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Help[Opinions] Re: Kimberly
in reply to a message by Lily
I do like Kimberly, largely due to positive association, but also due to sound. I also know a Kimberli, a spelling I don't care for. Both go by Kim.
If she were to insist on being called Kimberly, and refused to answer to anything else, most people would fall in line and call her by her full name. I specify that *she* must be the one to insist this, not her parents. If *she* chooses to answer to Kim, that's what most people will call her. This comes from my experience with my own name. My parents both hate the usual nickname and tried not allow anyone to call me by it. I've never felt it's my name, never introduced myself by it, never signed it. I can call someone up and say, "Hi, it's *My Name*." They'll say, "Oh, hi, *Nickname*. How are you?". As I grew up, I came to realize that, when people like you, they nickname you, and I got to where I'd answer to the nickname when I recognized the voice, rather than correct people all the time, and my parents had no control over that.
If she were to insist on being called Kimberly, and refused to answer to anything else, most people would fall in line and call her by her full name. I specify that *she* must be the one to insist this, not her parents. If *she* chooses to answer to Kim, that's what most people will call her. This comes from my experience with my own name. My parents both hate the usual nickname and tried not allow anyone to call me by it. I've never felt it's my name, never introduced myself by it, never signed it. I can call someone up and say, "Hi, it's *My Name*." They'll say, "Oh, hi, *Nickname*. How are you?". As I grew up, I came to realize that, when people like you, they nickname you, and I got to where I'd answer to the nickname when I recognized the voice, rather than correct people all the time, and my parents had no control over that.
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