As the youngest of 7, I was always "Danny."

Some of my siblings' children still call me "Uncle Danny" because of their parents.

My mom is the only person I don't mind calling me danny. Most others have gotten the message of "Uncle Dan"

I use Daniel a lot because at work, the a sound in shortened names like "Dan" "Pam" "Sam" etc caught my ear too often.

Of course, people who don't have the foggiest why are always the ones who are shocked! Shocked! that I might think they called out "Dan" across the room.

So my last few jobs I became "Daniel" Unless someone calls a spaniel by it's species, I'm golden. Well, maybe "Samuel" but how many people would use that long form? Spaniel is more likely, at least up north.

My RL name is Heather, which doesn't leand itself to cutsifying. Thank goodness.

My name isn't condusive to shortening, either. My nickname is Captain, to close friends, and that's fine. It would be weird if anyone else called me that, though.

My sister, though, is another Suzy. She's actually Patricia Susan, but when she was a baby, my grandpa called her SuzyQ from the beginning and it stuck. I have called her Boo (shortened from Sue-Boo) since we were little, and I'm the only person in the world who may do so. She has no compunctions about telling people REAL BLUNT that they call her SUZY; not Sue, not Susan, not Patricia or Patty Sue, and god help them if they call her Boo.

And it's S-U-Z-Y, thankyouverymuch.

My RL name is Heather, which doesn't leand itself to cutsifying. Thank goodness

My sister's BFF was a Heather. They all called her "Head."

I'm Jennifer to family and pre-college people. In college, people (mostly) shortened to Jen, which I liked a lot. Only one person (co-worker) ever called me Jenny, and she had a lovely accent that made it sound pretty to me, so that was fine. It's never weird when anyone calls me Jennifer, and that's how I introduce myself, but Jen is fine and usually where it ends up. Except it's weird whenever a family member tries it, so they don't. Definitely not Jenny (except for Ingrid).

At least it lets you avoid the whole 8675309 thing.

I had one teacher who insisted on calling me Regina. She could not accept that there is no Re- in my name. I will answer to "Yo, G!" though.

I would never presume to use nicknames that a person's family uses.

I was always sad my name had no real nicknames. But now I have three names! (Real name, meara, and Indy, my drag name). Works for me. I answer to all of them.

I need to get off the couch and go shopping. Golden Globes tonight--dress watch!

At least it lets you avoid the whole 8675309 thing.

Sort of...people go broad with that one. Fortunately, don't hear it much these days.

My mom is one of those people who has a million nicknames for everyone, including the dog.

I am that person with my family. Mostly Bobby and the dog get it. Boberino, Bobbedo, Bobbo, Bobster, and so forth.