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I have a Confession to make: of all the Elizabeth nickname to be had, probably more so than all the other English names, my favorite is by far: Bethy. Not even Beth, or Betty but in fact Bethy. I know it is infantile/babyish, sticky, and super awkward both verbally and visually but I just took to liking it as a child because of a friend of mine named Elizabeth. She wasn't even a "Beth" Elizabeth but an "Eliza" Elizabeth. What's more is I had unintentionally gotten others to do the same and the NN has occasionally followed her into her mid-20s in the present day. Luckily Elizabeth is good natured and reports liking it fine and not resenting me for pegging her with possibly the worst of the Elizabeth NNs but as it stands I still love Bethy, probably directly tied to my love of my friend. If I ever named a daughter Elizabeth / Elisabeth it's almost guaranteed I'd gravitate to calling them this eventually. Such an individual would probably want to switch to "Beth" "Betsy" or "Betty" though they probably wouldn't be as generous as the original "Bethy" on the NN. It's probably my ultimate GP, even after the weird nature names I like including things like Tundra, Hawkeye, River Spirit and Snow Blossom O_O

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With this said: do you have any deep seated "dumb" or "infantile" nicknames that You still love regardless of rational? Nicknames you know you probably "shouldn't" like but like regardless? Please share! :)

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Please rate my "Names I would use" list if you have a spare moment, feel free to rate other lists too if you want but ik there's a lot, thank you :) https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473

This message was edited 6/2/2021, 12:33 PM