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HelpRe: What do you think about masculine nicknames for girls' names and feminine nicknames for boys' names?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
Nicknames like Stevie, Danny, and Sam tend to sound childish at worst or self-consciously tomboyish at best on girls. Some, like Stevie, Georgie and Nicky, sound babyish even on boys past a certain young age.
I haven't seen too many feminine-sounding nns on males, though a couple come to mind; Rosey Grier, a pro football player, activitst and all-around cool guy from the mid-20th century, managed it; his real name was Roosevelt. I've seen Sally used a few times on mobsters named Salvatore, but of course, who's going to make fun of a mobster's name where he can find out about it? :)
And I once read a novel where a painfully posh, upper-class New Yorker was named Brandon, but was called Brandy.
I found this almost cliched elite.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
I haven't seen too many feminine-sounding nns on males, though a couple come to mind; Rosey Grier, a pro football player, activitst and all-around cool guy from the mid-20th century, managed it; his real name was Roosevelt. I've seen Sally used a few times on mobsters named Salvatore, but of course, who's going to make fun of a mobster's name where he can find out about it? :)
And I once read a novel where a painfully posh, upper-class New Yorker was named Brandon, but was called Brandy.
I found this almost cliched elite.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
