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HelpRe: Love the names, but not the nicknames
in reply to a message by Phebe
My dh is James. Just James. He has never been called anything different except by one or two older ladies who assumed he was called Jim (one of the ladies had a ds named James / Jim so I think that was why she did it). It hasn't been a problem.
I don't think those assumptions would be there unlike in the 50s, 60s or 70s. If someone called your child by a nn, they could be easily corrected.
The only exceptions I see are with Penelope (because it has four syllables and it has been my experience that the longer the name, the more likely it is to have a nn) and Benjamin and Matthew (just because Ben and Matt are in the first syllable and seem intuitive). Perhaps with Joseph and Edward though I think Ben and Matt are more likely.
I don't think those assumptions would be there unlike in the 50s, 60s or 70s. If someone called your child by a nn, they could be easily corrected.
The only exceptions I see are with Penelope (because it has four syllables and it has been my experience that the longer the name, the more likely it is to have a nn) and Benjamin and Matthew (just because Ben and Matt are in the first syllable and seem intuitive). Perhaps with Joseph and Edward though I think Ben and Matt are more likely.
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