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Like I said in the Judge Rider thread I have a double barrel 1st name but everyone calls me John because its what I'm comfortable with and what I like so AJ& Anton are just doing the same. there's surley no problem me doing it so Anton AJ and Judge Rinder are no different?
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Anton is at least a proper name. What I really meant is why do people use initials instead of an actual name? I just find it weird. It sounds so cringeworthy, very americanised, and as if they are trying to be really "cool"!
I don't dislike AJ/Alex by the way, I think he will be a good new pro for Strictly. Quote:
Changing from Tony Beak to Anton DuBeke is a little more pretentious than what you did so I'd say there was a difference
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Why doesn't he just call himself Alex then? Nothing wrong with that name. It's better than AJ anyway, which sounds a bit silly and American.
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Changing from Tony Beak to Anton DuBeke is a little more pretentious than what you did so I'd say there was a difference
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But don't you get endless Byker Grove jokes? Where's Duncan, etc?
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so whats the difference to what I did and what AJ& Judge rinder are doing?
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Think I'm a bit too young. Most of my friends wouldn't know the reference
To people my age PJ and Duncan is such a familiar thing, but yes of course there must be a whole new generation who only know Ant and Dec as TV hosts, don't remember their former characters and have never heard their diabolical forays into pop music, (although that is obviously no bad thing).Quote:
I'm not trying to start an argument, but IIRC Anton's real name is Tony? So Anton is a nickname. Just like AJ
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It doesn't matter if any of us think AJ is weird -- which I don't, by the way. It's AJ's choice what he wants to be called.
Isn't Anton's real name Anthony Beak? Tony is usually a short form of Anthony, not a name in its own right. Yes, the whole thing is somewhat pretentious, but the Anton part does actually make some sort of sense. Again, though, it's his choice what he wants to be called. It either sounds American/trying to be cool or very formal, i.e. not revealing your first name. I've always found it really odd. But clearly it's just me who thinks that................. |
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To people my age PJ and Duncan is such a familiar thing, but yes of course there must be a whole new generation who only know Ant and Dec as TV hosts, don't remember their former characters and have never heard their diabolical forays into pop music, (although that is obviously no bad thing).