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God damn it why can't people call me by my full name. Why do they shorten it without asking me and despite me telling them to call me by my name?
It's not a white person name so for example, say my name was Taylor, they call me 'Tayl'. It really drives me up the wall. Its not even a hard name to say!!!
Same but I’m glad I included my English name in official documents so it helps if I am interacting with real people (Ba Con Mash, Mash being my English name). Still banks and companies etc. say Dear Ba,