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Help[Opinions] Re: Would you use a name you dislike (or don't love), just for use of the nickname?
in reply to a message by Ismene
Nicknames have NOTHING to do with the full names I choose. If a nickname occurs, it will happen organically, and will be given by loved-ones through time. It wouldn't be something I tried to force. Actually, the perpetual nickname discussion on here gets an emphatic thumbs down from me.
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Why the hate on discussion of nicknames?? If you're talking about nicknames based on things other than the name itself (i.e. calling a child Curly because of their hair) then yes, such names will happen organically. I just don't see how shortening Rosalie to Rosa is forced - it's right there at the beginning of the name and is likely to ALSO happen organically
The question posed was really more about compromising and how far you'd go to do so. The example I used is true to life in that I love Rose but my SO thinks it sounds too old. I think, however, that I could get him on board with Rosalie - in which case I could easily call her Rosa or Rose. I was just curious as to how others would approach the situation.
The question posed was really more about compromising and how far you'd go to do so. The example I used is true to life in that I love Rose but my SO thinks it sounds too old. I think, however, that I could get him on board with Rosalie - in which case I could easily call her Rosa or Rose. I was just curious as to how others would approach the situation.
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I was wondering if the example was based on real life.
If your SO dislikes Rose, though, would he be ok with you calling a Rosalie Rose? Or is his main issue with the legal name?
If your SO dislikes Rose, though, would he be ok with you calling a Rosalie Rose? Or is his main issue with the legal name?
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I think as long as HE didn't have to refer to her as Rose and introduce her exclusively as that, he'd be ok with me calling her that. And I imagine that he might actually warm to Rose as a NN once he has a younger, positive association for it.
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I like Rose. It's fine. But I love Rosamund.
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