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HelpNo. Just...no.
in reply to a message by Barbra
Sophia is a name by itself. Using it as a nickname for Sophronia just sounds very pretentious.
I honestly hate this trend of using full names as nicknames for other (usually long) full names. It's starting to really get on my nerves, plus it seems to be ridiculously common in fiction nowadays (like how a lot of books are using Anna as a nickname for some long name like Andromeda or Anastasia even though it was originally a full name).
I honestly hate this trend of using full names as nicknames for other (usually long) full names. It's starting to really get on my nerves, plus it seems to be ridiculously common in fiction nowadays (like how a lot of books are using Anna as a nickname for some long name like Andromeda or Anastasia even though it was originally a full name).
This message was edited 1/25/2018, 9:35 AM
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Between Yes & No, perhaps maybe?
I see - although I am a reader, I rarely read new fiction, so I'd be unaware of such trends. I learned the name Sophronia on paper--I do not "know anyone by such a name". Nick-Names may be given naturally; however, if a child's name were Anthony, parents might be quicker to call him Tony before calling him Joe - unless some natural association, perhaps the child likes GI Joe dolls or something. Yet Anthony, Tony, or Joe are all established names. I guess this is why I queried whether we might add casuality on paper - adding relative name relations accordingly?" I'd also be one to "utilize an established name" - or even an established convention differently--albeit lawfully & peacefully: for example I do not consume alcoholic beverages, yet on a holiday, I may use a wine glass for my egg-nog or diet coke, yet even with the "all the pretensions that my wine-glass bestows", I'd have no shame to drink though a straw or even a crazy straw.
I see - although I am a reader, I rarely read new fiction, so I'd be unaware of such trends. I learned the name Sophronia on paper--I do not "know anyone by such a name". Nick-Names may be given naturally; however, if a child's name were Anthony, parents might be quicker to call him Tony before calling him Joe - unless some natural association, perhaps the child likes GI Joe dolls or something. Yet Anthony, Tony, or Joe are all established names. I guess this is why I queried whether we might add casuality on paper - adding relative name relations accordingly?" I'd also be one to "utilize an established name" - or even an established convention differently--albeit lawfully & peacefully: for example I do not consume alcoholic beverages, yet on a holiday, I may use a wine glass for my egg-nog or diet coke, yet even with the "all the pretensions that my wine-glass bestows", I'd have no shame to drink though a straw or even a crazy straw.
This message was edited 1/26/2018, 4:21 AM
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