Sharing your name

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formal. A

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less formal way to do this would be,

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"Have you met Julie? She's a mate from

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school." Okay. When you introduce

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yourself, you need to share your name.

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That's probably the most important

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thing. It's fine to just say, "I'm

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Lucy." But you could expand a little,

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especially if you use a shortened

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version of your name or you have a

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nickname. Here are some phrases to use.

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I'm Magdalena, but most people call me

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Magda. Or, "My name's Roberto, but I

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usually go by Beetto." I go by means I

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use this name. or please call me Patty.

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It's short for Patricia. Or a longer,

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more advanced one, Bartholomew is my

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given name, but only my grandmother

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calls me that. I've always felt more

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like a Bart. You could also inject a

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little humor. I respond to William or

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Will, but never Bill. Now, let's say you

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know you have a mutual connection with

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someone. You could say, I'm a friend or

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colleague of Kos. You might add, she

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speaks very highly of you. This means

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that Ko says very nice things about you.

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And this is a very flattering thing to

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say when you first meet someone. Nearly

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everyone loves a compliment. Another

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common phrase is I've heard a lot about

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you. And the most common responses are

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all good,