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I'm fascinated with the historical doll nicknames. I've heard some of you call Felicity "Lissie" and Josefina "Josie". What do you all plan on calling Elizabeth? Beth? Liza? Ellie? Liz? Lizzie? Did she have a nickname in the books? Will the pair be Lissie and Lizzie? Did Ruthie ever get called Ruth in the books or was Samantha called "Sam"?
Julia
I know Felicity's dad calls her Lissie in the books, and I'm guessing that's why people here do, too. I know Elizabeth's sister calls her Bitsy in the book, but she hates that and insists that she call her Elizabeth stating if she calls her Bitsy again that she will call her Annabelle Bananabelle.
Oh and Samantha's Uncle Gard calls her Sam, too.
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ June 13, 2005 11:28 AM: Message edited by: mykidsloveAG ]</font>
I'll probably just call her Elizabeth, but I'm partial to Beth as a nickname. I've never cared for names such as Liz and Lizzie so those are out for me. I can understand why in the books she doesn't like being called Bitsy. I'd have a fit too if I was in her position.
Any of those nicknames are better than "Lizard Breath"...
Taffy
I love Libby as the short form of Elizabeth! Still undecided about her. I am madly falling for AGOT 14 with the dark hair and blue eyes! My Sunny is a dark haired baby and I think she needs a dark haired sister.
Plus I love Kirsten and think she will be our only blonde!
Does anyone have AGOT 14 is she as pretty as her pics?
Ive always liked Lizbeth as a nickname for Elizabeth although its really not any shorter! I actually dont mind Bitsy that much, but I wouldnt call her that if I got her (which I wont anyway) since in the books she doesnt like it. Im small too so Im used to getting nicknames that refer to my size but I think its cute.
AGnan, thats so funny cuz Im the exact opposite! I dont like the name Beth at all, Ive had bad run ins with that name, it just sounds prissy or something to me. But I dont really like Liz or Lizzie either. My other pet peeve is that most people say Uhh-lizabeth. Its supposed to be Eee-lizabeth. But thats because Elizabeth is my middle name and I love the flow of my full name; Rachel Ee-lizabeth. [img]smile.gif[/img] LOL Ive actually heard of some people spelling it Alizabeth since thats how most people say it. The nerve of some people! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ June 13, 2005 01:53 PM: Message edited by: shortie421 ]</font>
Just ask my five year old what her name is....
EEEEE li S (with an s!) A beth,
God forbid you spell it with a z by mistake.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL, thats great. Your daughter reminds me of me. It cracks me up how particular we get about our names. Such as; I dont understand why some people spell my name -ael or -eal (whichever it is) at the end. And most people assume thats how I spell it so Im always correcting people about that. How did the extra a get in there in the first place??Quote:
Originally posted by mom_to_an_americangirl:
Just ask my five year old what her name is....
EEEEE li S (with an s!) A beth,
God forbid you spell it with a z by mistake.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm one of those nervy people, I guess. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] But I can't help it, it's my accent. I say A-lizabeth, Filicity and Pinny. It would take great effort for me to slow down and correctly pronounce each of those correctly. I know it's annoying to other people, especially to my sister, whose baby girl is A-livia. [img]redface.gif[/img] For Olivia, I make the extra effort, but it comes out O!livia. [img]tongue.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by shortie421:
My other pet peeve is that most people say Uhh-lizabeth. Its supposed to be Eee-lizabeth. But thats because Elizabeth is my middle name and I love the flow of my full name; Rachel Ee-lizabeth. [img]smile.gif[/img] LOL Ive actually heard of some people spelling it Alizabeth since thats how most people say it. The nerve of some people! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
For Rachel:
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I really don't know. My good friend has a daughter and when she called to tell me and what she named her she said it's spelled like "Michael". But, you don't say Michael like Mytchel either, so I still don't see how the two names are related.Quote:
How did the extra a get in there in the first place??
My cousin has a two year old son that they named Lleyton and just had a daughter named Llelani. Yup, those are the spellings! They plan on calling her Laney (rhymes with plane-y). Oh well, to each his own.
For doll nicknames, I really don't like Josie for Josefina at all, and it really annoys me when people pronounce the "j" sound, it is supposed to be "h". She is Mexican, not Italian! I guess when writing, I'll write Sam, but we always call her Samantha.
If we get her, Elizabeth will probably stay as Elizabeth.
Laurie
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lleilani is such a beautiful name, too...Quote:
Originally posted by dianasmama:
My cousin has a two year old son that they named Lleyton and just had a daughter named Llelani. Yup, those are the spellings! They plan on calling her Laney (rhymes with plane-y). Oh well, to each his own.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A friend of ours was visiting from back East and kept calling "Aguajito" as Ah-gua-GEE-to. I kept correcting him, saying that the "J" was pronounced like "H" out here in California. After taking him to the airport, I asked him when he would be coming back to visit again. He said, "Hune or Huly..."Quote:
dianasmama continued:
For doll nicknames, I really don't like Josie for Josefina at all, and it really annoys me when people pronounce the "j" sound, it is supposed to be "h". She is Mexican, not Italian!
Taffy
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Taffy Cheerful:
A friend of ours was visiting from back East and kept calling "Aguajito" as Ah-gua-GEE-to. I kept correcting him, saying that the "J" was pronounced like "H" out here in California. After taking him to the airport, I asked him when he would be coming back to visit again. He said, "Hune or Huly..."
Taffy
I usually say Elizabeth like: EH-liZ- uh- beth. And Josefina's name...well..I don't have a definate there. It dosen't bother me when people say "J" for her name, but in my mind, I say "H" when I read it, but usually when I say it I say "J".
