A pet peeve of mine is how we seem to be obsessed in this country with making a nickname out of almost every name. Yet, in every case I can find, I think the full name is more beautiful.
Catherine, Richard, William, Kenneth, Frederick, Candace are all more beautiful to me than Cathy, Rich or Dick, Bill or Billy, Ken or Kenny, Fred or Freddy, Candy. In fact, we seem to have an "ie" and "y" fascination in this country!
All my life, I was called Cindy, but at 35, I went to my full name of Cynthia...just didn't feel like a "Cindy" anymore.
How do you all feel about this? Or am I just being a snob?