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HelpRe: Beautiful classic names with unbeautiful nicknames
in reply to a message by New_Chloe
Theresa / Therese - "Terry"
Margaret - "Marge" or "Peggy"
Alexandra -"Sandy"
Caroline - "Carol"
Matilda - "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Melissa - "Mel"
Dominique - "Dom"
Bernice - "Bernie"
Tabitha - "Tibby"
I call my friend Marybeth "Marb" sometimes so maybe something like Mary Katherine (Mary-Kate) "Mark". Also I'll always remember this movie I watched in middle school that had this tomboy whose name was Iris but insisted on going by "Ira"
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“All generalizations are false, including this one.”
my names list:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111261
**currently my keyboard.... sucks. So please forgive my likely spelling errors**
Margaret - "Marge" or "Peggy"
Alexandra -"Sandy"
Caroline - "Carol"
Matilda - "Tilda" or "Tilly"
Melissa - "Mel"
Dominique - "Dom"
Bernice - "Bernie"
Tabitha - "Tibby"
I call my friend Marybeth "Marb" sometimes so maybe something like Mary Katherine (Mary-Kate) "Mark". Also I'll always remember this movie I watched in middle school that had this tomboy whose name was Iris but insisted on going by "Ira"
_______________________________________
“All generalizations are false, including this one.”
my names list:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/111261
**currently my keyboard.... sucks. So please forgive my likely spelling errors**
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Ohh, Mary-Katherine "Mark/Markie" could be interesting. I never thought about using a compound name, but that could be a good idea.
The thing about the character that I'd like to get across is that she feels trapped in a powerless state by her family, as represented by their excessive use of an unflattering pet name for her when she has a much more beautiful name. Her full name becomes a point of obsession as it becomes this alternate reality of who she thinks she could have been. Her name becomes a separate person from herself.
The thing about the character that I'd like to get across is that she feels trapped in a powerless state by her family, as represented by their excessive use of an unflattering pet name for her when she has a much more beautiful name. Her full name becomes a point of obsession as it becomes this alternate reality of who she thinks she could have been. Her name becomes a separate person from herself.
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