Bitsy is the only nickname for Elizabeth that I like. In fact, Elizabeth was my first choice to name my DD. Then, while I was pregnant, I met an Elizabeth that ruined the name for me! You know how that is?
When DD was six, I became friends with a wonderful woman named Elizabeth, who goes by Elizabeth. If I would have named DD Elizabeth, I would not have nicknamed her.
But...calling the doll Bitsy is tempting, I confess....
I kinda of like Bitsy myself, but would not call her that since Elizabeth in the books didn't like it either.
I used to work with a girl named Elisabeth, although she went by the nickname of Liz all the time. When she married she named her first born girl Elisa which I thought was very pretty.
I've also always liked the name Eliza with the long "i" sound. Eliza Doolittle!
Laurie
LOL Taffy. Someone called my five year old Elisabeth "Lizard Breath" and she almost decked him.
She goes by Beth or Libby and sometimes I resort to her baby nick name of weebit.
Elizabeth is just an all around beautiful name. My favorite girls name is Abigail and I love the nickname Abbey as well. Fortunately its my boyfriends favorite girls name too [img]wink.gif[/img] Now if only we could agree on boys names; thanks god thats not an issue for about another 8 years. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But if I end up with two daughters (which Im not sure I would want, Id much rather have a house full of rowdy boys as opposed to prissy girls) I will definitely name the other Elizabeth. Eliza (long i sound) is also a really pretty name. Very British sounding.
[quote]Originally posted by dianasmama:
For Rachel:
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sorry to nitpick but in Italian her name is Guisseppina (SP?) learned that yesterday from my parents Italian friends who are visiting and got an introduction to American Girls [img]wink.gif[/img] My dad's friend's name is Guisseppe and he got a kick out of the fact that Josefina had the same name as him.Quote:
For doll nicknames, I really don't like Josie for Josefina at all, and it really annoys me when people pronounce the "j" sound, it is supposed to be "h". She is Mexican, not Italian! I guess when writing, I'll write Sam, but we always call her Samantha.
Laurie
QNPoohBear, thats funny. An old friend of mine (we had a bit of a falling out) came from a very Italian family. Her father and his three sisters did not come to the US until they were 12-16 back in the 60s. So they all had Italian names. One of her cousins was named Guisseppe, which is Italian for Joseph.
Ironically, one of her aunts was named Josephine and it was pronounced with the J sound. That is the French version of the name. I prefer that pronounciation the best. I dont like it with the Spanish H sound or the heavy J in English. The French way of saying sounds so pretty, IMHO anyway. For those who dont know, the French way would be pronounced like this: zho-zay-FEEN Its kinda hard to write out phonetically. [img]confused.gif[/img]
<font color="#051E50"><font size="1">[ June 14, 2005 03:25 PM: Message edited by: shortie421 ]</font></font>
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ June 14, 2005 03:25 PM: Message edited by: shortie421 ]</font>
My real name is Katina. It's pronounced just like Katrina but without the "r". My mom has been calling me Katie ever since I was a baby because she didn't want people to start calling me Tina. So I'm really more used to Katie than Katina. I only use Katina when I'm doing important stuff like filling out forms, paying bills, drivers licensce, etc.
My mailing address lablels say Katina. My mom named me this because it's a combination of Kathlyn(my mom's mom's name) and Christina(a name my mom really liked but couldn't use because I'm Jewish and you can't use names with the word Christ for Jewish people).
I named my AGOT 19 doll Allison because I plan to name my real daughter that if I ever have one. My father's name was Allan and it's customary in the Jewish religion to name children after deceased family members.
As for the dolls, I'm just an impatient typist. I use Lissie because her family and friends all call her that in the book. But Elizabeth doesn't like to be called anything but that so that is what I use. I pronounce everything pretty much phonetically, so I call Josefina with the J. Just like I call roof with the "oo" sound. I think part of it is where I live and what kind of pronounciation my family and friends use for things.
I call Samantha Sam because she is called that in the book. Addy's real name is Aduke(or Adulke) and we know that Kit's name is Margaret Mildred. I agree that I wouldn't want people calling ME Margaret Mildred! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ June 14, 2005 09:00 PM: Message edited by: Katie from IL ]</font>
I have a friend Elizabeth that I call Liz and Lizzie so I'll probably use one of those nicknames for the Elizabeth doll.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Okay- I have 2 daughters and I wouldn't describe my house as prissy at all. Sure we have a dress up section, but we also have a football and basketball hoop and soccer ball, and lots of other "tough toys." That's the great thing about daughters- they can do it all! One minute they're playing with dolls or being Laura from Little House on the Prairie, the next they're smacking a t-ball off the post. Count yourself doubly blessed if you have 2 daughters! I do!Quote:
Originally posted by shortie421:
Elizabeth is just an all around beautiful name. My favorite girls name is Abigail and I love the nickname Abbey as well. Fortunately its my boyfriends favorite girls name too [img]wink.gif[/img] Now if only we could agree on boys names; thanks god thats not an issue for about another 8 years. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But if I end up with two daughters (which Im not sure I would want, Id much rather have a house full of rowdy boys as opposed to prissy girls) I will definitely name the other Elizabeth. Eliza (long i sound) is also a really pretty name. Very British sounding.
Jo
I have 3 boys, and they're terrific, but the only real disadvantage is that not only do they not share my interests in dolls or shopping, etc, but with no sisters as a frame of reference, they see liking such things as practically abnormal! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Thats cool, but I still think I would rather have boys. Most girls are so much more emotional than I am and I cant deal with that and it only gets worse as we go through those teenage years. I grew up as one of only two girl cousins in a huge close family of cousins and for as long as I can remember my closest friends have been guys. Ive always found girls to be so catty and dramatic. So Im really looking forward to having a bunch of rowdy, rough housing boys when Im a mom. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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