• Fades@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You’re shocked to find out Joe is short for Joseph? No surprise you’re embarrassed.

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      3 months ago

      I knew that Joe could be short for Joseph, it just never occured to me that you guys would address the president of all people with a short form.

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          3 months ago

          I surrender, this time around I didn’t even know you could shorten William to Bill. Next up someone’s telling me Donald is short for Ottobertifurz - honoring his fake german roots.

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        For some reason, that generation very rarely use their actual name. I had an uncle whose real name I only found out at his funeral, he had gone by his middle name all his life.

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      3 months ago

      There are people called Sam and not Samantha. There are Matts that aren’t Matthews. There are Joes that aren’t Joseph.

      Maybe don’t be a Richard?

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        3 months ago

        Nicknames as legal names is one of my pet peeves, and I acknowledge that I have no right to have an opinion about someone’s name.