ED Syndrome Dicussion
SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
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Not sure if this should be posted in Chit Chat or if another area of MFP would be more appropriate but I'm thinking of calling my new pet dog Edward but I know all my friends will want to call him Ed. Should I let this happen or correct them and say that my preference would be to call him Edward?
The whole shortening of names is a syndrome in the English language - one that should be addressed.
Michael - Mike
Andrew - Andy
Richard - Dick
Henry - Hank
The whole shortening of names is a syndrome in the English language - one that should be addressed.
Michael - Mike
Andrew - Andy
Richard - Dick
Henry - Hank
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What about William - Bill? That one always puzzled me but not enough to make me Google the reasoning behind it.0
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Caporegiem wrote: »What about William - Bill? That one always puzzled me but not enough to make me Google the reasoning behind it.
Same
Also Richard and Dick1 -
Teddy0
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Oops, thought this discussion was about something else entirely3
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@Bluetail6 wrote: »Oops, thought this discussion was about something else entirely
What?0 -
SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »@Bluetail6 wrote: »Oops, thought this discussion was about something else entirely
What?
It's probably the whole shortening aspect of the thread that they're confused about.
Some nicknames & "shortened" name versions are longer than the original.
Nancy is short for Ann, Johnny or Johnnie is short for John, Polly is short for Mary...0 -
Caporegiem wrote: »What about William - Bill? That one always puzzled me but not enough to make me Google the reasoning behind it.
There are many theories on why Bill became a nickname for William; the most obvious is that it was part of the Middle Ages trend of letter swapping. Much how Dick is a rhyming nickname for Rick, the same is true of Bill and Will. Because hard consonants are easier to pronounce than soft ones, some believe Will morphed into Bill for phonetic reasons. Interestingly, when William III ruled over in England in the late 17th century, his subjects mockingly referred to him as “King Billy.”0 -
Renaissance_Turtle wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »@Bluetail6 wrote: »Oops, thought this discussion was about something else entirely
What?
It's probably the whole shortening aspect of the thread that they're confused about.
Some nicknames & "shortened" name versions are longer than the original.
Nancy is short for Ann, Johnny or Johnnie is short for John, Polly is short for Mary...
Same here, I'm Kim and get called "Kimmy" by a lot of people.0 -
So why do some John's go by Jack? Riddle me that2
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I never understood Peggy being short of Elizabeth???1
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Elizabeth → Eliza, Libby, Liz, Lizzy, Lisa, Beth, Bess0
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What about Henry/Hank?0
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »What about Henry/Hank?
That makes no sense to me either. Just call your dog Hicks.1 -
Or how Robert turns into Bobby0
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »What about Henry/Hank?
That makes no sense to me either. Just call your dog Hicks.
That would confuse my mother.0 -
forward0backward wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »What about William - Bill? That one always puzzled me but not enough to make me Google the reasoning behind it.
Same
Also Richard and Dick
Some Richards are Riches and some Richards are Ricks, but a few Richards are Dicks.
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