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in reply to a message by Crista
No. If I liked the "nickname" I'd use it as a full name, because that is how I perceive them.
They're not too confusing. I think people could use them like that, and it'd be fine, even kind of cool. I wouldn't feel an uncontrollable urge to put them down as pretentious in order to protect myself from acknowledging that I and my tastes are relatively simple and pedestrian. I might think it was a bit artificial - not that it was putting on airs, but sort of like it was name-cheating (you get two totally different names from just one. No fair - everyone should get two for one, you shouldn't have to choose some generic old name like Sarah or Mary or Margaret to get that!).
The only one I can think of that I'd use, would be Betty for Elizabeth. Not that I'd want to use Elizabeth. I just think Betty is nice, but it seems more nicknamey to me than the others you listed. Too nicknamey to stand alone, for me.
They're not too confusing. I think people could use them like that, and it'd be fine, even kind of cool. I wouldn't feel an uncontrollable urge to put them down as pretentious in order to protect myself from acknowledging that I and my tastes are relatively simple and pedestrian. I might think it was a bit artificial - not that it was putting on airs, but sort of like it was name-cheating (you get two totally different names from just one. No fair - everyone should get two for one, you shouldn't have to choose some generic old name like Sarah or Mary or Margaret to get that!).
The only one I can think of that I'd use, would be Betty for Elizabeth. Not that I'd want to use Elizabeth. I just think Betty is nice, but it seems more nicknamey to me than the others you listed. Too nicknamey to stand alone, for me.
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