I couldn't tell you why some people think nns are necessary. All I know is that I, too, am rather annoyed by the seemingly constant "
Alexander (nn
Alex" or "
Liliana (nn
Lily)" I see here.
I've never been nned anything other than cutesy nonsense words I refuse to disclose here. Somehow my parents have managed to spit out all three syllables of my name for nineteen years and counting, so it
can be done. ;-)
Miranda

Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.