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Actually, I never thought "John" and "Jonathan" were different names. newyorkersedai Send a noteboard - 10/07/2010 12:41:36 AM
It actually never occurred to me. I just assumed every John was an abbreviated Jonathan. I'm first generation American, so I do lot of mental name translation in my head, so Giovanni, Johann, Juan, Ivan - I assumed all of them were "John" variations, and that every John was an abbreviated "Jonathan."
I totally understand your second point too, since brevity often seems like snottiness. Sadly, the internets require smileys or raspberries to make up for a lack of eye contact or vocal inflection.
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How many non-WoT books have characters with duplicate names? Cannoli - 08/07/2010 02:35:08 PM 939 Views
Well, for me... bobsledai - 08/07/2010 04:22:13 PM 562 Views
It's rare in fiction Sidious - 08/07/2010 08:39:38 PM 564 Views
Not true. It's rare in genre fiction. *NM* Tom - 09/07/2010 11:30:38 PM 198 Views
If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem newyorkersedai - 08/07/2010 09:14:13 PM 788 Views
Re: If you write stories regularly, you understand the problem Underwood - 09/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 504 Views
Actually, I never thought "John" and "Jonathan" were different names. newyorkersedai - 10/07/2010 12:41:36 AM 488 Views
It's fairly rare DomA - 08/07/2010 09:53:59 PM 558 Views
The Bible would seem to be a good place to research this dadof5 - 09/07/2010 04:10:32 PM 480 Views
That's cause the Old Testament rocks. *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 09/07/2010 06:14:22 PM 262 Views
There are lots of repeated names in the Old Testament. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:36:40 PM 447 Views
It's fairly common in Russian literature at least. Tom - 09/07/2010 11:35:24 PM 463 Views
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