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I hear you that it's a tough dilemma for an 8 year old, but the problem is that Christopher is a common name and [b]every other Christopher is cool with Chris[/b].  We have a last name that many people mispronounce (it's an easy name but it has a common mispronunciation).  My 9 year old is not comfortable telling everyone the correct pronunciation but he hates when people do it and my advice to him is to learn to be ok with how people are pronouncing (I, personally, don't care one way or the other if you put the accent on the wrong syllable and pronounce the vowel the other way) or get used to correcting it.  It is what it is.  Going through life seething because someone makes a very common mistake is a recipe for disaster.  Not saying your son is doing this, but you sound irrationally upset over it.[/quote]

It's not true that every other Christopher is cool with Chris. Some are, some aren't. [b]If Christopher has to tell his teacher every day that it's Christopher, not Chris, that's not Christopher's problem, it's his teacher's.[/b][/quote]

Man you are really dense aren't you? The teacher might be a dunce but in reality, it's Christopher's problem because he has to do it every day and that's annoying. Soooo that is why everyone is telling you not to choose a name that naturally shortens to a name you don't care for.[/quote]

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