Posted by Adam Quinan on January 05, 2012 at 13:25:24 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Clear Ransome influence posted by John Nichols on January 05, 2012 at 09:40:22:
JMN wrote: Case in point "Randy - short for randall" is perfectly ok in the US and absolutely not in Australia.
I remember my first visit to Disneyland in California with a couple of friends. We were in our early 20s and one of the staff greeted a group of us with the memorable statement "Hi, I'm Randy", to which my only possible reply was "So am I but I don't go around announcing it loudly to complete strangers".