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Help[Opinions] nickname help. Also: Rosalind! + Also! Penelope!
I'm falling hard for Rosalind lately. Seems so old and strong yet delicate. [I much prefer BTN's interpretation to the Latinate "lovely precious pretty rose darling!" one.]
Nicknames Rose and Rosie of course. Possibly Linda.
I can see this making my shortlist. Love it! (My short list is now about eight names long. Unfortunate. Minerva, Cordelia, Lucretia, Ermengarde, Octavia, Rosalind, and Edith. [Edith sticks out. Bless her!]) Adelaide I would also like to shortlist but I'd rather use it as a MN than not "get to it". Eta: Penelope! Siri's post reminded me how much I love it and what an awesome name it is. Even though it's four syllables it seems very sensible to me. Love all the nicknames and I love the image it conjures in my head.
Oh look a segway
Incidentally, one of my favorite aspects of that list is probable most common pet names (affectionate pet names, not permanent nicknames):
Minnie, Della, Lulu, [Ermengarde], Ozzie, Rosie, Edie, Addy. Nell. (possibly Pippy, Poppy, Penny, Peep, Pip, Pop, Pen. Pelope. But probably Nell.)
Ermengarde is the problem.
I still love it very very much and not because I think it is very ugly and that it is funny to be really ugly in a world of Ava's and Isabella's, but because I think it is gorgeous. I will not argue with anyone about this. I think it's gorgeous.
The problem is as follows:
The obvious nickname is "Minnie."
Or else "Ermie."
Or possibly "Gardie."
I like Minnie the best but I can not have two Minnie's! I also like Mimi for Minerva Maria, but I like Minnie more.
Pls help.
I guess I could do initials. Ermengarde Sylvest Polymnia. ESP.
Ermengarde nn Ee Ess. Essie. That's silly. That lends itself to a lot more permanence than I want.
Ehh. Do not like. Could grow on me but do not like now.
Help pls.
Nicknames Rose and Rosie of course. Possibly Linda.
I can see this making my shortlist. Love it! (My short list is now about eight names long. Unfortunate. Minerva, Cordelia, Lucretia, Ermengarde, Octavia, Rosalind, and Edith. [Edith sticks out. Bless her!]) Adelaide I would also like to shortlist but I'd rather use it as a MN than not "get to it". Eta: Penelope! Siri's post reminded me how much I love it and what an awesome name it is. Even though it's four syllables it seems very sensible to me. Love all the nicknames and I love the image it conjures in my head.
Oh look a segway
Incidentally, one of my favorite aspects of that list is probable most common pet names (affectionate pet names, not permanent nicknames):
Minnie, Della, Lulu, [Ermengarde], Ozzie, Rosie, Edie, Addy. Nell. (possibly Pippy, Poppy, Penny, Peep, Pip, Pop, Pen. Pelope. But probably Nell.)
Ermengarde is the problem.
I still love it very very much and not because I think it is very ugly and that it is funny to be really ugly in a world of Ava's and Isabella's, but because I think it is gorgeous. I will not argue with anyone about this. I think it's gorgeous.
The problem is as follows:
The obvious nickname is "Minnie."
Or else "Ermie."
Or possibly "Gardie."
I like Minnie the best but I can not have two Minnie's! I also like Mimi for Minerva Maria, but I like Minnie more.
Pls help.
I guess I could do initials. Ermengarde Sylvest Polymnia. ESP.
Ermengarde nn Ee Ess. Essie. That's silly. That lends itself to a lot more permanence than I want.
Ehh. Do not like. Could grow on me but do not like now.
Help pls.
This message was edited 5/27/2008, 9:32 PM
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