I don't feel quite that bad about
Elizabeth. The full name
Elizabeth is maybe about as stuckup as
Elise, and it's not pretty at all IMO, but it isn't quite as grating as
Elise... maybe because I've never met an
Elizabeth who used it as her everyday name, and didn't go by
Ellie or
Liz or
Beth. (I like
Liz.)
Elizabeth has never appealed to me very much though - I'm not surprised that someone hates it. I think the nicknames redeem its use as a full name, rather than being contaminated by their derivation from it.
- mirfak