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in reply to a message by Trina
Sometimes. I think having "cutesy" nicknames, like Dilly, is okay to use when they're toddlers, not "in public" but for the parents to call their kids, for "fun" tt
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well i have to admit i have a silly nickname for my daughter. Her name is Hailey and sometimes I call her HayHay. Don't ask me how it started and I know it sounds bad but her little sister calls her that now and it is cute.
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Well I think its cute when little brothers and sisters have funny nns for their big brothers and sisters :) I understand how funny names can evolve like that. But in this case the mother started calling the little guy Dilly from the time he was born - kind of like she had planned it that way.
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Yeah I guess in private its ok. I'm not sure if they use them in public in this case.
I do wonder though how the cutesy nns get stopped as the kids get older. I remember reading a post somewhere, (maybe here, I can't remember) about someone whose son was named Elliott and they called him Ellie. He was about 3 or 4 I think and they were worried about still using the nn when he got to school, because the kids would tease him for having a girl's name. The problem was he loved his nn and didn't want to be called by his full name.
Things like that actually put me off using certain names. For example I really like the name Elliott, but even before reading about that, I had thought of how easy it wold be to slip into using the nn Ellie and how it wouldn't be a great idea considering its popularity with girls.
I do wonder though how the cutesy nns get stopped as the kids get older. I remember reading a post somewhere, (maybe here, I can't remember) about someone whose son was named Elliott and they called him Ellie. He was about 3 or 4 I think and they were worried about still using the nn when he got to school, because the kids would tease him for having a girl's name. The problem was he loved his nn and didn't want to be called by his full name.
Things like that actually put me off using certain names. For example I really like the name Elliott, but even before reading about that, I had thought of how easy it wold be to slip into using the nn Ellie and how it wouldn't be a great idea considering its popularity with girls.
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Yeah, i agree. For a while, i loved the name Merrick. My neighbor is named Merrick, hes 6, and it often gets shortened to Mer. Which isn't that bad, but his little sisters are always calling him "Merry". After hearing that for a while, i started to dislike the name. I hope that nn doesn't last!
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Yeah, Merry is not a great name for a boy! If it's only his siters calling him that, chances are he will get fed up with it before too long (or when he meets a girl named Mary) and tell them to quit it!
I once lived next door to a family who had a boy called Ben. Maybe it was Benjamin, but the always called him Ben. His little sister, however, called him Benny. Not so bad I guess, it just always sounded really funny to me. Maybe its too close to Penny or bunny.
I once lived next door to a family who had a boy called Ben. Maybe it was Benjamin, but the always called him Ben. His little sister, however, called him Benny. Not so bad I guess, it just always sounded really funny to me. Maybe its too close to Penny or bunny.
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