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Not to electronic devices no, but I do give certain items of mine nicknames *NM* Hieshyn Send a noteboard - 18/10/2011 06:05:25 PM
I was overwhelmed by a sense that my technology was getting a bit obsolete now that the new iPhone 4S came out (and I just have the iPhone 4), so I bought the iPad 2 (64 GB, Wi-Fi+3G).

The thing is that I nickname all my electronic stuff and I'm not sure other people do this so I wanted to ask if other people give actual real nicknames to electronic stuff. For example, they suggest stuff like "Tom's phone" or "Tom's iPod" or "Main Computer" or crap like that.

I named my iPods Snippy and Snippy II, I named my iPhone Sneaky and my iPad is now Snooty. The pattern is, of course Sn***y. Snarky is another option (I guess if I get a second iPad since I hate Macs). So is Snoopy, I guess, or Snotty, or Snakey, or Snoggy, or Snobby, or Snapey (if I were a bigger Harry Potter fan). The thing is that it's only my Apple technology stuff that gets nicknames (well, my Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator in high school got the name "Spencer", but that was an isolated case).

So my survey part is: do you do this? Do you give real, actual nicknames to devices beyond designations like "computer in home office" or "secondary cell" or something like that? If so, what sorts of nicknames are they? And, if you do, are you as anal retentive as I am in having a system for naming?
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/NSSP: Do you give nicknames to your electronic devices? - 17/10/2011 09:21:08 PM 992 Views
I used to, for some things. - 17/10/2011 09:28:55 PM 755 Views
You don't do Jessica II, Jessica III, etc. (or, for computers, 3.0)? *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:59:19 PM 286 Views
Nah, they've all just been Jessica so far. - 18/10/2011 02:19:17 AM 667 Views
yes - 17/10/2011 09:36:58 PM 664 Views
Sakura I understand. What do the other ones mean? *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:59:44 PM 272 Views
they are some of the leads from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - 18/10/2011 07:18:36 PM 686 Views
Spencer is an excellent name for a calculator - 17/10/2011 09:48:44 PM 856 Views
Thank you! I rather liked it. *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:58:46 PM 299 Views
This post in snazzy. - 17/10/2011 10:23:10 PM 617 Views
Snazzy is a good one. *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:55:53 PM 284 Views
Sort of - 17/10/2011 10:44:51 PM 700 Views
I have Guderian's memoirs. Very interesting. - 17/10/2011 10:57:20 PM 669 Views
I have both of his books. - 18/10/2011 03:34:20 AM 639 Views
Yep. My mp3 player is Dylan - 18/10/2011 05:56:17 AM 676 Views
I change the computer names - 17/10/2011 11:11:35 PM 748 Views
"Yggdrasil" for a network is brilliant . *NM* - 19/10/2011 09:16:59 AM 300 Views
Yep - 17/10/2011 11:21:19 PM 755 Views
Sometimes - 18/10/2011 12:10:49 AM 625 Views
Your kindle? - 18/10/2011 03:36:54 AM 587 Views
Somewhat - 18/10/2011 07:05:37 AM 642 Views
I give names to all my electronic stuff... - 18/10/2011 12:24:49 PM 708 Views
Not for devices but - 18/10/2011 12:25:54 PM 645 Views
Nope, I am abnormal. - 18/10/2011 03:17:40 PM 935 Views
No more than I have to - 18/10/2011 03:20:27 PM 624 Views
My iPod is named Alejandro *NM* - 18/10/2011 03:21:58 PM 419 Views
Yup! - 18/10/2011 05:19:43 PM 774 Views
Not to electronic devices no, but I do give certain items of mine nicknames *NM* - 18/10/2011 06:05:25 PM 307 Views
just enough so I know what they are - 18/10/2011 06:51:05 PM 637 Views
Sometimes, yes. - 18/10/2011 06:52:37 PM 684 Views
Only when they piss me off *NM* - 18/10/2011 07:31:45 PM 297 Views
I don't think "damn ____" qualifies as a nickname. *NM* - 18/10/2011 08:08:32 PM 348 Views
No on all counts. I think that's odd. *NM* - 19/10/2011 05:43:26 PM 299 Views
Just my cell phone... - 19/10/2011 07:19:34 PM 699 Views

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