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HelpRe: Antonia doesn't have to be Toni (carry it on)
in reply to a message by Millie
Abigail doesn't have to be Abby
Thomas doesn't have to be Tom (though I'm not sure I've ever met a Thomas who went by Tom)
Frederick doesn't have to be Fred
William doesn't have to be Will
Richard doesn't have to be Rick
However, are there really many, Izzy's Tilly's and Flo's around? those nicknames feel really dated.
"We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, all this hardness; but we aren't like that really, I mean...one can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold...d'you see what I mean?”
John LeCarré
Thomas doesn't have to be Tom (though I'm not sure I've ever met a Thomas who went by Tom)
Frederick doesn't have to be Fred
William doesn't have to be Will
Richard doesn't have to be Rick
However, are there really many, Izzy's Tilly's and Flo's around? those nicknames feel really dated.
"We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, all this hardness; but we aren't like that really, I mean...one can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold...d'you see what I mean?”
John LeCarré
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I have a Florrie in my class, early on she asked to go by Flo so I interchange them now. If I'm in a rush and writing unofficial documents, I'll write Flo on them and usually call her out on the register as Flo.
I don't think I've met a Tilly who has a longer name on her birth certificate. Most of the ones I see or hear about are Tilly (or more likely Tillie) in their own right.
In my maths class I have an Isabelle, Isabel and Isabella. To differentiate I kept Isabelle the same but shorten Isabel to Izzy (she doesn't mind) and leave Isabella alone although I do feel myself wanting to shorten it because it's such a mouthful IRL!
I think "dated" nicknames are much more common in England, whether they're on the birth certificate or used as a pet form.
I don't think I've met a Tilly who has a longer name on her birth certificate. Most of the ones I see or hear about are Tilly (or more likely Tillie) in their own right.
In my maths class I have an Isabelle, Isabel and Isabella. To differentiate I kept Isabelle the same but shorten Isabel to Izzy (she doesn't mind) and leave Isabella alone although I do feel myself wanting to shorten it because it's such a mouthful IRL!
I think "dated" nicknames are much more common in England, whether they're on the birth certificate or used as a pet form.
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