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What's with people using nicknames especially for boys instead of calling them the proper name? Instead of John it is Jack, Harry instead of Harold, Charlie instead of Charles etc.
They could still use the nickname as most John's ended up being called Jack anyway. The same with the other diminutives as well.
I think it's only good that different countries have different names. Probably nowadays in Europe there's some trend of "globalising" names, using more "American" or universal names, but still in many cases certain names are still associated with a specific country (or groups of countries, e.g. Scandinavian).
Would be boring if names were the same everywhere. I like it when I look at some person's name and last name and can easily figure out his nationality.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is something I've noticed. Why is it that Europeans tend to name their kids by their country names. Irish people have Irish names. French tend to have French names. Italians have Italian names. And so on. I can't say it's an age factor as young people having kids today are still sticking with their country names. Given the global village that we live in today where everyone is exposed to other cultures (and especially for EU countries )how is it that an Italian doesn't give their kid an English name or French? I think the only EU members who consistently name their children non-country names would be the English. It is interesting to me as I live in the Western Hemisphere and most people give their kids whatever name they like;origin is irrelevant.
Yes, you are wrong...
Did you ever been in Europe? Met people from there? Talked with them about it? How did you "noticed" it?
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is something I've noticed. Why is it that Europeans tend to name their kids by their country names. Irish people have Irish names. French tend to have French names. Italians have Italian names. And so on. I can't say it's an age factor as young people having kids today are still sticking with their country names. Given the global village that we live in today where everyone is exposed to other cultures (and especially for EU countries )how is it that an Italian doesn't give their kid an English name or French? I think the only EU members who consistently name their children non-country names would be the English. It is interesting to me as I live in the Western Hemisphere and most people give their kids whatever name they like;origin is irrelevant.
I live in Portugal. It is morning here, and so far I have dealt with two people - both born in Portugual of Portuguese families. Their names were Ludmilla, and the guy is Patrick. We are off the hook.
Sheesh, Americans find the most peculiar diddly crap to get booooooothered over.
I live in Portugal. It is morning here, and so far I have dealt with two people - both born in Portugual of Portuguese families. Their names were Ludmilla, and the guy is Patrick. We are off the hook.
Sheesh, Americans find the most peculiar diddly crap to get booooooothered over.
Patrick is a strange name in Portugal. Maybe he was born somewhere else ? Because it was hard for me to register my daughter before because I wanted an Italian name but they wanted me to choose a name that was on the book.
Patrick is a strange name in Portugal. Maybe he was born somewhere else ? Because it was hard for me to register my daughter before because I wanted an Italian name but they wanted me to choose a name that was on the book.
It is strange, but it is his legal name, and both his parents are Portuguese, though I have known several French guys too named Patrick and not Patrice.
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