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HelpRe: Names We Love... and the Nicknames We Hate!!
in reply to a message by Aine
How about Eden nn Edie?
I hate Allie and Lexie as well. I love Emmeline as well. I wouldn't mind Emme at all (pronounced like Em) and doubt that people would call her Millie (I don't even see how you could get Millie out of Emmeline) but fear people would call her Emma which I hate.
I kind of like Evolet nn Evie. I also love Eve.
I hate Matt as well. As with Jacob it's the opposite for me. I can stand Jake but hate Jacob. I dislike Josie but Josephine is fine. Do you happen to like Josefina?
I hate Allie and Lexie as well. I love Emmeline as well. I wouldn't mind Emme at all (pronounced like Em) and doubt that people would call her Millie (I don't even see how you could get Millie out of Emmeline) but fear people would call her Emma which I hate.
I kind of like Evolet nn Evie. I also love Eve.
I hate Matt as well. As with Jacob it's the opposite for me. I can stand Jake but hate Jacob. I dislike Josie but Josephine is fine. Do you happen to like Josefina?
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I don't like anything Josie can be a nn for :-(
I quite like Eden but I don't love it...I like it about the same as Edith so it is a much of a muchness!
I get Millie from Emmeline quite easily...I don't pronounce the middle e sound like an eh but like an ee...em-mil-een is how it breaks down for me. So Millie is actually a really natural nn for me and people would call her Millie if that is what she was raised to be called- just like my sister gets called Daisy even though she is Marguerite- it is how you raise them. But Em and Emmy would be nearly impossible to avoid once she got to school
I quite like Eden but I don't love it...I like it about the same as Edith so it is a much of a muchness!
I get Millie from Emmeline quite easily...I don't pronounce the middle e sound like an eh but like an ee...em-mil-een is how it breaks down for me. So Millie is actually a really natural nn for me and people would call her Millie if that is what she was raised to be called- just like my sister gets called Daisy even though she is Marguerite- it is how you raise them. But Em and Emmy would be nearly impossible to avoid once she got to school
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Ah okay, I pronounce it EM-meh-line ;)
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It's funny how different the pronunciations can be
But they are still both legit.
It is also funny how nicknames can catch on or not. Like I very much doubt anyone would just call my little sister Daisy unless her parents had actually initiated it from the time she was born. Same with my niece Norah- Norah is a less natural nn from Eleanor than Ellie for example. It is generally a conscious decision to call an Eleanor Norah. Millie for Emmeline would have to be the same.
But they are still both legit.
It is also funny how nicknames can catch on or not. Like I very much doubt anyone would just call my little sister Daisy unless her parents had actually initiated it from the time she was born. Same with my niece Norah- Norah is a less natural nn from Eleanor than Ellie for example. It is generally a conscious decision to call an Eleanor Norah. Millie for Emmeline would have to be the same.
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