Talk:Philip Oakey

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[edit] Philip or Phil?

Reliable sources close to Mr Oakey state that he now personally prefers to be called Philip Oakey instead of Phil Oakey which he was widely known early in his career. This mirrors his Human League Co-Vocalist Susanne Sulley now preferring to be called Susan. Conflicting reports also state that he continues to refer to himself as Phil on stage during Human League live events. When asked about this Oakey said "I've never been a Phil, it's too familiar and I am a formal sort of person"

For Wiki purposes Philip Oakey should be considered as the normal term of address as Phil is just a truncation of his full first name.


Andi064 21:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Seems reasonable. roundhouse 22:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

"I've never been a Phil" - except on "Love Action" when he said "This is Phil talking"... Totnesmartin 17:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Here's the quote ref: [1] there are other instances where he has said the same thing. He can get quite irritated being called Phil by the media now. Maybe times change and what seemed like a good idea to appear cool 26 years ago isn’t anymore. Similarly I know that Susan G is totally embarrassed by the whole 'Susanne' thing, another attempt to appear cool. Living people are refered to by their present prefered name on Wikipedia, hence the changes I made; and on Being Boiled he was credited as Philip Oakey anyway.[2]Andi064 17:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)