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HelpRe: Names We Love... and the Nicknames We Hate!!
in reply to a message by khaotickharma
Posting another response because I think editing this into my other one would get too muddled.
The vice versa situation: I adore Edie. I really like Edith, too, so that wouldn't be a problem to me, but Edie as a full name would be absolutely Fine with a capital "F". I do not understand the hate people get on over nicknames as full names. Why saddle the child with a whole long ugly name if you're never going to call them that? If the intent is to call her Edie the whole time, why deal with Edith at all? Just shove Edith out of the picture. She doesn't exist. Poof! Gone!
The fierce hate of nns-as-fns does actually surprise me. How is it in any way a big deal? I fail to understand this.
/tangent
The vice versa situation: I adore Edie. I really like Edith, too, so that wouldn't be a problem to me, but Edie as a full name would be absolutely Fine with a capital "F". I do not understand the hate people get on over nicknames as full names. Why saddle the child with a whole long ugly name if you're never going to call them that? If the intent is to call her Edie the whole time, why deal with Edith at all? Just shove Edith out of the picture. She doesn't exist. Poof! Gone!
The fierce hate of nns-as-fns does actually surprise me. How is it in any way a big deal? I fail to understand this.
/tangent
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