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[Opinions] Re: Nicknames for Constantine
Tino is my favourite, and then Con (watch Stella Dallas--the Cornelius "Con" in it is adorable). Tan and Stanzi / Stanzy also come to mind.And of course, there's always Gus. :)Array
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How can "Gus" be derived from Constantine?I saw it in the database as well, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
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That's a question better asked over in Facts, I suspect, because while I've definitely heard of its use in the real world (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, for instance ;), I don't know how it came about.Array
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From a comment...A comment under Gus (2): "This nickname is used because of the similarity in sound to Kostas, a Greek short form of Konstantinos or Constantine. (The "k" (or kappa in the Greek alphabet), would be "unaspirated," that is, without the puff of breath following an initial k or c in English (the k of "kin" or the c of "cot" as opposed to those of "skin" or "Scot," respectively), and thus sound something like a hard "g.")"
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That makes senseI know a Constantine whose nickname is Costa (COH-stah) and the C sound at the beginning is a sort of C/G hybrid sound, rather than the C/K normally associated with C.I like Costa as a nickname, but Gus, not so much.
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Nokappa doesn't sound like g...

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