‘I Don’t Like Being Called Carlos’ – Carlos Alcaraz Has a Bizarre Request Related to His Name

Rattie said:
It’s not a nickname.
It’s exactly the same as someone whose name is Oliver and has been brought up only being called Ollie, unless he misbehaved whereupon his mum would say “Oliver!!”
It’s really commonplace in the U.K. to see this. As in Spain it seems.

Rafa didn’t call his academy the Rafael Nadal Academy, it’s the Rafa Nadal Academy, as that’s the name he’s always been known by.

Alcaraz has grown up being called Carlitos or Charly. It’s therefore unfamiliar to him to be addressed as Carlos all of a sudden.
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It’s quite the opposite for me. I also have an unofficial name that people who know me well use all the time and I’d find that weird if people I don’t know well chose to use it instead of my actual first name. Disrespectful, even. But I guess it’s contextual.
 
Imperator said:
It’s quite the opposite for me. I also have an unofficial name that people who know me well use all the time and I’d find that weird if people I don’t well chose to use it instead of my actual first name. Disrespectful, even. But I guess it’s contextual.
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Or cultural. Very few people I know are called by their full first name. Depends where we are from maybe.
 
Aabye5 said:
He is and always will be La Monf. Unlike "The World's Greatest Warrior" or whatever :rolleyes:
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Why you gotta bring up Djokovic every time you reply to me in a thread regardless of whether he has even remotely something to do with it ? I mean your obsessions are your own business and you don’t have to constantly annoy me with one of them.
 
Imperator said:
Why you gotta bring up Djokovic every time you reply to me in a thread regardless of whether he has even remotely something to do with it ? I mean your obsessions are your own business and you don’t have to constantly annoy me with one of them.
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I don't recall La Monf forcing anyone to call him that.
 
gjm127 said:
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I spit in the face of people who don’t wanna be cool :cool:
 
He's right though. A lot of cultures have a multitude of nicknames for children and you only call a child by his real name when he has misbehaved
 
Rattie said:
It’s not a nickname.
It’s exactly the same as someone whose name is Oliver and has been brought up only being called Ollie, unless he misbehaved whereupon his mum would say “Oliver!!”
It’s really commonplace in the U.K. to see this. As in Spain it seems.

Rafa didn’t call his academy the Rafael Nadal Academy, it’s the Rafa Nadal Academy, as that’s the name he’s always been known by.

Alcaraz has grown up being called Carlitos or Charly. It’s therefore unfamiliar to him to be addressed as Carlos all of a sudden.
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Funnily enough, Rafa is Rafel to his dear ones... his wife mentions him as Rafel in her radio interviews, Tio Toni always says Rafael.
Rafa signs as Rafel in personal notes. If Carlos is Carlitos, Rafa is Rafito.

Anyway, when the full name is used at home, it defo is for getting scolded!
At school and work place , isn't full name the norm?

Sports being entertainment, Alcaraz can call the shots re his name. To me he's Alcaraz... there are so many Carloses
 
Frenchy-Player said:
During the post-match interview after his second-round victory, the Spaniard opened up on why he doesn’t like being called by his first name. Further, he said, “I don’t like being called Carlos. I like Carlitos or Charlie. Honestly, Carlos seems very serious to me and it seems that I have done something wrong.” :unsure:

www.essentiallysports.com

‘I Don’t Like Being Called Carlos’ - Carlos Alcaraz Has a Bizarre Request Related to His Name

Spanish tennis sensation and Miami Open champion, Carlos Alcaraz, opens up on why he doesn't like being called by his first name.
www.essentiallysports.com

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Again, the movie was a big title mistake. Carlito is not Carlitos.
 
JustMy2Cents said:
Funnily enough, Rafa is Rafel to his dear ones... his wife mentions him as Rafel in her radio interviews, Tio Toni always says Rafael.
Rafa signs as Rafel in personal notes. If Carlos is Carlitos, Rafa is Rafito.

Anyway, when the full name is used at home, it defo is for getting scolded!
At school and work place , isn't full name the norm?

Sports being entertainment, Alcaraz can call the shots re his name. To me he's Alcaraz... there are so many Carloses
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Rafel?
 
I will call him Alcaraz. Neither Carlos, Carlitos, or Charlie.
I have a 77 year-old cousin named Carlos. Though it’s years I don’t speak to him, I don’t want to mistake one with the other.
 
Sudacafan said:
I will call him Alcaraz. Neither Carlos, Carlitos, or Charlie.
I have a 77 year-old cousin named Carlos. Though it’s years I don’t speak to him, I don’t want to mistake one with the other.
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Carlitos/Charlie sounds weird to me, I prefer Carl. But I don't really like calling players by their first name, I don't even do it with my favorite one. Maybe I'll shorten his last name.
 
I used to know a guy that had the opposite request, his name was Carlos and we called him Carlitos, he didn't like it and requested to be called Carlos, I think it had something to do with his height, he was like 1.60.
 
It wasn't even a request. Álex Corretja asked him what he preferred to be called since everybody calls him Carlitos, and he said he's indeed most used to being referred to as Carlitos or Charlie, as he's only called Carlos when being told off by his mother.
 
Norrie called him Charlie in his runner up speech in Buenos Aires earlier this year. Perhaps the other players do as well. He refers to himself as Charlie.
 
Rattie said:
Norrie called him Charlie in his runner up speech in Buenos Aires earlier this year. Perhaps the other players do as well. He refers to himself as Charlie.
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Why does he want his name to be Anglicised? Seems like strange self hatred to me. Idk.

He is still Carlos to me. Vamos.
 
Frenchy-Player said:
During the post-match interview after his second-round victory, the Spaniard opened up on why he doesn’t like being called by his first name. Further, he said, “I don’t like being called Carlos. I like Carlitos or Charlie. Honestly, Carlos seems very serious to me and it seems that I have done something wrong.” :unsure:

www.essentiallysports.com

‘I Don’t Like Being Called Carlos’ - Carlos Alcaraz Has a Bizarre Request Related to His Name

Spanish tennis sensation and Miami Open champion, Carlos Alcaraz, opens up on why he doesn't like being called by his first name.
www.essentiallysports.com

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I can relate in multiple ways. I'm gonna call him Chipperama in solidarity.
 
TheNachoMan said:
Why does he want his name to be Anglicised? Seems like strange self hatred to me. Idk.

He is still Carlos to me. Vamos.
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Maybe he’s been called that since he was a tot by his family.

Personally I know I hate it when people call me by a version of my name that I don’t like. I tend to think people should be known by the version of their name they prefer.

But it’s different as he is a famous name, I guess he’s used to Carlos by now.
 
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