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[Opinions] Re: Bad Nicknames

by queenv

12/14/2018, 5:27 AM

I love Cynthia but not Cindy. One of my friends in high school was a Cynthia who was always called Cindy. There was another Cynthia in my class who wanted to be called Cynthia and not Cindy, but I noticed that she had to correct people, including teachers, who would call her Cindy. Cynthia is too dated for me to consider using, anyway.

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- Dracotorix +5

12/14/2018, 5:37 PM

Interesting. I've only ever heard Cindy and Cynthia on separate people, and I never even knew they were related until I looked it up somewhere. I just thought they were two different full names that were similarly dated (they always seemed to be the names of moms, teachers, office workers, etc.)

- Anneza +4

12/15/2018, 1:43 AM

The only Cindy I've ever known was a Lucinda. She was very pleasant and excellent company, but physically unremarkable bordering on plain: she had three exquisitely lovely sisters, and the family felt that a name as beautiful as Lucy would have been inappropriate as a nn; hence the Cindy!

I've been slack-jawed with amazement for decades.

Oh, and the only Cynthia I know doesn't use a nn at all.

- Barbra (barbierose)

12/16/2018, 11:00 AM

I have a stunningly, alarmingly, (physically) beautiful - and deeper still, she's a beautiful person, childhood friend by the real name of Cynthia - who goes by Cindy; We've always made it a point to poke (innocent) fun at each other by stating our full (first middle & last) names loudly & emphatically among others in public.

We also have fun childish nick-names for each other because we've known the other since & through childhood. I got to know her mom at my first job - and I (metaphorically) loved the lady - who'd then share stories with her family about the crazy conversations we'd hold.

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- queenv +2

12/15/2018, 6:22 AM

I'm not sure where Dracotorix is from, but assuming she's not American, perhaps it's cultural, as other than the Cynthia I mentioned in my post, every American Cynthia I've known went by Cindy. And even that Cynthia had to constantly correct people. Cindy is a very commonly used nickname for Cynthia in the US, and most Americans will assume a Cindy has Cynthia on her birth certificate.

- Dracotorix

12/15/2018, 1:36 PM

I'm American, but I might just be too young to have known many Cynthias/Cindys personally.

ETA: There was actually one Cindy my age that I had class with in high school, but it wasn't short for anything.

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- Pie

12/15/2018, 11:03 AM

I think you're probably right. I'd expect Cindy to be Lucinda too - the only one I've met was - and the only shortening for Cynthia, which is an over-70s name here, that I've heard is 'Cynth'

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