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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, duh. Jonathan becomes Jon. Samantha becomes Sam. Jennifer becomes Jen.

The only person who still uses the formal name is...Mom.

Everyone else adult kids knows calls adult kid by the short version of their name.

This is everyone I know. Myself included.

It's a story as old as time. When I hear the moms of toddlers saying Alexander, I think to myself "that kid's going to be Alex to this friends, only Mom will call him Alexander." That's life.[/quote]

Well, that isn't always true.  My dd always wanted to be called the formal name never the nn ( think Catherine) My other dd goes by a nn but she prefers that we call her by her formal name too.  I would do whatever she wanted![/quote]
It's not always true, but the kid has to want to be called the full version of their name.  If they're fine with the nickname, then that's usually what happens.  And this happens regardless of ethnicity.   It might be about being ashamed of their heritage, but if OP doesn't have any other solid evidence that's what's happening, then it's almost certainly not.[/quote]

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