Message: "So if someone named Katarina goes by Kathernie"

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So if someone named Katarina goes by Kathernie

by Siri (guest)

10/20/2006, 8:51 AM

Because she doesn't like Katarina, Katarina is therefore not a form of Katherine?

That makes...no sense. At all. Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoetta. Whether or not she dislikes it and is going by Zoey does not nullify that fact.

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- Agata (ADT) +1

10/23/2006, 7:19 PM

Siri, no need to be rude - as you are through your diction, no surprise. That's what she said that her parents who named her said.

- Lumia

10/24/2006, 1:40 AM

Siri was not rude

The meaning and the origin of a name don't change because somebody decides to go by another form.

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- Ylva

10/21/2006, 6:01 PM

Maybe she did not like the -etta sound?

Zoey may mean the same thing as Zoetta but it sounds differently.

- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball.

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- Agata (ADT) +1

10/20/2006, 5:03 PM

"Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoetta." Erm? :S
I'm not sure what you mean...

So, her given name is Zoetta and I asked what it means.

- genis (guest)

10/20/2006, 6:54 PM

I believe it was a typo.

She meant "Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoe." Meaning, I suppose, that Zoetta is a diminuative of Zoe. Just because a nickname, diminuative, pet form, etc. is supplied as a "given" name does not mean it isn't still a variation of the original. Hence, Zoeatta has the same meaning as Zoe, but the ending implies that the named is a small girl.

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