Business card question

Nov 14, 17 22:47

Post #1 of 25 (2234 views)

State requires legal name to be on the business card, I have never been known by or used my real name other than to sign legal documents. Skip has been my nickname since the day I was born.

Question is would it be bad form or frowned upon to include a nickname on a business card?

If included it is required to be printed as "Skip" between first and last name.

Parents screwed me when naming me, didn't even give me a middle name.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 14, 17 23:15

Post #2 of 25 (2224 views)

SkipG wrote:

State requires legal name to be on the business card, I have never been known by or used my real name other than to sign legal documents. Skip has been my nickname since the day I was born.

Question is would it be bad form or frowned upon to include a nickname on a business card?

If included it is required to be printed as "Skip" between first and last name.

Parents screwed me when naming me, didn't even give me a middle name.

I have seen few like this, I think it is OK

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 14, 17 23:19

Post #3 of 25 (2221 views)

SkipG wrote:

State requires legal name to be on the business card, I have never been known by or used my real name other than to sign legal documents. Skip has been my nickname since the day I was born.

Question is would it be bad form or frowned upon to include a nickname on a business card?

If included it is required to be printed as "Skip" between first and last name.

Parents screwed me when naming me, didn't even give me a middle name.

Yeah, I've seen that a lot. I wouldn't think twice about it. It's not really a nickname, it's what you prefer to be called.

Slowguy

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Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:05

Post #4 of 25 (2154 views)

What First Amendment hating godless state do you live in? #only half pink

You can do the quote set off thing, but if you have some free time sue the state for that law.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:06

Post #5 of 25 (2154 views)

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Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:32

Post #6 of 25 (2125 views)

Yeah, otherwise they will look at the card later and wonder who the hell Jebediah is. I think that is actually a pretty normal thing to do.

I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Re: Business card question [windywave] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:42

Post #7 of 25 (2116 views)

SC, did a little searching last night and it looks like a requirement in some other states as well.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:44

Post #8 of 25 (2116 views)

SkipG wrote:

State requires legal name to be on the business card, I have never been known by or used my real name other than to sign legal documents. Skip has been my nickname since the day I was born.

Question is would it be bad form or frowned upon to include a nickname on a business card?

If included it is required to be printed as "Skip" between first and last name.

Parents screwed me when naming me, didn't even give me a middle name.

This is how my cards used to be, except "Skip" wasn't the name in the middle.

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Re: Business card question [j p o] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 5:52

Post #9 of 25 (2109 views)

j p o wrote:

Yeah, otherwise they will look at the card later and wonder who the hell Jebediah is. I think that is actually a pretty normal thing to do.

real name isn't terrible I guess, it's Don and no middle name. My dad doesn't have a middle name so he felt I didn't need one.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 6:12

Post #10 of 25 (2095 views)

Why not legally change your first name to Skip?

BTW, I don't have a middle name either. My father never had one so didn't give me one.

Re: Business card question [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 6:36

Post #11 of 25 (2078 views)

AndysStrongAle wrote:

Why not legally change your first name to Skip?

Ive thought about it before but the thought of notifying every agency and getting all new stuff keeps me from it.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 6:54

Post #12 of 25 (2064 views)

Quote:

real name isn't terrible I guess, it's Don

I've seen the nickname in quotes before

Would you satisfy your state law by using D. Skip last name ? You could make Skip your middle name legally.

"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:01

Post #13 of 25 (2058 views)

SkipG wrote:

j p o wrote:

Yeah, otherwise they will look at the card later and wonder who the hell Jebediah is. I think that is actually a pretty normal thing to do.

real name isn't terrible I guess, it's Don and no middle name. My dad doesn't have a middle name so he felt I didn't need one.

Please tell me your last name is Legday. Or maybe Abeat.

That would be the best business card ever.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:12

Post #14 of 25 (2045 views)

I don't see it as an issue, is there a rule that your proper name has to be the same size? I would have to play with it to see the look but I would be tempted to make the first name really small then Skip and last name in a normal size.

Re: Business card question [WelshinPhilly] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:27

Post #15 of 25 (2033 views)

No...Gilliam

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:34

Post #16 of 25 (2020 views)

Is this a requirement for the industry that you are in, or for all business cards?

As someone who uses my middle name, I wouldn't think twice about you having "Skip" bolded or prominent in your name.

Last edited by: rick_pcfl: Nov 15, 17 7:35

Re: Business card question [AndysStrongAle] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:35

Post #17 of 25 (2016 views)

AndysStrongAle wrote:

Why not legally change your first name to Skip?

BTW, I don't have a middle name either. My father never had one so didn't give me one.

My dad is the youngest of 18 kids, I figured my grandma just ran out of ideas for names by the time he was born.

Re: Business card question [Leddy] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 7:41

Post #18 of 25 (2008 views)

Leddy wrote:

Quote:

real name isn't terrible I guess, it's Don

I've seen the nickname in quotes before

Would you satisfy your state law by using D. Skip last name ? You could make Skip your middle name legally.

Ill have to do some more digging, to see if the D. Works.

Go ahead I teed that up for y'all

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 8:14

Post #19 of 25 (1985 views)

Have your real name on the front, and then on the back have your preferred name, gender, race, etc.

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 8:19

Post #20 of 25 (1978 views)

SkipG wrote:

State requires legal name to be on the business card, I have never been known by or used my real name other than to sign legal documents. Skip has been my nickname since the day I was born.

Question is would it be bad form or frowned upon to include a nickname on a business card?

If included it is required to be printed as "Skip" between first and last name.

Parents screwed me when naming me, didn't even give me a middle name.

What??? What state is that?

Perfectly acceptable to include "Skip" between first and last name. In fact, I have a number of guys I use as local counsel around the country who do this. I have one Skip, one Chip, and one Bud, among others.

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Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 8:19

Post #21 of 25 (1978 views)

I would ignore the law.

Re: Business card question [jimatbeyond] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 11:16

Post #22 of 25 (1921 views)

jimatbeyond wrote:

I would ignore the law.

This. How would they even found out and if they tried to prosecute laugh at them.

I miss YaHey

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 12:43

Post #23 of 25 (1887 views)

Quote:

My dad is the youngest of 18 kids...

Are you a rabbit?

Last edited by: JerseyBigfoot: Nov 15, 17 12:43

Re: Business card question [SkipG] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 12:47

Post #24 of 25 (1879 views)

What industry are you in that your business card is regulated???

I would do the D. Skip G option. Plenty of attorneys do this, imagine it should pass whatever regulation you are dealing with.

Re: Business card question [JerseyBigfoot] [ In reply to ]

Nov 15, 17 12:59

Post #25 of 25 (1868 views)

JerseyBigfoot wrote:

Quote:

My dad is the youngest of 18 kids...

Are you a rabbit?

His older brother is named Thumper.

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