Something else interesting is that my parents didn't think of the fact that
Gabriella could easily have other nn's than
Gabby. I only recently thought of that and far before I thought of it my sister has loved the nn's
Ellie and
Elle. That is part of why she really wants to have a daughter named
Elliott someday because she wants to call her
Elle and
Ellie. I just think it's odd because she almost was
Gabriella nn
Ella,
Ellie, and
Elle. Knowing me I would have called her by all of those nn's and more. I probably would have called her Elegant, Elegance, Elephant, Elf, Elfy, etc... Now that I think about it her nn my parents and my uncle
John called her when she was really young was Elfen Magic or maybe Elven Magic but I swear it was Elfen Magic. She had this nn because she had big ears that looked kind of elf shaped when you looked at her straight on but not in profile. Her ears don't look that way anymore because she grew into them but my uncle
Fred still has ears that look elven when you look at him from the front.
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