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HelpMasculine nicknames on girls
What do you think of masculine nicknames on girls? Not full names, just abbreviations.
I thought of this because I recently became friends with two girls named Ron and Ben. I thought they were guys before I met them and was quite surprised. Turned out their full names are Rona and Bénédict. Bénédict is from French Canada, I was surprised it was spelled that way because the feminine form is actually Bénédicte and her parents are French, but I guess they liked the way it looked (clickable: Benedict, Benedicte). Rona is from Canada, but not the French part.
I used to dislike those nicknames but they are so nice on them. They're are actually really girly and not tomboy-ish at all, and it was kind of weird but also nice to see them on a girl, especially Ron which is dated as a boys name but on her it seems nice. She was also called Roni a bit. I just found out that Ron is unisex in Israel. I knew Roni was but not Ron. Kind of nice.
Other examples: On a Disney show my cousin watches there's a girl named Teddy and one named Charlie.
It made those names grow on me, I think Veronica, Rona "Ron" is cool and so are Benedicte "Ben", Theodora "Teddy", Charlotte "Charlie". I just prefer a really feminine full form they can fall back on.
WDYT?
I thought of this because I recently became friends with two girls named Ron and Ben. I thought they were guys before I met them and was quite surprised. Turned out their full names are Rona and Bénédict. Bénédict is from French Canada, I was surprised it was spelled that way because the feminine form is actually Bénédicte and her parents are French, but I guess they liked the way it looked (clickable: Benedict, Benedicte). Rona is from Canada, but not the French part.
I used to dislike those nicknames but they are so nice on them. They're are actually really girly and not tomboy-ish at all, and it was kind of weird but also nice to see them on a girl, especially Ron which is dated as a boys name but on her it seems nice. She was also called Roni a bit. I just found out that Ron is unisex in Israel. I knew Roni was but not Ron. Kind of nice.
Other examples: On a Disney show my cousin watches there's a girl named Teddy and one named Charlie.
It made those names grow on me, I think Veronica, Rona "Ron" is cool and so are Benedicte "Ben", Theodora "Teddy", Charlotte "Charlie". I just prefer a really feminine full form they can fall back on.
WDYT?
This message was edited 7/29/2011, 8:54 AM
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