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Help[Opinions] Re: Opions on Hattie? (edited to add)
in reply to a message by Wish Fish
Huh, I didn't know that. It must have a high percentage of use in Mississippi and Tennessee to be ranking nationally. I've never heard it IRL and live in the southeast US.
My guess would be that it still seems old-fashioned (it's also informal), and maybe people in the south mind that less.
I don't like it. I imagine a loud busybody, and it reminds me too much of millinery. But, I don't mind Hettie, Hennie, or Hallie; Hallie seems the most contemporary, of those, and I like it.
ETA: Where did you look up the popularity? It doesn't show as being in the top 100 in Tennessee or Mississippi on the social security website (and I would have thought it'd have to, to be ranking in the 300s nationally without use outside of the deep south).
My guess would be that it still seems old-fashioned (it's also informal), and maybe people in the south mind that less.
I don't like it. I imagine a loud busybody, and it reminds me too much of millinery. But, I don't mind Hettie, Hennie, or Hallie; Hallie seems the most contemporary, of those, and I like it.
ETA: Where did you look up the popularity? It doesn't show as being in the top 100 in Tennessee or Mississippi on the social security website (and I would have thought it'd have to, to be ranking in the 300s nationally without use outside of the deep south).
This message was edited 4/20/2025, 2:31 PM
