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I appreciate the nicknames that take two or three jumps to explain where they come from like Margaret == Peggy or Richard == Dick
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Endless Mike posted:I appreciate the nicknames that take two or three jumps to explain where they come from like Margaret == Peggy or Richard == Dick I'm not sure how many jumps it takes to get from Elizabeth to Tilly, but it does somehow.
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John == Jack is also a favorite since it doesn't shorten the name, just makes a different one. I don't think this is commonly used much anymore, though.
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"St. John" is great, both because it's so unwieldy as a given name, and that it shortens to "Sinjin"
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Asia is full of this as well. I knew a guy in the Philippines named Amadoro bit everyone called him bing-boy.
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Apparently students in Taiwan (and most likely elsewhere but this is just my experience) will choose an English name to use in their English classes, and several Taiwanese I know just use these as their common names now (this is in Japan, so not even in the English sphere). There's some fairly standard names like Julia or Rachel, but also like Theodora and some stripper-esque names like Sprite and Glamor.
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Rochallor posted:Apparently students in Taiwan (and most likely elsewhere but this is just my experience) will choose an English name to use in their English classes, and several Taiwanese I know just use these as their common names now (this is in Japan, so not even in the English sphere). There's some fairly standard names like Julia or Rachel, but also like Theodora and some stripper-esque names like Sprite and Glamor. In both French and Spanish classes I took (in America) we chose French and Spanish names for the class. If you have Taiwanese, Japanese and Americans (or Brits or wherever you're from) all interacting I'm betting English will be the most common language spoken.
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Far out nicknames are pretty common everywhere because knowledge of your true name gives wizards power over you.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Stewart_(politician)
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Rhyno posted:Nobody in the UK goes by Bob. There was that one Monitor in Final Crisis No, really, his name was Bob. quote:However, New Earth's monitor, Bob, believes a much more peaceful approach should be taken, and establishes the Challengers of the Unknown, a group made of anomalies to help him track down Ray Palmer who he believes is the only man capable of averting the upcoming Great Disaster.
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My middle name is Jay. My parents told me that it was a shorten form of Isaac, a relative I was supposed to be named after. I think they just said this because they liked the name Jay, hated the name Isaac, and did some mental gymnastics to justify the name.
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Oasx posted:I never said that other countries don't have nicknames, but it is odd how systematic it is in the US. You plan for your child to be called A, therefore you name him/her B.
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Madkal posted:My middle name is Jay. My parents told me that it was a shorten form of Isaac, a relative I was supposed to be named after. I think they just said this because they liked the name Jay, hated the name Isaac, and did some mental gymnastics to justify the name. I think the Romans didn't have the letter J, so I was used to represent it, like in Latin versions of the bible, so Joseph would start with an I, but unless Issac is supposed to be pronounced "Jizzak" that sounds like bullshit. Polly is a nickname for Mary.
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Skwirl posted:I think the Romans didn't have the letter J, so I was used to represent it, like in Latin versions of the bible, so Joseph would start with an I, but unless Issac is supposed to be pronounced "Jizzak" that sounds like bullshit. Hebrew for Isaac is Yitzchak. The J makes a Y sound. As far as I know though, Hebrew doesn't shorten the name Yitzchak. Joseph would become Yosef as well.
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Brie Larson posted a picture of her holding the Mjolnir prop. There are 18K+ comments. I can already feel the videos titled 'NOT WORTHY' bubbling to the surface.
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It's fun to see Comicsgate spurge out that DC killed EVS' creation, Jessica Cruz, after railing on Jane Foster becoming Thor. What is irony?
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Dawgstar posted:Brie Larson posted a picture of her holding the Mjolnir prop. There are 18K+ comments. I can already feel the videos titled 'NOT WORTHY' bubbling to the surface. Posted where
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site posted:Posted where https://www.instagram.com/p/B1biFn3DDyh
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told you the 3 way poly relationship was happening
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Davros1 posted:I liked this comment: "Careful you are not Thor yet. Mmm kay. Mmm kay." Wow.
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The whole thing is bad but uhh i cant figure out whats going on with those fingers
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site posted:The whole thing is bad but uhh i cant figure out whats going on with those fingers That's one awkwardly long broken pinky finger. The guy is clearly in pain 
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Wow! A whole panel! That means it's due any day, right?
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Mmm, nothing says topical like a twenty year old Grammy reference.
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That art is just disappointingly forgettable. Like, not even noteworthy for how bad it is, like those Batman panels from Injustice. Just thoroughly, blandly unremarkable.
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The Chad Soy Boy vs the Virgin Solar Nebula
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Dawgstar posted:Brie Larson posted a picture of her holding the Mjolnir prop. There are 18K+ comments. I can already feel the videos titled 'NOT WORTHY' bubbling to the surface.
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Grifters gonna grift https://twitter.com/Qlippot/status/1164596435796582409
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Assuming those aren't trolls, it really spotlights those who are just in comics gate to be anti-women when they don't know who the She-hulk is.
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Anora posted:Assuming those aren't trolls, it really spotlights those who are just in comics gate to be anti-women when they don't know who the She-hulk is. That's all of them.
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Anora posted:Assuming those aren't trolls, it really spotlights those who are just in comics gate to be anti-women when they don't know who the She-hulk is. We are talking about people who think X-Men was apolitical until Laura became Wolverine.
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Anora posted:Assuming those aren't trolls, it really spotlights those who are just in comics gate to be anti-women when they don't know who the She-hulk is. 
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Quick someone check to see if David Goyer tweeted something.
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