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in reply to a message by cayden
I think this is not nearly as unusual as many on here seem to think. I've known a ton of Davids, but only a couple of them regularly went by Dave, for instance.
I do think that if the full name is very long, like Elizabeth or Alexander, a nn is much more likely to be used eventually, and that expecting everybody to always say the full four or five syllables is maybe not all that realistic.
So I'm fine with it, as long as the person with the name, or their parents, aren't obnoxious about insisting that the full name always be used. But I also think that after a certain point, a nn or no nn is kind of out of the parents' hands.
We don't need to set the sky on fire. A little glow will do just fine.
Bob Ross
I do think that if the full name is very long, like Elizabeth or Alexander, a nn is much more likely to be used eventually, and that expecting everybody to always say the full four or five syllables is maybe not all that realistic.
So I'm fine with it, as long as the person with the name, or their parents, aren't obnoxious about insisting that the full name always be used. But I also think that after a certain point, a nn or no nn is kind of out of the parents' hands.
We don't need to set the sky on fire. A little glow will do just fine.
Bob Ross
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