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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping this post to ask a generational question.

I am older and admit an aversion to nicknames. Deliberately gave my children names for which no nicknames could be created.

I have a new 20-something colleague who goes by a nickname although signature block has full name. Think Mandy versus Amanda. I want to tell her that she should use full name. I remember when I was her age and a colleague switched from Judy to Judith. I did not understand at the time but get it now.

To bolster my point, I have read that Jane Pauley was not taken seriously until she stopped using Janey and JLo has an album Jenny from the Block but is known professionally as Jennifer.

WDYT? Am I just a dinosaur? Only people over 30 notice or care?[/quote]

I am 57 and use my nickname probably 98% of the time.  My brother is 64 and same with him.  I know quite a few people in their 50's through 70's who almost exclusively use their nicknames.

[b]I actually think that the most common age of people who are like you are recent college grads from their 20's to early 30's.  These are people who want to go into the work world and be respected, and they feel that nicknames are ways that older people show less respect for them because of their youth.  They feel that diminutive nicknames are condescending and demeaning, so they insist on being called their full name.  I've known a few people like this who then carried it to the point of doing what you did, which is giving their children names for which there are no nicknames.[/b]

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That is a very astute observation. I don't fall into this category. It's unfortunate some feel that nicknames are condescending and demeaning (and may not admit that). [/quote]

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