[Opinions] Re: Nicknames for Katharine
in reply to a message by Siri
Traditionally in Britain, Kath is the working-class nickname and Kitty as the aristocratic one. Because of that, Kitty sounds a bit affected to me. Katy is the most natural. You could consider ...KaddyEh ... That's all I've got lol. It's been so widely used for so long, that I think Katherine's had every plausible nn squeezed out of it already!All the people I know who have nicknames, acquired them as teens and students from friends. Their parents wouldn't have chosen them in a million years, and hate them, probably. So I wouldn't get too set on any nickname. The chances of the child actually using it past a certain stage aren't great. The chances of liking the nickname they do use are even less, which is one argument for using a name people won't shorten. (That's what puts me off Katerina. I love it, but not Kat.)_____________________________________________________________________Elinor

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Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 12:01 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  MariaNikolaievnaRomanova  ·  2/8/2006, 11:34 PM
Kitty gmv  ·  Miranda  ·  2/8/2006, 1:20 AM
Katia/Katya is my favorite (m)  ·  Julia  ·  2/7/2006, 5:21 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  mum2bubba  ·  2/7/2006, 3:09 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Elinor  ·  2/7/2006, 1:56 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Array  ·  2/7/2006, 1:41 PM
Kix!  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 2:05 PM
Yes! I love Kix too! n/t  ·  Caroline  ·  2/7/2006, 2:09 PM
Me too! (nt)  ·  Elinor  ·  2/7/2006, 3:18 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Alexie  ·  2/7/2006, 12:57 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Skye  ·  2/7/2006, 12:48 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Caroline  ·  2/7/2006, 12:29 PM
I like Wren! Good one.nt  ·  JillyBean  ·  2/7/2006, 1:50 PM
It is a stretch  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 1:31 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  CherryFrog  ·  2/7/2006, 12:23 PM
Kathy is American's "Kitty"  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 1:42 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Jaime  ·  2/7/2006, 12:10 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  Laurie  ·  2/7/2006, 2:25 PM
I love Kit-Kat.  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 12:12 PM
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU  ·  jane 6  ·  2/7/2006, 12:21 PM
Please don't shout. (m)  ·  Jaime (nsi)  ·  2/7/2006, 12:28 PM
Whoops!  ·  jane 6  ·  2/7/2006, 12:39 PM
No problem, I was just letting you know. :-) nt  ·  Jaime (nsi)  ·  2/7/2006, 12:49 PM
Re: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU  ·  Caroline  ·  2/7/2006, 12:27 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  joannahweaver  ·  2/7/2006, 12:09 PM
Re: Nicknames for Katharine  ·  jane 6  ·  2/7/2006, 12:06 PM
I don't want something that sounds stupid.  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 12:11 PM
OKAY  ·  jane 6  ·  2/7/2006, 12:15 PM
Re: OKAY  ·  Laurie  ·  2/7/2006, 5:21 PM
That's quite fine.  ·  Siri  ·  2/7/2006, 12:16 PM