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I kind of have an opposite feeling to this, I have a long first name that is frequently shortened, and I get terribly annoyed when I give it to people and they go straight in with "hey banana" instead of "hey bananafungus" like we're old pals.
I give people at work the option, "Hey you dont have to be Samuel if you dont want to, you can just be Sam" so I know their preferred name by their signature.