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HelpRe: I dislike it
in reply to a message by Llewella
It will often be assumed their name is a nickname. If your name is Jim, people are all going to assume it's short for James, and you'll always have to correct them.
That's interesting because where I'm from it's the exact opposite. If someone is called Jim no one would think it wasn't his full name. People would assume it was his full name and they would probably be very surprised if it turned out that this Jim's full name was James. I guess the full names and their nicknames have been "lost in translation". I'm sure there are many, many that don't realise that names like Jack and Bill were originally nicknames.
That's interesting because where I'm from it's the exact opposite. If someone is called Jim no one would think it wasn't his full name. People would assume it was his full name and they would probably be very surprised if it turned out that this Jim's full name was James. I guess the full names and their nicknames have been "lost in translation". I'm sure there are many, many that don't realise that names like Jack and Bill were originally nicknames.
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