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The post about Charlie got me thinking about this.
My brother's name is John and from babyhood on he was always called Johnny. Once he reached adulthood, he decided that Johnny was too juvenile and he wanted to called John. Except that we members of his family could never adjust ourselves to that and we continue to call him Johnny, but everyone else, including his wife, calls him John.
Is Johnny inherently juvenile, do you think? Is there something more juvenile about it than Charlie, or say, Danny? Do you think it works on a grown man? Do you think it's okay to put Johnny on a birth certificate rather than John?
My brother's name is John and from babyhood on he was always called Johnny. Once he reached adulthood, he decided that Johnny was too juvenile and he wanted to called John. Except that we members of his family could never adjust ourselves to that and we continue to call him Johnny, but everyone else, including his wife, calls him John.
Is Johnny inherently juvenile, do you think? Is there something more juvenile about it than Charlie, or say, Danny? Do you think it works on a grown man? Do you think it's okay to put Johnny on a birth certificate rather than John?
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