As a purveyor of the excellent first name we share I'm the opposite
I only seem to get called the full name when getting wrong
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:28, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Sportscowboy?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:29, Reply)

This is the return

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:30, Reply)

It's alright for you, you're Northern.
You lot are genetically pre-disposed to being tradesmen or hairdressers.
( Kroney, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:29, Reply)

"A bit off the sides sir?" to you was from Montpellier to Le Havre

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:31, Reply)

One diminutive of my first name is on my business card...
...only because everyone knows me by it. There is another diminutive I really hate.
I deliberately gave my daughters names I thought couldn't be shortened - they managed it though!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:32, Reply)

My daughter is called Elizabeth
This has about 900 ways to shorten it. Didn't quite think that through
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:33, Reply)

that's my middle name
soooooooo much nicer. stupid parents got it the wrong way round.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:35, Reply)

Alright Lizzie.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:36, Reply)

lizzie, liz, liza, bet, bets, beth, betsy, lillabet, eliza, ellie...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:37, Reply)

E?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:35, Reply)

A bit early, but go on then

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:41, Reply)

There is no diminutive of my name, but that doesn't prevent people from trying.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:39, Reply)

YP

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 10:42, Reply)

hhahaha

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 11 Jul 2013, 11:05, Reply)