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Help[Opinions] Re: Jules wdyt? nt
in reply to a message by mirfak
I know a guy named Jonah and I've heard his mom call him Jones, Jonesy, and Joneser... but not Jonester lol.
I see what you mean about the "s" ending but I think of it as more prim than synthetic? Or maybe I'm just doing that American thing where I think it sounds British and assume it sounds posh just because I picture it in a British accent lol. Katz and Bex seem 'normal' but I'd imagine that William "Wills" got that nickname playing cricket at an expensive school or something.
I don't like Miles either but I like James and Jules well enough.
I see what you mean about the "s" ending but I think of it as more prim than synthetic? Or maybe I'm just doing that American thing where I think it sounds British and assume it sounds posh just because I picture it in a British accent lol. Katz and Bex seem 'normal' but I'd imagine that William "Wills" got that nickname playing cricket at an expensive school or something.
I don't like Miles either but I like James and Jules well enough.
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With Wills specifically, there's an example from Buffy (tv) - Willow gets called "Wills" sometimes while Buffy is "Buffster" but I've never heard anyone make up s/z or *ster nicknames like that IRL, apart from Jules itself (and I'm unsure if it was a NN or not).
With this as a general category, I think more of German/Dutch/Scandinavian NNs like Mads, Hans, Fritz (and other names Lars, Jens, Frans, Niels); Katz even reminds me of Schatz...although many one syllable names in the US that end in S are English surnames: Banks, Brooks, Giles, Wells...
I guess Jules is kind of like Charles in that the French version probably came before English(?), and the S would be silent. So that could make it seems a bit awkward/off maybe.
With this as a general category, I think more of German/Dutch/Scandinavian NNs like Mads, Hans, Fritz (and other names Lars, Jens, Frans, Niels); Katz even reminds me of Schatz...although many one syllable names in the US that end in S are English surnames: Banks, Brooks, Giles, Wells...
I guess Jules is kind of like Charles in that the French version probably came before English(?), and the S would be silent. So that could make it seems a bit awkward/off maybe.
This message was edited 11/15/2023, 10:01 PM
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