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Help[Opinions] Re: Deborah
in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
I'm in my 30s too! 95% of Deborahs went by Debbie in the 70s and 80s but now it's probably 50/50. I do quite like Deb and I do get called Debs a bit - which I don't mind too much. I think Deb is cool though.
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I think it all depends on the person what fits... Only selective people get away with Debs (ok... 1 that I can think of and she's a closer friend)... some of my En.-speaking friends will occasionally shorten it to Deb, but I don't tend to get the Jpns. doing that as their syllabic language turns it into "Debu", which means "fat"... not the direction I want to go with my name.
After switching over to my full name (once I found out my real name) in the beginning of gr. 3 or so, I wouldn't even answer to Deb until some time in my later teens... I'm ok with it now though. It's just Debbie *does beach bimbo airhead bob reminiscent of late 80s/early 90s blond jokes* I'm not so fond of.
After switching over to my full name (once I found out my real name) in the beginning of gr. 3 or so, I wouldn't even answer to Deb until some time in my later teens... I'm ok with it now though. It's just Debbie *does beach bimbo airhead bob reminiscent of late 80s/early 90s blond jokes* I'm not so fond of.
This message was edited 11/18/2008, 2:48 AM
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I haven't seen that show... and had pretty much forgotten it even existed. Maybe I can go back to forgetting after this... I thought it was the sitcoms from the 80s ("Three's Company" type shows) or so where it seemed to be the name of the odd date a guy would have with intentions of getting their way with her...
Maybe that's why some of them started switching over to Deborah in the 90s.
Maybe that's why some of them started switching over to Deborah in the 90s.
This message was edited 11/18/2008, 4:26 PM
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