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in reply to a message by Starfish and Coffee
I like Penny a lot; I'd use Penelope, nn Penny, because I like more options rather than fewer.
DH has a cousin Penelope, always known as Penny. They don't particularly get on. When our daughter was born, she had masses of bright-red hair and, though we'd decided on her name, I took one look and said "We should name her Penelope - she looks just like your cousin". Of course, this got vetoed very rapidly.
And I had a friend at uni who was known as Penny though her given names are nothing close to it: when she was a baby she squeaked a lot and for some reason was known, first as Penny Squeaker and then as Penny. She went by nothing else. But a couple of her buddies pretended it was really short for Penelope and started calling her Lopes, pronounced LOHps; this never caught on, but they did it anyway.
DH has a cousin Penelope, always known as Penny. They don't particularly get on. When our daughter was born, she had masses of bright-red hair and, though we'd decided on her name, I took one look and said "We should name her Penelope - she looks just like your cousin". Of course, this got vetoed very rapidly.
And I had a friend at uni who was known as Penny though her given names are nothing close to it: when she was a baby she squeaked a lot and for some reason was known, first as Penny Squeaker and then as Penny. She went by nothing else. But a couple of her buddies pretended it was really short for Penelope and started calling her Lopes, pronounced LOHps; this never caught on, but they did it anyway.
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