I wish that were remotely true. We continually have to ask people not to shorten our toddler's name from Jacqueline to Jac or JacJac, and I'm pretty confident that once we leave the room they go right back to Jac.

I have a somewhat unusual name that's related to a common name. Think Jeremiah. Even though I have that as my email address and sign off as Jeremiah, people frequently reply to me as Jeremy or Jerry or even Jer.

Yeah you sort of have ownership of your name, but people are still going to butcher it or abuse it if there's opportunity.