ImpulseDrive42

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So basically, I was given my name haha. With permission from me of course. But at the time when I was just becoming aware that I’m trans I met some friends on VRChat. We would regularly hangout and stuff and the topic of names came up. I told them my now dead name and instantly my friend suggested the name “Allie”. So I just rolled with it and it stuck and I liked my new name. Which is strangely fitting since my avatar is part cat, like an Alley Cat haha.

So yeah! Now I go by Allie now! But I’m probably gonna just use that as a preferred nickname and when I do my name change I’ll probably write down “Allison”. “Allie” for short. I’m also considering changing my middle name to “Nicole”. But we’ll see.

I haven’t done my legal name change yet.

I’ve had a random idea btw… Not sure if anyone knows if this exists for voice training. This meme just randomly reminded me.

So, it used to be a popular thing way back when where there would be an audio track of an instructor repeating phrases. Usually as a purchaseable tape cassette or CD. The CD or whatever would play the phrases and then there would be moments of silence to let you participate and say the same phrases that they say. Typically this was done in order to learn foreign languages.

Does anyone have any links to similar content except for trans people? Because I would be highly interested. I’d likely purchase and collect the tracks and then put them in my car so that I can practice while driving to and from appointments. ( I drive like twice a week at a minimum, and practicing in the car is somehow less embarrasing I think haha).

Just a thought. ;-)

A friend of mine on VRChat picked it out for me and it just sort of “stuck”. They wanted to call me a nice girly name instead of my vrchat username (which is different from my lemmy account name). So they started calling me “Allie”.

So now I go by “Allie” lol. It’s very close to Alex as well. But I have been debating on changing it legally to Allison and then using “Allie” as a nickname.