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in reply to a message by queenv
No, Ted for Thaddeus is a stretch and IMO does not work, it is busted (in both senses, of broken and found out). Anyway, the name Ted is kind of marshmallowy and wry. Tad is more manly.
Tad is fine. I've known one of each, Tad and Thad. Thad is like Chad sorta, jocky or something. Tad for Thaddeus is like Marc for Marcus. Tad does not remind me of the word for a small amount, when it is the name of a guy who's past his puberty. It might seem cute when he's still a young boy, but once he's a young man it's just a name, like Rob or Bob or Jim (gym) or Chuck or Matt or Mark or Doug (dug) or or Lou (loo) or Rich or Nick or whatever bazillion other potentially word-y nicknames that aren't word-y. People might notice on paper the spelling of Tad is the same as the word tad, but on introduction they wouldn't, not unless Tad himself is really diminutive, or unless the person noticing is "on the autistic spectrum" so to speak.
Tad is fine. I've known one of each, Tad and Thad. Thad is like Chad sorta, jocky or something. Tad for Thaddeus is like Marc for Marcus. Tad does not remind me of the word for a small amount, when it is the name of a guy who's past his puberty. It might seem cute when he's still a young boy, but once he's a young man it's just a name, like Rob or Bob or Jim (gym) or Chuck or Matt or Mark or Doug (dug) or or Lou (loo) or Rich or Nick or whatever bazillion other potentially word-y nicknames that aren't word-y. People might notice on paper the spelling of Tad is the same as the word tad, but on introduction they wouldn't, not unless Tad himself is really diminutive, or unless the person noticing is "on the autistic spectrum" so to speak.
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