I often upset Sione out here in the Philippines by calling a waitress 'luv'. I try to explain but Sione says 'I kill her!'
As a matter of interest and not really leaving the subject.I left Eastwood and everyone was Terry, Brian, Trevor or Shirley but when I got to KBGS I stopped being Arthur and became Seeley even to class mates, I have to say that those that went up with me remained the Trevors and Brians as was and I remained Arthur to them. Did this happen to others. I found it made me slightly more anonymous and being in a six hundred plus school I felt anonymous enough.

I too went from being called, "John" to being called "Felvus". In Australia I was refered to as "you Pommy bas***d" until I joined the Army which must seem like a most democratic institution, not once was I called Felvus, I was always addressed by rank and name, at least to my face, behind my back it was still probably "that Pommy bast**d".