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Help[Opinions] Re: Nicknames and full names
in reply to a message by Pie
Well, in Croatia full names are definitely more common. I and all my family members go by full names regardless of the name length (for example we use full names for Darinka, Jadranko, Katarina, Anamarija...). Here it's more common for diminutives to be used among family, especially children, but those are usually longer than the full names (from my family - Sanjica, Petrica, Ivanica, Ivica...). And it's considered extremely rude to call someone by anything but the name they introduced themselves by (I've noticed that American's seem to give people nicknames even when they introduce themselves by their full name).
From what I've observed English speakers seem to use nicknames much more (even in official situations that would be unimaginable here -like a president going by Jimmy or Bill). I have a British boss named Leslie (a male Leslie!) and he came to the office and said call me Les. Now, everyone in the office is Croatian and we all call him Leslie. He's the boss and you don't call your boss by his nickname, his wife calls him Les.
From what I've observed English speakers seem to use nicknames much more (even in official situations that would be unimaginable here -like a president going by Jimmy or Bill). I have a British boss named Leslie (a male Leslie!) and he came to the office and said call me Les. Now, everyone in the office is Croatian and we all call him Leslie. He's the boss and you don't call your boss by his nickname, his wife calls him Les.
This message was edited 10/29/2010, 4:05 PM
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