Also, i had my name legally changed to match what i am called. So… My legal name.
I go by my middle name. Both because I am a third, so I have been called that since childhood, and because my first name is typically a girl’s name and it caused me problems growing up. So by the terms of the poll, I chose legal name, but in practice this is not true. Most government agencies only consider a middle initial part of your legal name. I experienced this recently when registering a trailer I bought from a friend (who only knows me by my middle name). The paperwork had the name I am called on it. Per Motor Vehicle, that person does not exist. Several hours and a birth certificate later, I was able to convince them it was me, but I got a lecture about using my “legal” name on documents and that consists ONLY of First name, Middle initial, and Last name.
I have a simple first name and no middle name. I should have come up with a catchy nickname, but did not.
My given name was extremely common among boys born in the 1960s and 1970s, to the point that fully 10% of my high school class had the name.
For my whole life, I’ve preferred to go by the standard, shortened nickname for my given name, though I certainly answer to my full given name. Among people who know me well, the only ones who intentionally use my full given name are female family members; I joke that, if those family members are mad at me, they also add my middle name to that.
No Silent Movie in the silent movies?
This is what I’d come in here to say.
Oops!
I go by the most common nickname for my legal first name. My name was really common in the 60s, and there were always a couple of us in my classes when I was growing up.
In English speaking countries, at least, a lot of people are called by nicknames such as Bob, Rob, Robbie, Bobby, etc. for Robert when they are children, but then many people want to get called by their legal name after they grew up. I went the opposite way. I was called by my legal name as a child, and decided to be called by the common nickname after high school.
After several decades, my mother finally started calling me by the nickname and the only people who call me by my formal name are my relatives and people who don’t know me.
I didn’t know that. I live in Japan, so everything in Japan is based on my full US name, including my middle name. Japanese doesn’t have middle initials, in fact, they don’t have middle names, so I can’t use a middle initial here.
While I like Rowan Atkinson, too much can be too much. Some episodes of BlackAdder are true comedy gold. But the Mr Bean films are too much.
People call me by a diminution of my middle name, by my first name, by a nickname, etc. Sometimes by Mister first or middle name. Only thing I dont like is just my last name.
I don’t think it’s true. What is true is that most government agencies have a habit of using first name, middle initial, and last name, and a strong dislike of variation in an individual’s naming conventions.
Before I changed my legal name, I used to fight every instance of Firstname M. Lastname, and while it was often a protracted fight, in every case I was able to make them use my full legal name.
(Now that I’ve gotten rid of my old first name, I don’t care anymore.)
That depends on what you don’t think is true. I assure you that’s what the DMV manager told me. Whether what he said is accurate is something else I guess. But I can assure you that Middlename Lastname is not considered a legal name.
I go by my legal first name. It’s one syllable, so there’s no shortening it. Some people like to add a “Y” to the end, which I don’t mind, but it isn’t my preferred usage.
I believe that’s what you were told, and what he believed. It certainly wasn’t true in California before 9/11. I can’t speak to your jurisdiction now.
2001: A Space Odyssey has 40 minutes of dialogue squeezed into a 2:38 film, and was my choice for “other”.
I turned 59 last month. When I think about myself, the word “old” does not come to mind.
The gray hairs and the arthritis really annoy me.
It was bad enough when high school girls started calling me “sir”. Now, doctors and cops are starting to do it.
“Don’t ‘Sir’ me, young man, you have no idea who you’re dealing with!”
with whom you’re dealing.
Shut up.
“Whom you’re dealing with” works in English. Like the split infinitive, just because you can’t form it like that in Latin doesn’t mean you can’t do in English.
You know, I aint gonna correct the grammar of anyone with a Series 4 De-Atomizer. 
Not to mention Go-ogle says both are correct.