[HPforGrownups] Re: Discussion HPDH

[June Ewing]

Geoff:
I don't quite see the meaning of "shortcut" in this context.

What we are looking at are familiar abbreviated forms of the names
used by family and friends. It does not follow that every person WANTS
to use the familiar form. One of our church members is called Pamela
and considers it a great insult to be called Pam.

On the other hand, my full name is Geoffrey but I dislike the full name as,
to me, it seems rather old-fashioned so I insist on being called Geoff.

As I pointed out previously, there are instances where the familiar form is
the child's correct given name. Harry Potter seems to have the full given
names Harry James whereas Harry is often the familiar form of Henry (as
in the case of Prince Harry) or Harold.

So, we're not really considering options for names, rather the familiar
forms which may or may not be used.

June:
Short form names are some time confusing (hence the reason the person who started this was confused by Bill be short for William) Like you Geoff my brother Bill (he is actually my step brother) and I don't like to be called by our full first names. While Bill prefers not to be called William my first name is Roberta and I prefer Bobbi, Robbi, Robin or my middle name, June. But as I said short forms can be misleading. As I had posted earlier, as well as Bill and Will being short forms for William, so is Liam a short form for William. My uncle Jack's name was actually John but Jack is another version of John (I don't like to call it a short form because it is not shorter). Then as I noted earlier some people call me Robin which is a nick name for Robert or Roberta. I had found a description on line for William and if you google it I am sure there are more explanations for short forms and how they came about.







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