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Re: Zoetta
Actually no, the girl with the name took on the pet form Zoey because she hated Zoetta.
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That doesn't nullify Mrs Claire's point in the slightest. If someone named Annetta went by Anne because they didn't like Annetta, that wouldn't change the fact that Annetta is a pet form of Anne that is used as a given name.Zoetta looks and sounds like a pet form of Zoe, and I'm willing to bet that it's a pet form that has crossed over to the formal name side.
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So if someone named Katarina goes by KathernieBecause she doesn't like Katarina, Katarina is therefore not a form of Katherine?That makes...no sense. At all. Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoetta. Whether or not she dislikes it and is going by Zoey does not nullify that fact.
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Siri, no need to be rude - as you are through your diction, no surprise. That's what she said that her parents who named her said.
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Siri was not rudeThe meaning and the origin of a name don't change because somebody decides to go by another form.Lumia
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Maybe she did not like the -etta sound?Zoey may mean the same thing as Zoetta but it sounds differently.- She said he made a racial slur!
- Racial? She is Swedish!
- Maybe he called her Meatball."I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I’ve decided to be spontaneous."
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"Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoetta." Erm? :S
I'm not sure what you mean...So, her given name is Zoetta and I asked what it means.
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I believe it was a typo.She meant "Zoetta has all the elements of a pet form of Zoe." Meaning, I suppose, that Zoetta is a diminuative of Zoe. Just because a nickname, diminuative, pet form, etc. is supplied as a "given" name does not mean it isn't still a variation of the original. Hence, Zoeatta has the same meaning as Zoe, but the ending implies that the named is a small girl.
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