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I've got a wonderful Desiree friend - we've been buddies since our first week at school - but she finds it a bit too much for everyday use and is known as Des. Except, sometimes, by me. Before she even started school, someone who wasn't familiar with the name said what she thought she heard, which was Daisy-Ray, and when I heard that story I started calling her Daisy sometimes. I like Daisy better, in fact: less emotionally intense. If I'd had enough daughters, I'd have honoured her by using Daisy for one of them, but not Desiree.