'They all decided that my name, Ciarán, is too hard to pronounce': Irish teenager moves to the USA, classmates try to call him 'Connor' as his American name against his will

• No matter where the nickname comes from, it is important that the person who gets nicknamed consents to its use. It would be kind of wild to just randomly call someone by a name they dislike purely because you can't pronounce/don't understand the name they prefer to go by. 

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