I feel like the outlier here on the "kids are not shy about correcting their name"!
My first name has two common short forms, one of which I'm mostly used to (thought not many people use it, and it's not how I introduce myself) and one of which I have always HAAAAAAATED.
For the handful of people who use the 2nd one I don't usually bother correcting them because they're not going to correct themselves anyways.
I probably developed proof of that from all the people who would call me Jennifer (sorta vaguely close to but not actually my name, same starting letter and number of syllables is the extent of the resemblance) as a kid and teen who would apologize when I corrected them but would then still continue to frequently call me Jennifer or "Jennifer, sorry I mean *real name*".
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My first name has two common short forms, one of which I'm mostly used to (thought not many people use it, and it's not how I introduce myself) and one of which I have always HAAAAAAATED.
For the handful of people who use the 2nd one I don't usually bother correcting them because they're not going to correct themselves anyways.
I probably developed proof of that from all the people who would call me Jennifer (sorta vaguely close to but not actually my name, same starting letter and number of syllables is the extent of the resemblance) as a kid and teen who would apologize when I corrected them but would then still continue to frequently call me Jennifer or "Jennifer, sorry I mean *real name*".