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HelpRe: Hating Nicknames
in reply to a message by LMS (nsi)
I have some names I like, but I don't like an obvious nickname, for instance I like Frederick but dislike Fred.
Otherwise, I find it's mainly people in English-speaking countires who seem to feel this need for nns. Unless maybe a bane's super-long, there's no necessity for a nn. So I think that, at least until your daughter's young, you could just call her Alice and discourage others from using a nn. Of course, once she's old enough to decide for herself, then she might want to go by Allie or Liss or some other nn.
Otherwise, I find it's mainly people in English-speaking countires who seem to feel this need for nns. Unless maybe a bane's super-long, there's no necessity for a nn. So I think that, at least until your daughter's young, you could just call her Alice and discourage others from using a nn. Of course, once she's old enough to decide for herself, then she might want to go by Allie or Liss or some other nn.
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I guess my problem is that I might just end up using a nn, even though I hate them, for convenience sake and I just don't want to fall into that trap. Does anyone have advice to help prevent myself from doing that?
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Alice is a short enough name that I don't think you'd need to use a nn for convenience.
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ditto!
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I don't know, but I don't think I'd be inclined to use a nn I hated. I guess you'd have to make a conscious effort to use her full name in situations where you'd be inclined to use the nickname, such as when you're calling her directly, for instance.
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