[Opinions] I agree
in reply to a message by Dot
and really, I don't understand you original point about John. It is not nny in any way. It can stand on its own, so I would rather see a John than a Jonathan "John", who always went by "John". Same with Lucas. I'd say Luke and John were the most classical of the two.But then again, I come in with a British perspective where it is much more common to be named Ellie than Eleanor "Ellie" at the moment. I tend to agree with longer names so the child has more choice, but where a classic name can stand on its own there is no point in giving a longer and often unrelated name just ot make it seem "more formal". And agreeing with Dot here, how is John boring? It's been decreasing in popularity and has a lot more history than some of today's common names.
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nicknames as full names continuation  ·  BoiCrazii  ·  12/21/2007, 9:18 PM
*sigh*  ·  Chrisell  ·  12/22/2007, 11:47 PM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  Egyptian Princess  ·  12/22/2007, 1:08 PM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  Caroline Mae  ·  12/22/2007, 9:15 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  Murasaki (on a different computer)  ·  12/22/2007, 7:46 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  raindancing  ·  12/22/2007, 6:02 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  August Rose  ·  12/22/2007, 6:36 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  raindancing  ·  12/22/2007, 7:14 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  August Rose  ·  12/22/2007, 4:54 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  Kate  ·  12/21/2007, 11:58 PM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  livieluvbug  ·  12/21/2007, 10:49 PM
John...  ·  Dot  ·  12/21/2007, 11:37 PM
Re: John...  ·  Elinor  ·  12/22/2007, 8:18 AM
Re: John...  ·  Dot  ·  12/22/2007, 8:45 AM
I agree  ·  jeziana  ·  12/22/2007, 4:01 AM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  Dot  ·  12/21/2007, 9:25 PM
Re: nicknames as full names continuation  ·  LMS  ·  12/21/2007, 9:34 PM