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[Sooner]

To be in just name the child after what you had for dinner (Apple? Pear? Pot Pie, Lasagna?) or the direction your garage faces (Southeast), your state animal (Bear?) or the closest geographic feature (Mountain, River, Canal, Prairie?). 

[Lakelife62]

You can asked to be called whatever you want. Most respectful people will have no problem addressing you in the way you prefer. Especially nowadays. I think it's a non issue.

[beckyb1012]

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@Sooner wrote:

To be in just name the child after what you had for dinner (Apple? Pear? Pot Pie, Lasagna?) or the direction your garage faces (Southeast), your state animal (Bear?) or the closest geographic feature (Mountain, River, Canal, Prairie?). 

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Maybe the two men were named after Bear Bryant.  Apple and North West were just way out there for me.

[NYCLatinaMe]

Maybe we shouldn't judge people by their name.

[NYCLatinaMe]

I had a friend in college whose parents named him Bob.  He said it was a problem in school because his teachers called him Robert.  He liked his name.

We met in college in 1980.

[Othereeeen]

@Sooner 

Or put a  cutesie vowel at the end....particularly an "i"...

Tiffani, Ashli, Leilani, Kali, Mari...Moroni....

To ME... they sound like Baloni.

[faeriemoon]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

People are naming their babies nicknames rather than the formal name. For example: Beth rather than Elizabeth, Liv rather than Olivia, Tim rather than Timothy...

I wouldn't like that it eliminates the option of choosing to be addressed by a different nickname, Liz instead of Beth or the formal name. The Princess of Wales prefers to be called Catherine rather than Kate.

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I have read that the PALACE (aka the Firm) prefers she be called Catherine.  I think in private she's still Kate.

(Or, I just posted a rumor.)

[faeriemoon]

I prefer a formal name.  Choose whatever nickname you want, but start with a regular name.

I don't have a real reason, and I'm not old fashioned or nostalgic, it's just a preference.

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@sunshine45 wrote:

new grandma here.....our little devil is now 3 months old.

he has a not so common name that can be shortened to a not so common nickname. i generally call him by his name, my daughter and her husband call him by his nickname.

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What's his name? Satan?    

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

An actor named Billy or Suzy is fine, but not a surgeon. 

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who says so? I don't care what my surgeon's name is as long as she's competent.