Nicknames

I'm the type of person who will politely correct someone once. Whether it's a shortening of my name or a nickname. If it is continued at a later date I don't respond, period. That is a total lack of respect. The opposite is the case with loved ones as you stated. Those are usually endearing names thought up with love in mind.

It really makes me unhappy when someone asks me my name and I tell them, only to have them shorten it the next time they speak to me. I have tried correcting them, which usually makes them act offended when they were just trying to be friendly. I have tried mentioning the spelling of it while they are nearby. Nothing seems to work with these people. My name is Jeanne. (Pronounced GeeKnee) No one calls me Jeanne. To them, I am Jean. I know, it isn't a big deal--maybe not to most people but it bugs me.

I try to be respectful and ask people what they like to be called. My given name does not have any real suitable nicknames. Heather--"Heth", "Heddy","Hefver", in Jr. Hi. "Heather Honey" after a pop song. My name has been so mangled, I like to take other people's wishes into consideration.

I like being called afang by my hubby and yanji by you guys but guess what i was called when i was akid in school? eleftheria is my greek name but i was called diptheria and bacterianot very nice for boosting a young girl's confidence is it lol? So it all depends on the name ..

my name is susan and i get called sus or susie and when i lived in england i was called jock.it doesnt bother me that people shorten my name.

If the person knows I do not like what they are calling me and they call me by that name anyway, then I have a problem with it.

I don't mind nicknames. I think people do it when they really like you, so it makes you feel good and know that they care I guess. Or something like that. My name is Angela, never go by that, but I go by Angie. People call me Ang a lot and other little names. I really don't mind.

I find this irritating. It is as if the person is saying "your name isn't worth speaking" so the shorten it for their convenience. I am suer they mean no harm but when they are told this is irritating they really should try to stop it and use your full name.

I am one of them people that is really bad for shortening down a person's name , not sure why I do this but I always have . I don't mind when anyone shortens down my name at all and it was a big joke to my sister and I as when my mother named us , she tried to pick names that could not be shortened down so we wouldn't have nicknames . Well that didn't work as there was a way to shorten my name down as it is Rachel and everyone started calling me Rai or Rach and my sister has red hair so everyone called her Rusty lol .

sometimes i like it when people have a nickname for me but sometimes i dont like specially if the nickname doesn't sounds good or have a bad meaning. but generally, i like nicknames because it reminds me of the person who gave me the nick and the other way around. am back... cheers!!!

i don't mind having nicknames as long as some limits aren't overtaken. i had some really rude class mates a few years ago who never thought of any limits when calling someone by nicknames. but now i don't mind because whoever gives me a nickname, i start to like it (that may be because i have inspired friends, i don't know lol). my boyfriend has been calling me by a nickname for almost 4 years now. he's calling me "fattie" (that's the best translation i could find) because he was always telling me how thin i am. so "fattie" has the exact opposite meaning. so now you can imagine that he rarely calls me by my name... more than this, whenever he calls me by my name, it means that he's upset or just serious...(a reason to worry) :P