I have a real life example of this. On my fire station we have a red head who we obviously called Ginger, and only called him Ginger. The annual banquet comes around and the Chief reads off a list of members that have finish their training and are now full members, and referred to him by his real name. What followed was a collective"who?" and a very awkward pause followed by "Oh you mean Ginger" funny as hell in retrospect

Soupdragon: What!? No real life examples? How is this possible?