Nicknames

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 48400

--- Suzanne Chiles <suzchiles at pobox.com> wrote:
> Are nicknames as popular in Great Britain as they are in America? I
> don't
> know too many Brits, but the ones I do know have always gone by their
> full
> name.

I knew I forgot to include something in my last post. *g* I went to school
in England for a few years, and I didn't notice nearly the number of
nicknames as I'd seen in the States.  It was usually the full "Adrienne",
"Catherine", and "Alicia", not Adri, Cathy, and Ali.  Our Head Girl was
Emma Louise, and I wouldn't even shorten that to Emma.

It seemed to me that the students "casual name" among friends was just
their first name -- students who weren't friends would call each other by
their last name, so just calling someone by first name was like using a
nickname to us.


Andrea

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