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Re: Rachel

by Rachel Shaina (Evil)

5/4/2018, 7:33 AM

QuoteThe only thing that puts me off is that the chances of a Rachel becoming known as Ray are 99.99% and rising.

Is that something that happens around you?

I knew several Rachels and also was one (still am). Only one went by Rae and she only went by it because she and I were in a couple of the same classes and she switched to differentiate herself. Otherwise, a Rachel was more likely to just get "Rach" as a casual nickname.

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- Aine (poetic_freedom)

5/4/2018, 9:58 PM

Yep.

Rachel and Rachael are plenty common in my age group and my best friend since I was 11 is a Rachel (in Australia) and they all get 'Rach' or maybe sometimes 'Rachie' as nicknames- never ever Ray. Ray/Rae are very dated in Australia though so that might be part of it.

- Anneza

5/4/2018, 12:35 PM

I've never known a Rach! Afrikaans Rachel people (and they are Rachel, not Rachael) become Rachie, with the ch "as in Scottish 'loch'", as people say, and it's close enough. Come to think of it, I've known a couple of Rachels who were known as Ray, but I think they were both originally from the UK; one certainly was.

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