On my side of the family (British) quite a few use nicknames, but on my OHs side (Danish) no one uses nicknames. Nicknames are not common here at all. If someone plan on calling their child by a "nickname" they will just use that name as a first name.
If someone uses nicknames for my girls, like
Else or
Elsie or Arw, I correct them - If I had wanted them to call my daughter
Elsie I would have named her that!
Yeah, nicknames are a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Funnily enough, my first name (
Luna) was originally a nickname (for Lunabella), but I've legally changed it, since I've always only gone by
Luna.
This message was edited 10/29/2010, 4:16 PM