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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
This! I have the same problem. Growing up, I had many teachers who would assume I used the more popular/"older" nickname. It drove me crazy. Just assuming that someone even uses a nickname is ridiculous. Again, my second cousin has the same name and she doesn't use a nickname.
What also throws people is that my nickname doesn't start with the same letter as my given name. I even had one teacher tell me, "You can't do that."
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On an old Kojak tv episode one criminal uses three names: Margaret, Peggy and Gretchen. Kojak mentions all 3 names are derivations of the same name. What you can't learn from television...
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