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Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas Send a noteboard - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM
I don't know people who name their child one thing withthe express intention of giving him/her a nickname. Sometimes the name chosen allows foe a variety of nicknames: Elizabeth can be Liz, Lizzy, Beth, etc.

Because if they aren't according to you, perhaps you should clarify as I'm clearly not understanding you then.
All of my friends call me Gabe, but I'm exclusively Gabriel in professional and formal settings. Oddly enough, my parents refer to me as both. Your characterization of diminutives is weird. :P

Nor am I sure how this example contradicts anything of what I said...
That said, two of my good friends are a Samuel and a Benjamin who have never been anything other than Sam and Ben in their lives.
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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1664 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 315 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 714 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 334 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 367 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 428 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 419 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 957 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1322 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 426 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 434 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 922 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 821 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 770 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 696 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 408 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 691 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 944 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 926 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 427 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 788 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 441 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 440 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 317 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 418 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 421 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 712 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 758 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 852 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 854 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 780 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 952 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 846 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 725 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 420 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 372 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 411 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 397 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 435 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 420 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 382 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 443 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 805 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 992 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1010 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 634 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1030 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 305 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 830 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 966 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 690 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 716 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 789 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 402 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 422 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 433 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 782 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 895 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 725 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 837 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 708 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 838 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 654 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 658 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 772 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 657 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 745 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 870 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 821 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 785 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 702 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 658 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 718 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 819 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 634 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 843 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 838 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 834 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 710 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 886 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 765 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 716 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 427 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 796 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 807 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 696 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 429 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 717 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 856 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 412 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 764 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 350 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 438 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 734 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 835 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 867 Views
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