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HelpRe: Unreal nicknames
in reply to a message by Seda*
I don't know if I understand what you mean by "nicknames for names that are actually of no relation to the nn." Almost all of the nns people have mentioned are just sounds from the name (Estella to Ella) or sounds from the name with a suffix added (November to Nova). I'm not trying to be critical, I just want to understand why these nns dont seem (to you) to come from the names. Thanks :)
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The etymology of the nickname has nothing to do with the real name.
Ella may sound as if it could come from Estella, but in actually the names has nothing in common except the sound (and okay, they're both English, but that's irrelevant).
Likewise, Nova has nothing to do with November. Nova means "new" and November gets it's name from "novem" which is Latin for "nine"(it was the 9th month on the Roman calendar). The names Nova and November have nothing to do with one another. They only sound the same.
Understand now?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
Ella may sound as if it could come from Estella, but in actually the names has nothing in common except the sound (and okay, they're both English, but that's irrelevant).
Likewise, Nova has nothing to do with November. Nova means "new" and November gets it's name from "novem" which is Latin for "nine"(it was the 9th month on the Roman calendar). The names Nova and November have nothing to do with one another. They only sound the same.
Understand now?
-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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