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Nick, which I think...(m)
...Makes a fine name on its own. Puts me in mind of Hemingway and his Nick stories, and Nick Carraway of The Great Gatsby--it feels a bit throwback to me in the nicest way.Something about anything with the nn Nick immediately puts me off, perhaps since I knew plenty of Nicholas "Nick"s, and they were, without exception, total jerks. But Nick on its own has real possibilities. It's, to borrow a phrase, more debonnaire and fun--Nick could be suave without being Rico Suave.Array
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I guess it depends on who you knowEvery Nick I know, whether it was just Nick or Nicholas nn Nick, have all been quite gentleman-like males: very polite and respectable, sweet and all around good guys (not to mention cute).
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