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HelpRe: Elizabeth and her various nicknames
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
Amazingly, I did not grow up with a single Elizabeth. The first one I met was a 50-something "Liz", when I was in my 20s. And then I met a young Elizabeth, no nickname, which seemed extremely old fashioned and formal to me.
Despite not knowing many, I am tired of this name because I'm a history nerd and I feel like I've read the name "Elizabeth" a gazillion times. Its too bad because Elizabeth is actually a very interesting name visually and phonetically. That "izabe" part in the middle is so exotic, with the towers of El and th standing guard on either end: wowza.
I guess my favourite form of this name is Erzsébet, for goth reasons.
Lisa, Libby and Beth seem dated now; Ellie and Elly are not exactly dated but they have very "early 2000's kid" vibe to me - I think of kids who are perpetually 6 years old but are probably closer to 25 now, yikes. Betty would be a refreshing vintage choice - I disagree, I think it's ready to come back now, especially with Saint Betty White and the Golden Girls being worshiped by many women of childbearing age.
I also quite like Eliza, and Liza. I adore Bettina, Lilibet is adorable, Busy is weird in a fun way (Bözsi too). Bess is sort of a guilty pleasure, because I think it's silly, but I still like it.
I'm still amazed at the rising popularity of Elsie - I'm a connoisseur of ugly names that people hate, and I recognize Elsie's inherent ugliness. Yet people think it's so hip. I don't get it.
Despite not knowing many, I am tired of this name because I'm a history nerd and I feel like I've read the name "Elizabeth" a gazillion times. Its too bad because Elizabeth is actually a very interesting name visually and phonetically. That "izabe" part in the middle is so exotic, with the towers of El and th standing guard on either end: wowza.
I guess my favourite form of this name is Erzsébet, for goth reasons.
Lisa, Libby and Beth seem dated now; Ellie and Elly are not exactly dated but they have very "early 2000's kid" vibe to me - I think of kids who are perpetually 6 years old but are probably closer to 25 now, yikes. Betty would be a refreshing vintage choice - I disagree, I think it's ready to come back now, especially with Saint Betty White and the Golden Girls being worshiped by many women of childbearing age.
I also quite like Eliza, and Liza. I adore Bettina, Lilibet is adorable, Busy is weird in a fun way (Bözsi too). Bess is sort of a guilty pleasure, because I think it's silly, but I still like it.
I'm still amazed at the rising popularity of Elsie - I'm a connoisseur of ugly names that people hate, and I recognize Elsie's inherent ugliness. Yet people think it's so hip. I don't get it.
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that is amazing that you went so long without knowing one. I too knew an Elizabeth that went by it in whole with no NN (a classmate in a small school so we basically grew up together) and she was indeed very old fashioned, not really in the values sense more in her mannerisms and formality, a bit posh and dry in persona. She had a brother, John, who was the same way. Both nice enough people though. Though if you were to name fictional characters that were very formal and dry humored in nature that is probably exactly what you would name them tbh haha
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Yes, I find Elsa quite ugly. Very slimy.
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