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in reply to a message by Danielle79
Actually, the German form of August is indeed August. I know there's Augustus Gloop from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but Roald Dahl probably just picked the name because it sounded funny to him (ironically, the book actually never mentions Augustus' nationality).
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Yes, the fact that August is the German form of the name is why we picked it over Augustus. (We have a lot of German background so we were trying to find names familiar in two places.) Also, we figured it to be less formal or in need of a nickname, compared to the three-syllable Augustus.
People mostly do not shorten it... mostly ...
People mostly do not shorten it... mostly ...
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