I bring this up bc I have a very long first name. And it took me 20 years at my current work and a change of departments to finally get people to use my full name.
My full name is 10 letters long, not common and not easy to spell. As a kid I went but initials until 2nd grade when someone shortened and cutened my name with a final e sound. Think Antoninette and people calling me Tony. In 6th grade I decided I liked my full name and started trying to use it everywhere. I did this every beginning of the school year right thru grad school. People called me the cutened version Or just by the first syllable of my name. I went to a new college, a new state, I moved for work. People still kept doing it. I have been in this job for 20 years and I finally FINALLY got them to do it. But it means spelling out my full entire name on every email. But..in person they still call me the shortened first syllable. Sometimes they say the full name but in person in conversations it is always the first syllable.
So I am curious how people would react to this question. I think just repeating "It's Josiah" every time is the only way to go. But wanted to hear other people's thoughts.
Also? I have never once gone by the cutened version of my name since high school. Where I live random people hear my full name and immediately try to cuten it. I have stopped everyone from doing it but my neighbor (who I actually like). South Philly is full of nicknames and there is a Butter and a Junior on every block. So I do understand why, but yeah I feel for this person. If they live anywhere around me it will be a full uphill battle.
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My full name is 10 letters long, not common and not easy to spell. As a kid I went but initials until 2nd grade when someone shortened and cutened my name with a final e sound. Think Antoninette and people calling me Tony. In 6th grade I decided I liked my full name and started trying to use it everywhere. I did this every beginning of the school year right thru grad school. People called me the cutened version Or just by the first syllable of my name. I went to a new college, a new state, I moved for work. People still kept doing it. I have been in this job for 20 years and I finally FINALLY got them to do it. But it means spelling out my full entire name on every email. But..in person they still call me the shortened first syllable. Sometimes they say the full name but in person in conversations it is always the first syllable.
So I am curious how people would react to this question. I think just repeating "It's Josiah" every time is the only way to go. But wanted to hear other people's thoughts.
Also? I have never once gone by the cutened version of my name since high school. Where I live random people hear my full name and immediately try to cuten it. I have stopped everyone from doing it but my neighbor (who I actually like). South Philly is full of nicknames and there is a Butter and a Junior on every block. So I do understand why, but yeah I feel for this person. If they live anywhere around me it will be a full uphill battle.