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Maybe it's just where I live but people generally just go by what they introduce themselves as unless it's like Elizabeth and people will automatically call you Liz sometimes. But I knew a girl named August growing up and everyone just knew her as August, that was it. Likewise, I knew a Jacob and a Kathryn in high school who went pretty much strictly by Jacob and Kathryn. It was actually really weird when someone out of the blue would call them Jake or Kate/Katie, it was like "huh?" and made everyone really uncomfortable for some reason. Often times, it would be other kids correcting the teacher saying "no it's only Jacob!" because it just seemed so off.