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Help[Opinions] Re: Dottie
in reply to a message by Tuesday
I knew a Julia Dorothy once who pretended to be sorry that Dorothy wasn't her fn. She said it would have been so quick and easy to sign her name with a full stop.
I like the longevity of Dottie. It must, surely, go back to the time (pre-18th century, at a guess) when the -th- in Dorothy was pronounced like a -t-, similar to Thomas and, outside the US, Anthony.
As a nn, though, it has its drawbacks. But there really isn't a viable alternative. Except I remember a Dorothy at school who was called Doth by this one teacher "because she was a little busy bee". Took us years to figure that out.
I like the longevity of Dottie. It must, surely, go back to the time (pre-18th century, at a guess) when the -th- in Dorothy was pronounced like a -t-, similar to Thomas and, outside the US, Anthony.
As a nn, though, it has its drawbacks. But there really isn't a viable alternative. Except I remember a Dorothy at school who was called Doth by this one teacher "because she was a little busy bee". Took us years to figure that out.
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