[air]

The point was that those are forbidden in E-prime, (they have "am" in them).

[nkrisc]

Bah. You can see it is ingrained in me.

I meant instead "I call myself ______ ", which is common in Spanish, for example, and other languages.

[frenchy]

One could say "I call myself Stephen", but does make it sound like there's something a little weird going on upstairs.

[mohanmcgeek]

Well, it would sound as if you are literally translating another language. And people may find you weird.