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Introduce her as Catherine, and say, "But we all call her Cricket." Or something like that. And you can't force other people to call her Cricket. Some people will see you call her Cricket and call her that too, but there are people who won't. I've got a friend who likes to go by his nickname, and all of his friends call him by his nickname, and some other people, but there are people who don't. And some people, say, some teachers have "principles", not to call people by nicknames. So you can't force people, but you can get most people to call her by a nickname. And when she's older, she can decide for herself whether she likes it, and if she does, she'll be introducing herself as Cricket.

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I hope I made sense. I probably did, in a long-winded sentence way. But you can't have everything in life.