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I try never to shorten anyones names without them telling me too, but I have noticed that nearly everyone is in the habit of doing it.... at work people call me D, on here people call me Di (which sounds like a request to me) pmsl!! Is this something that goes back years or are we just getting lazy?

Hi Diana Shortening of names is one of my pet hates!!! My name is Nicola and get really annoyed when I neet people for the first time and they start to call me Nicky or Nic!! Just hate it!!!

my family call me lou.and my father calls me blue why i don't knowxxxxx(:

And my parents christened me DIANA but call me Diane.... like they don't know what my name is!!

I never shorten names myself but it is funny how you get people who just do it without asking if it's ok. I had several people call me Di, and I don't like it, for obvious reasons. Some names are ok shortened. But others no. My daughter is called Sophie and several people will call her Soph which to me is silly. My other daughter is Gemma and most people call her Gem which is I think fine. There that's off my chest! Dianex

My husband's niece had the opposite problem, she's called Jo but teachers would insist on calling her Joanne. she was labelled as cheeky for correcting them. Sue

my daughters name to her friends and sometimes me is loz.for laurenxxxxxxxx(:

Do not know why people shorten peoples names, maybe you are right by saying the nation is just getting lazier!!!

I'm with you on the Di thing..... it does sound like a request doesn't it? :O)

Diana, I always call you Diana as that's what you call yourself. Like yourself I wouldn't shorten someone's name unless I knew thats what they liked. Grwing up as a Paul, which you can't really shorten, just extend (yes yes, I've had all the Paula jokes a million times before), I always prefer names that you can shorten - thats why my son's called Benjamin.

A friend of mine insists on calling everyone by their initial.... so Paul you'd be P and I am D and she is T, her husband is M and their daughter is m....

Sorry to say this Diana but I would absolutely hate your friend for the initial calling for your name!!!!

sorry diana.i admit i have been calling you this but will call you diana from now on.love and hugsxxxxx(:

I agree Nicola, but hey you get used to it!! all her cards etc. say from T,M&m rather than write the lot out!! Makes me giggle now!!

Lisa you daft mare.... like it irritates me that much that i have pulled you up on it.... :O) Honest babe it was an observation not a criticism!!

I quite often sign myself on emails etc as P, it's shorthand, but it wouldn't sounds right spoken. P.xx

i know but when people call me lou i get the hump.lolxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(:

I inevitably get called 'She' but my brother-in-law calls me 'Sheil' !

my name is Nichola with a "h", it bugs me when people dont take the time out to notice, i got that bad about it when i was younger at scholl people use to put in my christmas cards " to nichola with a "h" ", LOL. also im with Nicola Callaghan on this one, i hate being called nikki, nicky, nickie, etc, dont like it at all, cant stand it, when people say it to me, i just dont here them,LOL. dont mind nic when on msn chatting etc as its quicker to write, apart from that its nichola.LOL.

I get sheesh or lili