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Help[Opinions] Re: Deborah
in reply to a message by Lily8
My best friend is Deborah. She used to hate her name because our teachers in elementary school always called her Debbie, which she despised. She preferred to just be Deborah, or Deb if she needed a nickname.
By the time we got to high school, she'd realized that she was going to be nicknamed, and (to avoid Debbie at all costs) just called herself Deb. I think the nickname grew on her though... she likes to sign her name deb (all lowercase) because she likes the symmetry... and her closest friends from college call her bed sometimes because of that.
Her middle name is Ann.
I've always though Devorah was a funny name (even though it's my friend's Hebrew name) because I once had a Hebrew school teacher who we called Morah Devorah. (Morah is the Hebrew word for teacher.) I just thought the rhyming thing was hilarious. At times, I'd look at her and wonder how to take her seriously.
By the time we got to high school, she'd realized that she was going to be nicknamed, and (to avoid Debbie at all costs) just called herself Deb. I think the nickname grew on her though... she likes to sign her name deb (all lowercase) because she likes the symmetry... and her closest friends from college call her bed sometimes because of that.
Her middle name is Ann.
I've always though Devorah was a funny name (even though it's my friend's Hebrew name) because I once had a Hebrew school teacher who we called Morah Devorah. (Morah is the Hebrew word for teacher.) I just thought the rhyming thing was hilarious. At times, I'd look at her and wonder how to take her seriously.
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I definitely agree on the "Debbie" thing... started insisting on Deborah in gr. 3 and just wouldn't answer to Debbie after that. People would either be ignored, be corrected or receive questions about having an imaginary friend. My parents put Ruth as my middle name... Some other friends of mine have a Deborah Rose. I've met 2 other Deborah Ruths though.
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