique up for you. Sorry!