#(also i don’t think i’ve ever read a fic abt anyone named thomas in my life but. work with me here)
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okay, question: are nicknames that shorten someone’s full name to one of its unaccented syllables ever actually a thing outside of badfic, or…?
#it’s definitely not a way i’d personally ever shorten someone’s name#but i can def imagine that other languages/cultures might handle this differently?#but i’ve seen shit in fic that’s like. imagine your characters are named‚ idk‚ thomas and daniel—#suddenly their lovers will be calling them ’mas and ’yel#and it’s like. in what world would you not be shortening these names to the accented first syllable instead. is this a misty lackey book.#(also i don’t think i’ve ever read a fic abt anyone named thomas in my life but. work with me here)#anyway. i guess ppl named suzanne get called suzy ever? so there are exceptions#but. curious abt other perspectives!#names and naming#(might need to reblog this when it isn’t 2:30 AM but. curiosity strikes when it strikes)
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