my sisters boyfriend used to greet me with that all the time! My little sister is a Nikki, not Nicole and my uncle is Ronnie not Ronald, they had the same problem with people using the whole name.
Im one too. I hated it when I was a kid, I wanted a name like the Jennifers, there were 3 in my class. Now Im glad I have a unique name. And I know 4 others! Even after almost 10 years my boyfriend still refers to me as Angela but its usually Ang to my friends. Except for one friend who...