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in reply to a message by Aine
I doubt there are that many grown men who actually go by Petey or Mikey. I've never even known any children to go by those.
In the US, y-nicknames for men tend to be somewhat dated except in the south and rural areas. I think some age well, like Charlie and Jimmy, but some don't, like Teddy and Timmy. Timmy, especially, is a stereotypical little-brat-with-an-angel-face kind of name.
You won't find a Paddy here in the US very often either. You will find a Pat, but not a young one. Come to think of it, I only ever met two Petes, and one of them had the last name Peterson and that was where it came from.
I once had to have an echocardiogram, and the technician doing it was named Pete. I remember my husband and me kind of giggling about it later because one of us said something like "Pete? Who's named Pete, anyway?"
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
In the US, y-nicknames for men tend to be somewhat dated except in the south and rural areas. I think some age well, like Charlie and Jimmy, but some don't, like Teddy and Timmy. Timmy, especially, is a stereotypical little-brat-with-an-angel-face kind of name.
You won't find a Paddy here in the US very often either. You will find a Pat, but not a young one. Come to think of it, I only ever met two Petes, and one of them had the last name Peterson and that was where it came from.
I once had to have an echocardiogram, and the technician doing it was named Pete. I remember my husband and me kind of giggling about it later because one of us said something like "Pete? Who's named Pete, anyway?"
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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