lol birdgirl- that sounds like my students now. They get frustrated with some of the quirks in English and want me to make everything logical, yet when I start to explain the origins of the language, they say " okay miss, never mind!"
I'll bet you were Shirley Temple cute but too smart for your own good when you were little (still are). I was that way too. My poor mother!
My name is one of those that when some people hear it, they immediately assume I am okay with any form of shortened nickname attached to it "So do you go by - or - or....?" Nope, you have to say the whole thing. Four syllables means you really care