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HelpRe: Does August need a nickname?
in reply to a message by Danielle79
I don't think August needs a nickname and personally I wouldn't use a nickname either. August is just too nice to be shortened.
Will people shorten August?
I don't really get people who just automatically starts shorten people's names and call them by nicknames. To be honest, I think it's kind of rude to assume that just because someone is named August (or whatever) you can call him Gus. I've never went by a nickname (my name is Caroline) but I've had people try to call me Caro. When I was younger I didn't really understand that they meant me which made them stop calling me that. When I got older, people sometimes asked me if they could call me Caro and I said that I've never been called that but if they wanted to they could, but then they didn't.
Just the other day I had someone at work call me Caro, I responded to it but he looked kind of surprised himself as if he didn't really mean to call me Caro but just happened to.
Will people shorten August?
I don't really get people who just automatically starts shorten people's names and call them by nicknames. To be honest, I think it's kind of rude to assume that just because someone is named August (or whatever) you can call him Gus. I've never went by a nickname (my name is Caroline) but I've had people try to call me Caro. When I was younger I didn't really understand that they meant me which made them stop calling me that. When I got older, people sometimes asked me if they could call me Caro and I said that I've never been called that but if they wanted to they could, but then they didn't.
Just the other day I had someone at work call me Caro, I responded to it but he looked kind of surprised himself as if he didn't really mean to call me Caro but just happened to.
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