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Originally Posted by Mourna Biziou  I like having a more a formal name and a casual name. It denotes a level of closeness to the individual.
Also, people are going to give nicknames even if the name is one syllable. Nicknames aren't always necessarily a shortening, but many times a term of endearment. |
I have a short name and my sister shortened it even further to simply Ree. Every time she used my actual name, I knew she was in a bad mood with me or just in general.
My dad and uncle both called me Chicken occasionally. No idea why, but I knew what it meant when they called me that.