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in reply to a message by Lisa
Why not just use Jenny on its own? I know a lot of Jennys/Jennies and it's not short for anything. I don't see the point in trying to find just any name so you can use Jenny as a nickname when Jenny is prefectly fine as a full name (at least in my opinion).
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Some people don't like using nn.s as full names though... I have to admit I'm one of them in most cases... exceptions would be Ricki and Billi which can stand alone on a girl, though I wouldn't use just Ricky or Billy on a boy. Must also take into consideration that the term jenny also refers to a female donkey and some gals may complain in the future about being stuck with that and nothing solid to fall back on.
This message was edited 8/4/2011, 5:22 AM
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I'm not going to start a discussion about this but I just don't get it when people talk about names to fall back on. There's never any guarantee that a child will like the name the parents choose so with that kind of reasoning we need to make sure we give a child as many names as possible just in case s/he doesn't like it and want something else to "fall back on". As I see it, there's no point in desperately trying to find a name you will never use just so you can use the nickname you really love, a nickname that will in fact be the child's name.
This message was edited 8/4/2011, 5:30 AM
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Agree 100%
Besides if little Jenny grows up and decides she'd rather be called Jennifer there's nothing stopping her from doing that.
In the same way Jennifer's parents may hate the nickname Jenny but she might choose to be called that. No one in my family calls me Rosie but for some reason my friends do and my parents got used to people phoning to speak to "Rosie" or bumping into people asking how "Rosie" was doing etc. It's not a big deal.
Besides if little Jenny grows up and decides she'd rather be called Jennifer there's nothing stopping her from doing that.
In the same way Jennifer's parents may hate the nickname Jenny but she might choose to be called that. No one in my family calls me Rosie but for some reason my friends do and my parents got used to people phoning to speak to "Rosie" or bumping into people asking how "Rosie" was doing etc. It's not a big deal.
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but still... when a particular nn COULD have an ALREADY KNOWN negative implication, I think it's considerate to the child to use a full name and let the child choose what to go by. SO GLAD my parents didn't just call me Debbie. I don't like that nn and it really isn't me... When I found out my real name, I started going by it and haven't turned back.
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