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in reply to a message by Crista
If I really liked both names and saw it as an opportunity to use two favorites, yes, I'd do it. But if I were doing it just so that they had a "full name" to fall back on, or to honor someone else, I'd just use the diminutive.
I don't see it as that big of an issue though. In general social settings it's not like you'd have to announce it - "Hi, my name's Mary, but call me Polly." You'd just say, "Hi, I'm Polly." In school, most teachers usually ask if there's some other name you go by and then it doesn't require an explanation either. I don't see it as really any different than going by your middle name
I don't see it as that big of an issue though. In general social settings it's not like you'd have to announce it - "Hi, my name's Mary, but call me Polly." You'd just say, "Hi, I'm Polly." In school, most teachers usually ask if there's some other name you go by and then it doesn't require an explanation either. I don't see it as really any different than going by your middle name
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