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HelpRe: Would you still use a name if you hated all the nicknames?
in reply to a message by coldplayer9
Yes.
I've looked after kids called Katharine, William, Samuel, Olivia, Nicholas and Madeline who ALWAYS went by their full name. And this is in Australia, where we are genetically wired to shorten things as much as possible. So if they can manage it.
The only time I think its unavoidable is if the kid themselves chooses to go by that nickname when they are older. Not much you can do about that. But otherwise, I'd just always correct people. It's your kids name. My stepsister's name is Ceridwen, but she asks everyone to call her Ceri. Now Ceridwen is one of my favourite names, and I don't like Ceri- find it very run of the mill blah. But I always make the effort to call her Ceri, because no matter what I like, it's HER name. And I think it's quite rude to do otherwise.
I think the hardest ones to avoid are the ones where the nn is the first syllable- eg Samantha/Sam. It's almost automatic. But again, if William can avoid Will...
Carrie for Caroline doens'tseem automatic to me at all.
Every Genevieve I've known (all 3 of them, lol) has always gon by Genevieve. There's also Evie, but I agree...Genevieve is so pretty.
Seraphina...how about Sephy?
I think, in your case, if theres a nickname that you like/don;t mind, I'd install that early on and prempt the ones you hate. Otherwise, I'd just stick to my guns and stick to the full name. Eventually people will get it!
I've looked after kids called Katharine, William, Samuel, Olivia, Nicholas and Madeline who ALWAYS went by their full name. And this is in Australia, where we are genetically wired to shorten things as much as possible. So if they can manage it.
The only time I think its unavoidable is if the kid themselves chooses to go by that nickname when they are older. Not much you can do about that. But otherwise, I'd just always correct people. It's your kids name. My stepsister's name is Ceridwen, but she asks everyone to call her Ceri. Now Ceridwen is one of my favourite names, and I don't like Ceri- find it very run of the mill blah. But I always make the effort to call her Ceri, because no matter what I like, it's HER name. And I think it's quite rude to do otherwise.
I think the hardest ones to avoid are the ones where the nn is the first syllable- eg Samantha/Sam. It's almost automatic. But again, if William can avoid Will...
Carrie for Caroline doens'tseem automatic to me at all.
Every Genevieve I've known (all 3 of them, lol) has always gon by Genevieve. There's also Evie, but I agree...Genevieve is so pretty.
Seraphina...how about Sephy?
I think, in your case, if theres a nickname that you like/don;t mind, I'd install that early on and prempt the ones you hate. Otherwise, I'd just stick to my guns and stick to the full name. Eventually people will get it!
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