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HelpRe: Am I the only one who likes nicknames?
in reply to a message by Ozma
I can tolerate a few nicknames by themselves, such as Jack, Jerry, Lily, Hattie, and Nellie.
However, most nicknames look ridiculous as full names. This trend is especially bad in the UK (no offense to any British users!).
I especially hate most one-syllable nicknames such as Joe, Zac, Sam, Kay, Beth, and Ben being given as legal names. I also hate babyish nicknames like Lexi, Alfie, Timmy, Danny, Jimmie, and Chrissy.
If you give the child a proper name and then calling them by a nickname for short (i.e. the child is named Samuel and nicknamed Sammy), the child can have the full name to fall back on. But if you stick them with the nickname (i.e. just Sammy), then he/she doesn't have the same choice.
However, most nicknames look ridiculous as full names. This trend is especially bad in the UK (no offense to any British users!).
I especially hate most one-syllable nicknames such as Joe, Zac, Sam, Kay, Beth, and Ben being given as legal names. I also hate babyish nicknames like Lexi, Alfie, Timmy, Danny, Jimmie, and Chrissy.
If you give the child a proper name and then calling them by a nickname for short (i.e. the child is named Samuel and nicknamed Sammy), the child can have the full name to fall back on. But if you stick them with the nickname (i.e. just Sammy), then he/she doesn't have the same choice.
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