Message: "Re: No nicknames, please!"

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

Re: No nicknames, please!

by Zachlyn

11/13/2009, 5:00 PM

in reply to a message by blaaarg

Felix - Flick
Simon - Si
George - Georgie

Sarah - Sadie
Mary - Molly

Replies

- Lily (Lily8)

11/13/2009, 5:53 PM

Yeah I can think of about a million nicknames for Mary: Molly, Mamie, Maisie...There were so many of them invented when Mary was the most popular name. Still I think most are probably not used anymore, though Meryl Streep has a daughter named Mary who gets called Mamie.

Felix is very common here and many get called Feli for short.

- blaaarg +3

11/13/2009, 5:14 PM

Yeah but I don't think people would automatically do those.

- Sofia +1

11/13/2009, 5:35 PM

Sorry, but I do have to agree about Si and Georgie (met a little George - Georgie, but I'm sure they don't use it when they grow up).

And I just met a little six-month old Bruno today and his mom kept calling him Brunek, but I guess that's not a problem in English.

This message was edited 11/13/2009, 5:36 PM

- blaaarg

11/14/2009, 9:28 AM

I'm more inclined to think Georgie than Si, but Si would probably crop up occasionally.

- zachlyn (guest)

11/13/2009, 5:27 PM

not likely. I know two Sarahs who named their daughters Sadie and then learned that Sadie is a nn for Sarah.

View Message

Replies