Dear Mr.
The Americans suffers from the illusion that a nickname is better than a real name.
Most Americans probably believe that passing out nicknames “pour Krethi et Plethi”, serves the purpose of making them more likeable as persons.
I doubt that…
If I want a nickname, I’ll make one for myself.
I don’t want it given to me by people who are to lazy to pronounce Cecilia.
A nickname given to you should reflect your uniqueness, and not be a lazy-ass abbreviation of your birth-given name.
So; in the civilised world, table tennis is called… well; table tennis!
In America, however, ( and in other equally “americanised areas” of the world ), they have nicknamed it ping-pong.
The most famous Mr. Ping is a character created by Universal.
Mr. Pong, within this narrative, is a (non-famous) character created by me.
When Mr. Ping and Mr. Pong meet, they just might ( as civilised people) play a game of table tennis.
And if they do, they have to focus on the essential – which is not the ball – because then you loose!
A narrow focus blurs the big picture…
Let me quicly reveal; very soon the time has come to introduce the next character of this story: Mr. Donald Johnson.
Mr. Donald Johnson does not have a nickname, but he likes to play table tennis ( ping-pong).
Cec (Cecilia Benedicte)
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