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Help[Opinions] Re: Dorothea, Dorothy, Dodie and Dottie
in reply to a message by honeypie
I like both Dorothy and Dorothea, with a preference for the former.
My uncle dated a woman called Dot for a very very long time and we were quite close to her growing up and into our teenage years, but I never made the connection that it was short for Dorothy. It's always seemed like one of those nicknames that just takes a little leap of logic (like Teddy with Theodore / Edward as opposed to Theo / Eddy) so it's always felt weird to me. Not that I don't like Dot / Dotty as nicknames for Dorothy/Dorothea, though it does sit in my pile of "cute but not for me" nicknames.
Dodie, on the other hand, I don't like at all and it rather sounds more like a pet name for the Dodo bird
In D- names I do prefer Daphne a lot more than Dorothy, but Daph sounds so incredibly lackluster as a nickname. In the end, I'm unsure which I'd rather choose as a baby name.
My uncle dated a woman called Dot for a very very long time and we were quite close to her growing up and into our teenage years, but I never made the connection that it was short for Dorothy. It's always seemed like one of those nicknames that just takes a little leap of logic (like Teddy with Theodore / Edward as opposed to Theo / Eddy) so it's always felt weird to me. Not that I don't like Dot / Dotty as nicknames for Dorothy/Dorothea, though it does sit in my pile of "cute but not for me" nicknames.
Dodie, on the other hand, I don't like at all and it rather sounds more like a pet name for the Dodo bird
In D- names I do prefer Daphne a lot more than Dorothy, but Daph sounds so incredibly lackluster as a nickname. In the end, I'm unsure which I'd rather choose as a baby name.
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