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Octavia is wrestling a bit with Adelaide for #3 again. I think it fits better actually. Adelaide is sparkly and brilliant and young, while Minnie and Cordelia are introverted, darker, and wittier. and older. The main reason it fell off in the first place was because I do not like a lot of its nicknames. (Not because it's an ordinal. The reason I justify Octavia and not Quentin is because Octavia is so similar to Octave which is very important in music, etc. 8 has significance.) I think Octavia needs a pretty steady nickname, because it really is VERY heavy.

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Cora and Octavius has me thinking a bit about nicknames.

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Nicknames I had tossed around in the past:
Tay: hate this.
Octy and Octie: LOL bad :(
Minor: because my love of Octavia is based largely off of Octavia Minor. This is too contrived for me though. It's also too similar to Minnie.
Via: so contrived and precious. I dislike it a lot.
Tock: I think this is really cute actually, but I tried saying a few times and it doesn't seem realistic.

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Nicknames I am tossing around now:
Tave - someone asked about Octavia "Tave" earlier and I condemned it ruthlessly. I am coming around to it a bit now. It still sounds a bit too hip to me.
Tavy / Tavie - NOT Tavi - I am surprised by how much I like Tavy. I'm not warm to it yet though.
Davy / Davie - LOL Idk about these or whether I can like them on a girl. For some reason Davy is winning over Davie though.
Cate - possibly? All of the sounds are there. Could this work or is it silly?
Kit? I was trying to work the "c" sound into a few nicknames. "Ctavia," I said. "Ct. Kit." Kitty? I think I like Kit more, I'm not sure.
Tock I am still tossing around.
Tocky also. This might be a bit more realistic.
Ticky also might be more realistic. I'm not sure whether the fact that a tick is, you know, a tick is getting to me or not.
Cat / Caddy - it seems like a natural jump to make to me.
Teevie - a natural nickname for Tavy, after saying it a few times.
Vivi - like a bit, but said Veevee and not Vivvy. Do not like very much at all.
Viva, Vee - do not like.
Vita - LOL I am really grasping at straws here. Idk if I want a V involved at all.
Otta - why I oughta! I like it though.
Ottie - hm.

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Anyway.

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I was also tossing around Mimi instead of Minnie and Bobby instead of Rudy (for Minerva Maria and Rudolf). Justifying Bobby because it comes from the same root that Robert does. I definitely prefer Minne and Rudy though.

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Tocky is winning right now, but I really like Caddy. Oh! Idea! Caddy for Cordelia?
Minnie, Caddy, and Tocky/Ticky/Tavy/Otta/Ottie
*snort* I hope she would be Cordelia most of the time.

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Caddy for Cordelia, guys? Approve or not?