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In Spanish class, we get Spanish names and can choose what we’d like to be called from a list. I’m Francisca (or Paca) because it’s similar to Francesca, my online name.

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

My name is French, but my initials are close to an English name (and that's my everyday nickname as well).

So it was easy to get an English nickname.