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Help[Opinions] Re: New nickname
in reply to a message by Cambria
Like language and life in general, nicknames are fluid and dynamic and usually very difficult to control. Sometimes names are created from what seems to be a traceless source. I have an aunt whose real name is Marilyn but we all call her "Moop". She's even "aunt Moop". No one knows where this came from, and even though it's seems a total nonsense name, it fits her personality.
I think that nn used to be more of a natural thing that people didn't try to prearrange. Nowadays, naming seems like such a process (this board presented as evidence of that), and parents laments for hours, days, years over a name that is unique, but not too weird, and honors their sense of style and sensibilities. Along with that has come nns for that name...
You see it all the time here...people coming up with a name and quickly followed by a suggested nn that fits just as well. They even consider what kind of situations warrant this nn and what kind of personality would fit it...
IMO, this is very unnatural and while it may work (esp. if you consistently correct friends/family if they use an alternative nn to the "chosen" one), many times nns pop up that you would've never thought of.
In short, I'd say embrace this name...and when your son gets older, if he starts to resent it as juvenile or whatever, he will be the one to correct those who dare to use it! ;-)
I think that nn used to be more of a natural thing that people didn't try to prearrange. Nowadays, naming seems like such a process (this board presented as evidence of that), and parents laments for hours, days, years over a name that is unique, but not too weird, and honors their sense of style and sensibilities. Along with that has come nns for that name...
You see it all the time here...people coming up with a name and quickly followed by a suggested nn that fits just as well. They even consider what kind of situations warrant this nn and what kind of personality would fit it...
IMO, this is very unnatural and while it may work (esp. if you consistently correct friends/family if they use an alternative nn to the "chosen" one), many times nns pop up that you would've never thought of.
In short, I'd say embrace this name...and when your son gets older, if he starts to resent it as juvenile or whatever, he will be the one to correct those who dare to use it! ;-)
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