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Oh Jackie, i wanted to name my daughter Gwendalynn-- and my ex veto'd it. since i had gone along with his choice of a name for a son.. i was annoyed, and press him Why? Unfortunately, he came up with such a good reason, i had to agree.. last name Griffin.. Gwendalynn Griffin could easily become GG (Gee Gee!) yucK! i tend to dislike nickname-- or at least nicknames that other impose.. Now that he is an adult, my son has some of friends call him Ben... but when he was a kid, some adults tried to stick him with Benjie .. and i found Gee Gee to be just as bad! so i have an Emily..
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Yes, one should try to think as far ahead as possible. When my neice found out she was going to have a boy, I knew his last name would be Banks, so I told her not to name him Robert or Robin.
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my daughter CarolIne is named for her great-grandmother, and her middle name is Noel -- born Dec. 22. my friend the skeptic (imagine what he must be like!) upon hearing this rolled his eyes and said "carolin' noel?"
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No matter what you do someone will be able to pervert it into something, given enough reason. No point making it easy, but I can't see what could possibly be wrong with Gee Gee. Maybe it's a NYC thang. If there's something really obvious that I'm missing PM me.
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the only thing "wrong" I can see is that you start out with something you think to be mellifluous, Gwendalyn, and end up with Gigi.
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i just thinks names are important.. and i hate when kids get nicknames impossed on them.. something suitable for a 2 year old (benjie!) get hung on kid-- and when he's in college, 6 foot tall, he is still benjie..
its not a nyc thing.. its purely me! i put thought into my kids names.. i spent most of my son's childhood fighting Ben, Benny, Benjie, et al.. and keeping him Benjamin.. i still call him Benjamin.. but he has used Ben. (his name, his choice!)
my (extended) family is rife with people who have a given name (never used!) and two or more nicknames! i had trouble keeping track of who was who! Elizabeth, was always called Annabelle, except when she was called Pidge! (short for pidgeon.. no, not a misspelling, her last name.. )
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start out with something you think to be mellifluous, Gwendalyn, and end up with Gigi.
Well, they're pretty different but it sounds like a crap shoot figuring out which (if either) is more mellifluous than the other. Listen one way and Gwendalyn has some harsh edges and abrupt turns; Gigi bubbles along in a nice friendly way.
And Helen, *any name can be made into a nickname. I was known as Craig the Leg for a period of time in my youth. Anyone with the last name of Griffin is open to all sorts of nickname abuse whatever her first name is. Look at your Benjie.
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My given name was Kimber, yet I was always called Kim, except for that first, misserable day at school, when the teacher would call roll, and I would hear the snickering in the background and the quiet litte "timber" coming from behind me. As an adult, I have always been asked if it was short for Kimberly. When I married, I legally changed it to Kim. You know what? They still ask if it's short for Kimberly. Go figure!
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Dear Faldage,
Why were you called CRAIG THE LEG?
Was it because you had long legs or great legs or perhaps you liked legs? Or perhaps you worked at a barn and gave young riders a leg up? (or is that a hand up? I've forgotten--brain is whirling again)
Very curious here,
DubDub
PS: Speaking of horses, which is right and left of gee and haw?
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