Using pseudonyms

[Paddy]

On Sep 19, 5:07 am, al... at mac.com (Alex Martelli) wrote:
> Aahz <a... at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> > For that matter, there are plenty of people who are better known by some
> > nickname that is not their legal name.
>
> Yep.  For example, some people whose legal name is "Alessandro" (which
> no American is ever going to be able to spell right -- ONE L, TWO S's,
> NOT an X or a J instead, "DRO" ending rather than "DER", etc), might
> choose to avoid the hassle and go by "Alex" (just to make up a case...).
>
> Alex


... and someone whose nickname is Paddy which is very common, and who
finds it hard to remember birthdates decides to add the days in the
month that his first two children were born on to his used name and
now only gets worried near his partners birthday :-)

- Paddy.