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in reply to a message by Billina
One of my closest women friends is a Carolyn - her parents thought it was less common than Caroline!
When she was tiny, her best shot at pronouncing it was Calloryn. She therefore became Cal in the family, though not at school. I call her Cal; so does her husband and, I think, all her friends. We sometimes alternate it with Carolyn.
At school at one time there was a genuine Caroline in her class whose nn (at home and at school, I think) was Curry, like the spicy stew. When she left the school, her nn lived on and became used for Carolyn. She remained Curry to most people until we all went to uni and became adult and respectable!
I named my daughter Caroline, which I find more classic and therefore more ... I dunno ... acceptable? durable? People assume that I was honouring Carolyn, but I don't think I was; the baby looked like a Caroline and that was it.
When she was tiny, her best shot at pronouncing it was Calloryn. She therefore became Cal in the family, though not at school. I call her Cal; so does her husband and, I think, all her friends. We sometimes alternate it with Carolyn.
At school at one time there was a genuine Caroline in her class whose nn (at home and at school, I think) was Curry, like the spicy stew. When she left the school, her nn lived on and became used for Carolyn. She remained Curry to most people until we all went to uni and became adult and respectable!
I named my daughter Caroline, which I find more classic and therefore more ... I dunno ... acceptable? durable? People assume that I was honouring Carolyn, but I don't think I was; the baby looked like a Caroline and that was it.
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