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 Posted 31st March 2010 15:58 IP   
Why Frank and not Francis?
I'm not keen on names that are shortened, they're nicknames. 
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:11 IP
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Why Frank and not Francis?
names that are shortened, they're nicknames.
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They're not. Nicknames are never formed from your actual name.
Take me, for example.
Henk is a short or diminutive form of my name, Henryk. As is 'Ryk.
Henky Wenky, then, is a corrupted form of the diminutive form of my name. As is The Henkmeister, Henkster, Henkeroonie.
But nicknames? Why, those would be Bineapple Pollocks, say (or Huevos de pino, if you're feeling Hispanic), or Laughing Boy, or Schitface, or Torpedo Tits.
Actually, I made that last one up. Nobody ever calls me Torpedo Tits.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:14 IP
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Nicknames are never formed from your actual name.
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They are where I come from young man.
The strange nickname seems to be a bloke thing up here.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:16 IP
I prefer Franklin than Francis.
Unless it's Paul Francis, of course.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:16 IP
The Henkmeister. I like it!
I thought Frank was also a name. I know someone called Frank and it's what he was christened.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:17 IP
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The Henkmeister. I like it!
I thought Frank was also a name. I know someone called Frank and it's what he was christened.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:19 IP
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The strange nickname seems to be a bloke thing up here.
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Well, we all have our peculiarities.
You're fond of the "epithet + name" formula up there, aren't you? Big Hamish, Wee Tam, Awld Alex, Brave Ulysses.
That kind of way.
It's Homeric, if you ask me.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:20 IP
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You're fond of the "epithet + name" formula up there, aren't you? Big Hamish, Wee Tam, Awld Alex, Brave Ulysses.
That kind of way.
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Yes you can be 6 fit 5 and be wee Tam.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:22 IP
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I thought Frank was also a name.
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No, it's rhyming slang for double-entry bookkeeping.
If it's not a name, what is it?
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:23 IP
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If it's not a name, what is it?
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A nickname 
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:25 IP
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A nickname
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The key is in the second syllable of that word you just used.
Since it also has an adjectival use, 'Frank' can also be used as an epithet, by the way.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:27 IP
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The key is in the second syllable of that word you just used.
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Let me be frank, the first syllable means it ain't a proper name.
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Posted 31st March 2010 16:30 IP
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the first syllable means it ain't a proper name.
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You're really getting confused here.
Proper means 'of one's own' (see propre in French), as opposed to Common or Generic.
So a nickname can still be a proper name.
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Posted 1st April 2010 09:29 IP
I am, I am.
They're not proper names. Does that suit better?
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Posted 1st April 2010 10:22 IP
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The Henkmeister. I like it!
I thought Frank was also a name. I know someone called Frank and it's what he was christened.
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We used have a dog called Frank. (No, it wasn't me)
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Posted 1st April 2010 10:23 IP
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Yes you can be 6 fit 5 and be wee Tam.
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Tit.
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:31 IP
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I didn't like my nephews name when he was first named, but after a few weeks or so I started to like it.
I don't like old fashioned, posh names on kids, I think it's a bit tight. In my year at school, there was a Charles and an Edward. That was weird then, but there's still people being called it nowadays. By the time they're in high school, the names will be even more out of date!
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On the contrary those names will never go out of fashion whereas names such as Brandon and Kylie etc will They are attached to trends not tradition.
Oh and Nats my youngest is Edward 
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:33 IP
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Oh and Nats my youngest is Edward
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I was waiting for that!
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blame her for making me post 
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:53 IP
I would like to think my kids wont hate me for their names like i hate my mother, how many times people say 'oh what an old name' to me.
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:56 IP
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That would have worked well if your name had been Lowe instead of Liar.
Kurtis B. Lowe has a ring to it, I think.
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:57 IP
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I would like to think my kids wont hate me for their names like i hate my mother, how many times people say 'oh what an old name' to me.
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Posted 1st April 2010 11:58 IP
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On the contrary those names will never go out of fashion whereas names such as Brandon and Kylie etc will They are attached to trends not tradition.
Oh and Nats my youngest is Edward
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Or Ted for short.
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Posted 1st April 2010 12:55 IP
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They're not proper names. Does that suit better?
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I can't imagine why you think it might.
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Posted 1st April 2010 12:59 IP
I want Stevie back.
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Posted 1st April 2010 13:03 IP
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Would that be Steven, Stephen, Stefano, Stefan, Etienne, Esteban, Istvan, Stepan.......?
Anyway, Stevie has taken a sabbatical, which should allow him to spend a little quality time with his other board.
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Posted 1st April 2010 13:04 IP
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But not on your council estate, no doubt. Were they the ones who went to uni ?
For the millionth time, stop exaggerating !
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Posted 1st April 2010 13:07 IP
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Would that be Steven, Stephen, Stefano, Stefan, Etienne, Eseban, Istvan, Stepan.......?
Anyway, Stevie has taken a sabbatical, which should allow him to spend a little quality time with his other board.
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Does it have a No riffraff policy or can we all spend some time there being useful and productive?
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Posted 1st April 2010 13:09 IP
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Does it have a No riffraff policy or can we all spend some time there being useful and productive?
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Proceedings are taking an intertextual turn here.
I like it.
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Posted 1st April 2010 13:11 IP
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But not on your council estate, no doubt. Were they the ones who went to uni ?
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Ooh, DickHead's back. 
Edward's now a druggie goth, no idea about Charles.
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