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Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom Send a noteboard - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM
Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Slovaks and Bulgarians have diminutive names. The Irish do it too, apparently. In fact, it seems like the only countries in Europe where it isn't so widespread as to be ubiquitous are Romance language countries, and even there I believe the Italians have a lot of diminutive personal names, and I know some Spanish names are truncated.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Which apostles of Jesus Christ have you known? In the biblical sense, of course. Vivien - 23/03/2011 04:52:48 AM 1709 Views
About as close as I can get it is a Mary *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 04:55:10 AM 334 Views
Yeah... Inequality and discrimination is so annoying! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:10:48 AM 754 Views
most of them don't even have decent female versions to use *NM* random thoughts - 23/03/2011 01:10:15 PM 353 Views
Slutty. I like it *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:10:03 AM 387 Views
lol, how many apostles do you think is slutty? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:11:37 AM 446 Views
Depends. How many you been with? *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:12:28 AM 438 Views
My answer. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:14:54 AM 1004 Views
Oh prude! 12 would have been a much sexier answer *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:19:45 AM 1344 Views
Where is the line between prude and slut? *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:34:57 AM 446 Views
Sorry, trade secret. *NM* Urza - 23/03/2011 05:37:46 AM 455 Views
Darn! Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:44:33 AM 969 Views
My challenge to you... Urza - 23/03/2011 06:39:06 AM 866 Views
You don't get to give me challenges. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:09:10 PM 819 Views
Of course I do Urza - 23/03/2011 08:34:29 PM 749 Views
I think it's related to statistical significance. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:55:26 AM 428 Views
Also, 12 would mean that there was a Judas. Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:56:59 AM 744 Views
oh man, i gotta remember dude's names? temeraire - 23/03/2011 05:44:06 AM 992 Views
What do you mean, "maybe"? Vivien - 23/03/2011 05:46:54 AM 975 Views
Yeah, you're winning so far. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:54:16 AM 446 Views
You know, Joshua and Jesus are the same name. Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 06:54:52 AM 827 Views
Good point. Joshua/Josh counts. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:55:11 PM 459 Views
How can they have English names, when English didn't even exist yet!?! *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 08:56:09 AM 457 Views
God must be a forward thinker. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 09:34:07 AM 334 Views
Well he is omniscient, and he loved Evangelical Baptists above all. It makes sense. *NM* Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:56:05 AM 442 Views
Different ethnic versions of the names are fine. *NM* Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:12:18 PM 442 Views
Joshua = Jesus. According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal beetnemesis - 24/03/2011 10:08:27 PM 760 Views
Because cleary, God is a Brit. Michael - 24/03/2011 12:40:28 PM 806 Views
My response. Aeryn - 23/03/2011 10:53:06 AM 901 Views
1.5 nossy - 23/03/2011 02:43:46 PM 901 Views
Why? Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:15:23 PM 834 Views
lol, I'm sorry, that just got a lot funnier than I had expected it to. nossy - 23/03/2011 03:25:38 PM 1001 Views
Then it doesn't count. Vivien - 23/03/2011 03:53:55 PM 895 Views
Have a John is better than none...? *MN* Joel - 27/03/2011 03:42:09 AM 775 Views
Half a John, hahaha. Classic *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2011 03:55:37 PM 437 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 01:34:40 AM 391 Views
*NM* snoopcester - 24/03/2011 12:00:03 PM 429 Views
In a strictly Biblical sense, it's the men who do the "knowing" and women who are "known". *NM* Tom - 23/03/2011 10:20:34 PM 415 Views
"How many apostles have known you?" Fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/03/2011 11:05:25 PM 452 Views
LOL. *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:12:21 AM 441 Views
Do women get to know anything then? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:25:24 AM 403 Views
Can they know themselves? *NM* Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:31:24 AM 464 Views
Good question. According to Biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman: Tom - 24/03/2011 01:36:56 PM 865 Views
That seems over simplified in a few areas, though I've always agreed with the, er, "main thrust". Joel - 27/03/2011 05:13:14 AM 1047 Views
What a terribly thought-out and absolutely groundless response you have shat out. Tom - 28/03/2011 05:56:56 AM 1070 Views
