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Help[Opinions] Re: Nickname for Adelaide
in reply to a message by noel
"Personally I find all Add* names annoying, but I don't have a problem with Adelaide."
No, no - this sentence doesn't make sense. You either don't find them all annoying, or you do have a problem with Addie. Lol.
No, I don't get it. If you love a name, it does not make sense to exclude the most prominent syllable of it for nickname play.
(Notably, in several of your examples, you have used the first syllable, rather than the most prominent one. There's a reason hardly anyone calls Rebecca "Rebbie" and instead calls them "Beck"-related names.)
But yeah, if you love Virginia but you dislike the Virg- sound enough to not ever want to play with the name you gave her and call her Virgie - something's off there.
No, no - this sentence doesn't make sense. You either don't find them all annoying, or you do have a problem with Addie. Lol.
No, I don't get it. If you love a name, it does not make sense to exclude the most prominent syllable of it for nickname play.
(Notably, in several of your examples, you have used the first syllable, rather than the most prominent one. There's a reason hardly anyone calls Rebecca "Rebbie" and instead calls them "Beck"-related names.)
But yeah, if you love Virginia but you dislike the Virg- sound enough to not ever want to play with the name you gave her and call her Virgie - something's off there.
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"No, no - this sentence doesn't make sense. You either don't find them all annoying, or you do have a problem with Addie. Lol."
I never said I didn't think Addie was annoying. I said I don't mind Adelaide. I don't like "add" in names partly because of the spelling...Addelaide would be annoying to me. I have negative word associations with the sound, but they're vague enough that they don't matter to me, unless they're reinforced visually.
"No, I don't get it. If you love a name, it does not make sense to exclude the most prominent syllable of it for nickname play."
It makes sense because there are factors other than sound that can affect the aesthetics of a name. Even if you're judging solely on sound, you can take into account how the individual sounds (and associations people have with them) interact, and that can change overall perception.
Maybe, like...if you put red next to green, it might look different than if you put it next to yellow? It's the same shade of red, but you might only like the overall affect of one visually. And maybe some people will associate red + yellow with fast food, and then fast food with being unhealthy, even though the main reason those colors are popular in restaurants is that they increase appetite, which could be good, in a certain context. But red + green might make them think of Christmas and by extension community and generosity or evergreens and by extension nature and winter, or whatever. They might just think of traffic lights, and by extension traffic jams, either way, even if they like red.
It's all subjective, and there's no reason it can't be nuanced.
I never said I didn't think Addie was annoying. I said I don't mind Adelaide. I don't like "add" in names partly because of the spelling...Addelaide would be annoying to me. I have negative word associations with the sound, but they're vague enough that they don't matter to me, unless they're reinforced visually.
"No, I don't get it. If you love a name, it does not make sense to exclude the most prominent syllable of it for nickname play."
It makes sense because there are factors other than sound that can affect the aesthetics of a name. Even if you're judging solely on sound, you can take into account how the individual sounds (and associations people have with them) interact, and that can change overall perception.
Maybe, like...if you put red next to green, it might look different than if you put it next to yellow? It's the same shade of red, but you might only like the overall affect of one visually. And maybe some people will associate red + yellow with fast food, and then fast food with being unhealthy, even though the main reason those colors are popular in restaurants is that they increase appetite, which could be good, in a certain context. But red + green might make them think of Christmas and by extension community and generosity or evergreens and by extension nature and winter, or whatever. They might just think of traffic lights, and by extension traffic jams, either way, even if they like red.
It's all subjective, and there's no reason it can't be nuanced.
This message was edited 7/29/2018, 3:52 PM
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Oh oops, made a brain fart in my first sentence. Should have said Adelaide, not Addie.
Interesting explanation.
Interesting explanation.
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