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nickname??
can Sam work as a nickname for Sanjay? or is it too much of a stretch??
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I think it could work. I know a Sandra who gets called Sam.
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I think it can work; it's unlikely that you'll meet a Sanjay who isn't of Asian-Indian descent, and I can see a Sanjay asking to be called Sam in an effort to seem less conspicuously "foreign" or being nicknamed Sam by his friends.
I wouldn't do it, but I don't have a hard time imagining somebody doing it.
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I have an in-law (male) who emigrated to Canada (one of many);his name is two syllables and not remotely hard to say;nevertheless, he decided he would take on the nick-name of "Chuck".Didn't take, however,as most of his new friends were also ex-middle-east, and the family in Canada refused to say Chuck.
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Too much of a stretch IMO. San would work better.
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No, because you can't spell Sanjay with Sam. Why not use Jay instead?
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Hmm whay about Sanny or Jay instead?
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No, I think it's way to much of a stretch, I'd use jay.
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I'd go with Sanj or Jay (but I like Sanj better) -
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