Next time I'm defending you against charges of elitism remind me to forget this exchange. Joel - 28/03/2011 08:38:10 PM 704 Views
I never asked you to defend me against charges of elitism; I am an elitist. Tom - 29/03/2011 12:55:12 AM 1081 Views
Hahaha, no kidding. *NM* Vivien - 29/03/2011 03:56:43 AM 326 Views
Then I'll have to settle for hoping you're not as representative of RAFO as some fear. Joel - 31/03/2011 10:06:34 PM 926 Views
Oh, did I offend you? Please let me continue to do so. Tom - 03/04/2011 05:24:25 AM 1027 Views
Also, John and Jonathan are not the same name. Tom - 24/03/2011 02:48:49 AM 733 Views
Well Tom, if you've *been known* by both a John and a Jonathan, my hat's off to you. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:11:49 AM 761 Views
I have come into the world, but the world has known me not. Tom - 24/03/2011 01:43:36 PM 837 Views
Nice *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:19:37 PM 422 Views
Which is why "Johnathan", "Jonathon" and the like are such abominable names. *NM* Legolas - 25/03/2011 07:41:02 PM 442 Views
I hate it when people of the same ethnicity have different spellings of essentially the same name. *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 10:20:32 PM 452 Views
Алина, Алена, Елена really bothers me Tom - 25/03/2011 11:42:56 PM 834 Views
Americans still have that "official name vs. everyday-use name" thing to a very large degree. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:08:26 AM 942 Views
Germans do it. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:20:21 AM 778 Views
I think you'll find they do it rather less these days. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:31:54 AM 880 Views
I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of nicknames. Ghavrel - 26/03/2011 04:17:09 PM 750 Views
Is it me, or are your first and last sentence in direct contradiction of each other? Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:55:33 PM 876 Views
Possibly; I don't know what their parents intended. Ghavrel - 29/03/2011 01:41:32 AM 695 Views
I have known people who did it random thoughts - 29/03/2011 05:41:32 PM 700 Views
Actually, all Slavic languages do it extensively. Tom - 26/03/2011 12:29:39 AM 823 Views
My experience with Slavic languages is extremely limited, but... Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:44:19 AM 706 Views
But "Tom" isn't a proper name. Tom - 26/03/2011 01:53:38 PM 792 Views
For a lot of people it is. Legolas - 26/03/2011 04:52:57 PM 918 Views
Hoi polloi do a lot of idiotic things. Tom - 26/03/2011 04:58:46 PM 865 Views
Oh that's not that bad! Vivien - 26/03/2011 03:48:05 PM 841 Views
Well, you're in luck! Tom - 26/03/2011 04:52:18 PM 756 Views
But I can't! Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:13:20 PM 707 Views
Sure you can Tom - 26/03/2011 05:56:10 PM 764 Views
But... Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:28:17 PM 871 Views
But "Anya" only has a meaning as a short form of Anna. Tom - 29/03/2011 05:29:33 PM 681 Views
So you wouldn't love me anymore if you found out my given name was Bobby? Joel - 27/03/2011 05:18:19 AM 892 Views
I don't mind it if the alternative spelling is at least somewhat current. Legolas - 26/03/2011 12:03:54 AM 885 Views
I love how as long as you're around I don't have to point out stuff like this. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:26:04 AM 883 Views
None ßelals Girl - 24/03/2011 03:15:50 AM 761 Views
Awww. Vivien - 24/03/2011 04:30:09 AM 932 Views
I guess I haven't gone the apostle route Helene - 24/03/2011 01:48:48 PM 808 Views
Re: I guess I haven't gone the apostle route TaskmasterJack - 24/03/2011 09:59:17 PM 760 Views
Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? *NM* Helene - 25/03/2011 06:08:51 AM 450 Views
Re: Are there more Peters, or are Peters more likely to get laid? Aeryn - 25/03/2011 11:10:47 AM 841 Views
I had no idea! Helene - 26/03/2011 04:28:06 PM 853 Views
The entire English-speaking world, generally Tom - 26/03/2011 04:55:01 PM 744 Views
I know a lot of words for male genetalia, but I'd simply never heard Peter... weird. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:51:56 PM 447 Views
I've never heard Peter as a word for penis. Rebekah - 26/03/2011 06:00:12 PM 765 Views
Really? There's a whole off color joke built around that in The World According to Garp. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:53:57 AM 899 Views
It's never too late! *NM* Vivien - 25/03/2011 06:42:01 PM 433 Views
Ah, I'm probably going to be known by only one man for the rest of my life Helene - 26/03/2011 04:27:41 PM 806 Views
Well then maybe it is too late *NM* Vivien - 26/03/2011 05:25:46 PM 373 Views
Yeah, most likely :-) it's actually quite nice to be honest. *NM* Helene - 26/03/2011 05:52:37 PM 455 Views
Just Magdalene, sorry, and she only counts if you're a Gnostic or Neo-Gnostic. Joel - 27/03/2011 03:23:58 AM 783 Views
Best I can do Bad Ash - 28/03/2011 07:01:17 AM 880 Views
That's awesome. Vivien - 28/03/2011 07:25:46 PM 918 Views
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