My dad used to think it was funny to call me 'Michelle', instead of 'Michael'. Not responding or reacting was what worked best for me.

I used to hate being called Gracey. Nobody ever called me Gracey except for a now ex-boyfriend. He knew I didn't like it but he kept calling me that, saying that it sounded cute. It made me feel rather immature. But I've changed my mind about it. I now like it. But I insist that it's spelled Gracey not Gracie. When I feel like being silly, I sign myself as Gracey Lacey or Graceylou.

I hope Lady A is ok. I would stress the Lady. As for me, sale the whale, I cooked in a restaurant for a time, became chef-boy-rd, younlydonk, when I was in 6th grade, I found the best way to get a name you like is to start a rumor with the name mentioned, especially if you say you hate it. Oh, I forgot Bear, I once beat a guy in a nap contest.

I can't list names I am called that I dislike. It would result in a lifetime ban by the Administrators.

My first name is Randall, but everyone, save my friend Jonah, calls me Moose or variants of Moose; Moosai, moosey, moo-guy, goosey and so forth.

I don't care. It makes no difference to me. Different people call me different variations of my name. I find it endearing

I used to hang out with a woman who would call me Jen-nay (from Forrest Gump). Her intentions were good but it still bothered me to no end. Whenever I asked her to stop, she would reply "but I love you, Jen-nay". I am so glad I finally moved away from her neighborhood!

Just don't answer to it...

My name is Kristen, and though I think it's a pretty simple name to get right, I'd say that 80% of the time at restaurants they spell and say "Christine", "Christina", "Christian" (I hate that one the most), or one of a dozen other variants.
Is Kristen such a difficult name for people to process?

Alexandra (my name) has more short forms than any other. Almost everyone calls me Sandy, which I like but one couple has always called me Alex or Al and I don't think I will change that. The only saving grace, and no it's not much, is when we hear the Paul Simon song 'You Can Call Me Al' I can claim it's 'my song'. There are more important things I suppose but yes it is mildly irritating when people don't use your preferred form.

I don't necessarily dislike the nicknames, I just don't recognize them so I don't respond right away. It only takes a couple of times of having to work to get my attention and people stop using the nickname. I don't do it on purpose.

What do you prefer? I hate having it done to me so let us know what you like for a shortened version (chat comes to mind which is when I do that).

I went with LadyA myself. But you might hate that.