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[Opinions] Re: D: Really bad twinset
by Lily8
4/17/2009, 2:06 PM
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
I don't think it's that bad. I don't like it, but they don't sound that much alike. Nathan is NAY-than while Nathanel is NEH-than-el (something like that) so they don't sound that similar to me. They just look alike.
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- Rachel Shaina (Evil)   +6
4/17/2009, 2:08 PM
But in my experienceEvery Nathaniel / Nathanael ends up going by Nathan. I don't see why Nathanel would be different... except that he has a twin with that name. I dunno, I guess to me this looks like having twins named Jacob and Jake... except Nathan's a name on its own.
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- LMS   +5
4/17/2009, 2:13 PM
I agreeIt it like naming twins Thom and Thomas or Theo and Theodore. Just wierd.
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- Lily8   +4
4/18/2009, 2:06 AM
I disagreeNathan is a full name to me and all Nathaniels I know have gone by their full name.
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- LMS (nsi) (guest)
4/18/2009, 1:30 PM
My brother's name is Nathaniel and he goes by Nathan, Nathaniel, and Nate, so to me it would be incredibly confusing to name two children Nathan and Nathaniel. I am just speaking from experience and it is my opinion.
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- Sofia   +2
4/18/2009, 5:15 AM
I agree, but...we're from a non-English speaking countries and people don’t automatically have a nickname for a long name (every Sebastian, Leonardo, Nathaniel, etc. I know go by their full name, but most people on this board that are from US/UK always comment on how they don’t like the nicknames. Who says you HAVE to have a nickname?) And while those boys were born in the US, their father is clearly Latino, so my guess is they’ll go by their full names since Latinos have no problem with calling their kids by both first and middle name (Juan Carlos, Fernando, Maria Guadalupe, etc.), so Nathaniel is hardly going to be too long for them.
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- LMS (nsi) (guest)   +1
4/18/2009, 1:34 PM
I don't think it is necessarily that names have to have a nickname, but in the US it is almost inevitable that someone will call a person by a nickname. If a parent doesn't like that nickname then they may just stay away from the name altogether. After all, you can control the name but you can't control what other people nickname them.
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- Lily8
4/21/2009, 2:57 PM
Well, they'll probably be in the same class and everything so I seriously doubt people would call them Nathan and Nathan!Probably Nate and Nathan, though.And when they go separate ways later I doubt it would matter.
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