A stupid, small thing.

[e_juliana]

My given name is Juliana, but I spent much of my early life going by Julie and then Juli. I finally figured out that Juliana suited me much better, so I started going by that over 10 years ago. That is how most of the people here know me.

However, people have taken to calling me Juli. Or worse, Julie. I didn't mind the shortening when it was just Zach, but it has spread far beyond my very inner circle, and it's starting to really bug me. I am not Juli. I left her behind manymany years ago. The people who refer to me as Juli are family. I absolutely refuse to be a Julie. That name has way too much baggage and is very not me. I can be j or juliana to the world at large, but I never want to be generally known as Juli or Julie again.

Again, it's small, and it's silly, but it bugs, so I had to vent.

G'night.

Comments

[jenlp.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I love your name. And, of course, only know you as juliana, so...

I also understand. I'm Jennifer or Jen, but not the middle. Except for one woman with whom I used to work who called me Jenny from the day she met me. But it was OK, somehow. Partly, her accent and partly her manner combined to make it endearing.

Anyway ... I hear ya'!

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

Yep. There are certain people I don't mind hearing 'juli' from, but on the whole? No, thank you.

[cindyamb.livejournal.com]

I understand, because my Julia is neither Juli nor Julie. I think both are fine and pretty names, they're just not her. They're sooooooooo not you, either.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

:)

No, Julia is definitely not any diminutive. I expect her to announce her Queenship any day now...

[vwbug.livejournal.com]

I can't totally relate, but I can kind of. I am Valerie, except to my close friends and family who call me Val. I love being Val, but you have to know me to call me that. If I introduce myself as Valerie, and you automatically cut it down to Val (customers would do this ALL the time when I was waitressing), I won't like you much.

And you're totally right. You are definitely a Juliana.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, I HATE answering the phone with "This is juliana, how may I help you?" and the customer immediately saying "Hi Julie." KILL. KILL.

And I'm with you on the other thing, actually. I am juli to family. It's when people who do not have that familiarity start calling me that.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Completely understood. I hope I didn't call you Juli Halloween weekend; I was really trying not to, but I have an obnoxious habit of wanting to shorten names. Which is odd, given the seething rage I break into when anyone calls me Liz, but there you have it.

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Y'know, sweetie, if you did? It didn't register, and I wouldn't have been upset.

I think it's a human thing, wanting to 1) be familiar with people by shortening their name and 2) being kind of lazy and not wanting to say or type the full name.

[alterjess.livejournal.com]

I'm also trying to remember if I was calling you Juli over Halloween! I hope I didn't, and if I did, I apologize. (And I completely sympathize -- Jess and Jessica are fine, but people who call me Jessie die bloody.)

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Again, probably didn't register if you did. :)

You are SO not a Jessie. Maybe a Jesse, but we already have one of those!

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Your issue between Julie and Juli reminds me of a friend named Genesis, whose girlfriend started a trend of us calling her Gen. Which amuses because if you aren't already talking about her, and say "Oh, blah bllah blah Gen", people hear it as "Jen" and don't know who you're talking about. Except in my HEAD, I'm saying "Gen". It's a whole different THING, see...

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

But it IS a different thing! :) Y'know, I'm sure you're saying 'Gen' with a harder G, but people are so used to hearing 'Jen' that that's what they hear.

Phonics is fun!