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Help[Opinions] Re: Nickname necessity?
in reply to a message by Spree
Whole names can be used. I include nn suggestions because (a) it's fun, and (b) it could be a selling point for a name.
Parents often think about nns because they know that if they don't think of one, one will be thought up be others (at school / playground.)
As an observation, I noticed that when I went to college on the East coast in the 80's, more kids / students went by formal names than I was used to. On the West coast (at least when I was growing up) names almost always got shortened / nn'd.
Parents often think about nns because they know that if they don't think of one, one will be thought up be others (at school / playground.)
As an observation, I noticed that when I went to college on the East coast in the 80's, more kids / students went by formal names than I was used to. On the West coast (at least when I was growing up) names almost always got shortened / nn'd.
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Good point.
That is rather true about the East/West coast thing. I live in North Carolina and my friends William, John David (double fn w/no hyphen), Matthew, Giana, and Christopher have never been nicknamed. But Michael goes by Mike and Alexander goes by Alex. I guess I just see so many nns and nn options on this site that it feels like everyone is being shortened.
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That is rather true about the East/West coast thing. I live in North Carolina and my friends William, John David (double fn w/no hyphen), Matthew, Giana, and Christopher have never been nicknamed. But Michael goes by Mike and Alexander goes by Alex. I guess I just see so many nns and nn options on this site that it feels like everyone is being shortened.
"We can even learn from our enemies." -Ovid
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