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I was kidnapped as a young child and my birth name was Brian/Bryan. 1 3.70%
It’s a leftover glow from a past life when I was named Brian/Bryan. 2 7.41%
There was a mixup at the hospital and I was switched with a baby named Brian/Bryan. 0 0%
My parents merely gave me the wrong name. They didn’t capture my aura correctly. 2 7.41%
I look like some guy that everyone knows whose name is Brian/Bryan. 2 7.41%
My name is Brian/Bryan, but it’s just spelled like a completely different name and I’ve been mispronouncing it. 0 0%
I’m beginning a period of hallucination where I believe I’m a person named Brian/Bryan. 1 3.70%
I remind people of the dog on Family Guy. 8 29.63%
There’s always a very quiet person named Brian/Bryan who’s standing behind me. 1 3.70%
It's a Truman show thing, and my character is named Brian/Bryan. 2 7.41%
Names are irrelevant. It's all about eye contact. 1 3.70%
My name is Brian/Bryan and at some point I got mixed up. 2 7.41%
I'm experiencing glitches in the Matrix. 2 7.41%
I have another theory that I'll share below. 3 11.11%
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Old 05-06-2021, 01:48 PM  
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What's your theory on my name mixups?
Over the course of our lives, we'll regularly encounter people who get our name wrong. It just happens, and it's no big deal.

However, when people forget my name, they disproportionately call me Brian. (Or maybe Bryan, I can't tell.) This is not a coincidence, because it's really disproportionate. We're talking probably 50 percent of the time, when someone gets my name wrong, they call me Brian/Bryan.

There must be a reason for this. What's the reason?

I'll post a few of my theories in a poll, but other theories are welcome. I need to solve this mystery.
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:20 PM   #16
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not always a good thing, though.
had a neighbor w/a speech problem that pronounced my name "salt cock".
people still call me that
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:21 PM   #17
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I didn't know your name was Alex, man.
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:21 PM   #18
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It's Brain.

Of course.
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:44 PM   #19
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Because their stupid and brian is a good cop out name.
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:45 PM   #20
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Its not Bryan its Bryne.
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:49 PM   #21
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Old 05-06-2021, 02:51 PM   #22
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Old 05-06-2021, 03:12 PM   #23
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I apologize in my head I've been calling you man rain for years (stupid dad joke)
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Old 05-06-2021, 03:45 PM   #24
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If you tell your last name, is the first+last mashing up into something triggering "Brian". Give them a wrong last name and see if it clears this issue up.
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Old 05-06-2021, 03:48 PM   #25
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Old 05-06-2021, 04:04 PM   #26
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Over the course of our lives, we'll regularly encounter people who get our name wrong. It just happens, and it's no big deal.

However, when people forget my name, they disproportionately call me Brian. (Or maybe Bryan, I can't tell.) This is not a coincidence, because it's really disproportionate. We're talking probably 50 percent of the time, when someone gets my name wrong, they call me Brian/Bryan.

There must be a reason for this. What's the reason?

I'll post a few of my theories in a poll, but other theories are welcome. I need to solve this mystery.
Is your real name Ryan? Or something resembling that. If so then I think it's just coincidence. If your real name is like Khaliq or Hank. Makese no sense...and you just look like a guy named Brian.
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Old 05-06-2021, 04:08 PM   #27
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When people get my name wrong, they change letters and remove letters. Never been called something totally wrong, because they get parts right... just miss on the whole name...
Same with me....add and delete letters all the time....

Maybe that’s Rainman’s problem: people selectively eliminate all the actual letters of his real name, and then add the letter B-R-I(Y)-A-N....with the net result Brian
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Old 05-06-2021, 04:11 PM   #28
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Same with me....add and delete letters all the time....

Maybe that’s Rainman’s problem: people selectively eliminate all the actual letters of his real name, and then add the letter B-R-I(Y)-A-N....with the net result Brian
Yeah, the second syllable of Brian/Bryan is kind of right. So it's like they remember the back half of the name and then play the odds on filling in the first syllable.
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Yeah, the second syllable of Brian/Bryan is kind of right. So it's like they remember the back half of the name and then play the odds on filling in the first syllable.
Maybe when you introduce yourself, your brain hears the full version, but the listener hears “Brrrrrrrrb-AN”, so they take a shot and call you Brian in hopes that’s what that strange sound meant?
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Old 05-06-2021, 04:43 PM   #30
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Maybe when you introduce yourself, your brain hears the full version, but the listener hears “Brrrrrrrrb-AN”, so they take a shot and call you Brian in hopes that’s what that strange sound meant?
My real name is Brrrrrrban, so I guess you could be right.
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