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Help[Opinions] Re: Quick question for all concerning nicknames
in reply to a message by Jewel
I live in the South.
Here almost EVERYONE seems to have a nickname (or two names that they go by), and some of them are very strange. A lot of times the parents or family members give the child his or her nickname. Sometimes the kid might be tired of being, for example, Elizabeth C. because there are six other Elizabeths, so will ask to be called Liz. Sometimes the parents might give a child a specific name knowing they will call him or her something different, but they want their child to have a formal name so that s/he can decide what to be called.
When the kid gets older, friends might call him or her something different. Sometimes they start out as a joke or because ther person's real name is too hard to pronounce, but sometimes they just start out of nowhere. I had one friend who used to call me Julie. I don't know why, but she made up names for people, and I didn't mind. I liked it so much I thought about changing either my first or middle name to Juliet or Juliana, but I never did.
Here almost EVERYONE seems to have a nickname (or two names that they go by), and some of them are very strange. A lot of times the parents or family members give the child his or her nickname. Sometimes the kid might be tired of being, for example, Elizabeth C. because there are six other Elizabeths, so will ask to be called Liz. Sometimes the parents might give a child a specific name knowing they will call him or her something different, but they want their child to have a formal name so that s/he can decide what to be called.
When the kid gets older, friends might call him or her something different. Sometimes they start out as a joke or because ther person's real name is too hard to pronounce, but sometimes they just start out of nowhere. I had one friend who used to call me Julie. I don't know why, but she made up names for people, and I didn't mind. I liked it so much I thought about changing either my first or middle name to Juliet or Juliana, but I never did.
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