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What would you think if you met a girl named Candy? Not short for Candace or Candida or anything, *just* Candy?
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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I'd think of the just-Candy I was at school with; a pleasant, pretty, unremarkable person whose life was easy except at the beginning of each school year, when she'd have to cope with the same old interrogation: "Are you sure?" "Have you asked your mother?" "What do you mean, it IS your full name?" ad infinitum. Just not worth it, IMO.
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I'd think"clueless parents", really. Candy is fine for a nickname, but it needs to have an actual name, not a food group. Or a confection, I suppose;candy is more a treat than food.
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On its own? No, I can't say I'm a very big fan of it. I used to have an aunt named Candy (one of my mom's sisters) she passed away a few years ago, never really knew her though. Her name wasn't short for Candace or any other as one might think. Sherrie or Carrie or something similiar to those. I have 3 other aunts who's nickname that aren't tied to their names as well
Penny & Cookie (Sherrie & Mary I think) "you get a cookie for a penny" I guess they were inseparable growing up
Then something about chokie on a candy.
I primarily know the as aunt (what they main go or went by)
Penny, Cookie, chokie & candy (Candy the deceased one)
Slightly weird. I know
Penny & Cookie (Sherrie & Mary I think) "you get a cookie for a penny" I guess they were inseparable growing up
Then something about chokie on a candy.
I primarily know the as aunt (what they main go or went by)
Penny, Cookie, chokie & candy (Candy the deceased one)
Slightly weird. I know
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Weird but adorable! I love those bizarre family nicknames that come out of nowhere.
I had 3 great-aunts called Billy (Ruth) Nooky (Constance) and Doonoo (Julia). My grandmother Mary Juanita was known as Wean
(Nooky was born in 1920. It didn't have that meaning in those days. Obviously the name was never used outside the family :-))
I had 3 great-aunts called Billy (Ruth) Nooky (Constance) and Doonoo (Julia). My grandmother Mary Juanita was known as Wean
(Nooky was born in 1920. It didn't have that meaning in those days. Obviously the name was never used outside the family :-))
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Too sweet for my taste. But as a nickname for Candida, it's not that bad. Maybe.
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Good point. I'm so tired of the whole 'we're so edgy, we gave our girl a male name'. Funny that it never cuts the other way and you hear of a boy named - for example - Rosemary.
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I'd think "tacky". Candy is one of those nicknames that sounds more like a literal nickname (as in a pet name used affectionately) than just a diminutive. It also doesn't sound very mature on a grown woman. At least a Candace/Candice or Candida would have the full name to fall back on. Someone legally named Candy doesn't have a choice.
This message was edited 8/9/2016, 1:32 PM
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I don't think it's that bad if you were born in the '50s. It's like a charming little sorta tacky period piece.
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Love this description. There's a sort of charm underneath the sugary tackiness.
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I'd either think she was a stripper who renamed herself, or she had very inconsiderate parents.
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I would think she was a stripper
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A stripper from the 80's?
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Yes. Or a retro 80s-themed stripper...
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Ish. Tacky.
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I'd think she has such a cute name but I'd prefer it as a nickname. It's still cute as hell.
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It's cute as a nickname, but if it's your real name it's kind of weird.
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I would think it was a shame, because Candy is just silly-sounding, and Candace is so pretty. It'd be about like meeting a little girl named Missy who doesn't even have Melissa or Michelle as a backup, or a little boy who is literally Junior, not Ronald Wayne Jr. or Antonio Ramon Jr.
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I like it in a sslightly GPish sort of way but I'm a huge partisan of having a "real" name on the dotted line.
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