[Opinions] Re: Nickname necessity?
by Bear (guest)
2/16/2006, 1:44 PM
Whole names can be used. I include nn suggestions because (a) it's fun, and (b) it could be a selling point for a name.
Parents often think about nns because they know that if they don't think of one, one will be thought up be others (at school / playground.)
As an observation, I noticed that when I went to college on the East coast in the 80's, more kids / students went by formal names than I was used to. On the West coast (at least when I was growing up) names almost always got shortened / nn'd.