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Help[Opinions] Re: Nicknames or full names?
in reply to a message by Adelle
Oh yeah I forgot that it's a form/nn of John. Johnny Depp's son is John Christopher Depp III but goes by Jack.
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This message was edited 1/2/2006, 8:04 PM
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I've seen many suggest Jackson for Jack (rant)
So that "he will have a formal name to fall back upon". I'm sure that many parents actually think that Jack is a nn for Jackson. B/c "how do you get Jack out of John", they say. Don't people know any history? Have they not heard of president John F. Kennedy, aka Jack?
Seems to me that many people have very rigid rules of what a nn is. It *must* be a short form of the formal name (like Sam for Samuel or Samantha).
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
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So that "he will have a formal name to fall back upon". I'm sure that many parents actually think that Jack is a nn for Jackson. B/c "how do you get Jack out of John", they say. Don't people know any history? Have they not heard of president John F. Kennedy, aka Jack?
Seems to me that many people have very rigid rules of what a nn is. It *must* be a short form of the formal name (like Sam for Samuel or Samantha).
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Yeah it does seem like that. Although nn's for Russian names are sometimes nearly as long. Like the nn for Nataliya is Natasha.
I didn't realise that his nn was Jack.
I don't like people saying Jack is a nn for Jackson because I hate that name as I associate it with Michael Jackson.
I think it would be great if our nn could be whatever name we love. Although I don't have a problem being Ashlee.
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I didn't realise that his nn was Jack.
I don't like people saying Jack is a nn for Jackson because I hate that name as I associate it with Michael Jackson.
I think it would be great if our nn could be whatever name we love. Although I don't have a problem being Ashlee.
-Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
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Sometimes nick names are longer
And nick names are used for endearments, not just for shortening.
Like Lolita for Lola, Carmencita for Carmen, Gracie for Grace, Ruthie for Ruth, Johnny for John, Jimmy for James, Charlie for Charles. Molly is no shorter than Mary but easier to say for a child.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
And nick names are used for endearments, not just for shortening.
Like Lolita for Lola, Carmencita for Carmen, Gracie for Grace, Ruthie for Ruth, Johnny for John, Jimmy for James, Charlie for Charles. Molly is no shorter than Mary but easier to say for a child.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I never realised that Molly was a nn for Mary.
Care for some gopher Everett?
-Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
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This message was edited 1/2/2006, 8:37 PM
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