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Helpw/part's of Millie's April 21 Antonia doesn't have to be Toni
in reply to a message by Cayden
...Yes - that is just it. I've never known an Ambrose--not of either gender, but who is to say what nicknames or short-names Ambrose may have been called or which he may or may not have liked at whatever points during his/her life?
Apocopation, omission of the final syllable(s) or other 'final' parts of a word, is natural to speech. It is also "normal" to soften a name into a common - or even more common form--and it is often done with intentions of affection.
I wrote last April - on Millie's "Antonia doesn't have to be Toni".
It is not a "big-deal" to shorten names, especially when this occurs during a conversation. I despise the name "Barb" - yet I don't mind at all if someone in the midst of a conversation with another person (perhaps at work or something) says "Barb already took care of that, so why don't you take care of (whatever)". I would not find any disrespect in such a scenario. No-one needs to stop a train of thought to flatter my personal preference. I am not that important - and honestly, I wouldn't want that much attention. To me, it would be a notion of peculiar vanity, or mere pettiness, to hold such an intricate detail as worthy of address. Half of the people named Barbara like to be called Barb - Samantha or Samuel, Sam; William, Will, Willy, Bill or Billy. Using other forms of a name is also normal and natural.
Apocopation, omission of the final syllable(s) or other 'final' parts of a word, is natural to speech. It is also "normal" to soften a name into a common - or even more common form--and it is often done with intentions of affection.
I wrote last April - on Millie's "Antonia doesn't have to be Toni".
It is not a "big-deal" to shorten names, especially when this occurs during a conversation. I despise the name "Barb" - yet I don't mind at all if someone in the midst of a conversation with another person (perhaps at work or something) says "Barb already took care of that, so why don't you take care of (whatever)". I would not find any disrespect in such a scenario. No-one needs to stop a train of thought to flatter my personal preference. I am not that important - and honestly, I wouldn't want that much attention. To me, it would be a notion of peculiar vanity, or mere pettiness, to hold such an intricate detail as worthy of address. Half of the people named Barbara like to be called Barb - Samantha or Samuel, Sam; William, Will, Willy, Bill or Billy. Using other forms of a name is also normal and natural.
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