I have literally never encountered this once in South Wales and am calling you out on this (Steven -> Ste specifically, the rest is often true).
Make me think of gout
and the friends they made along the way
as long as those friends don’t refer to themselves as Ste
Really? I find that unacceptable! Maybe it’s a Cardiffian (or even Cantonian) thing then, but it’s happened to me, my wife, and pretty much everyone we know, and in most places I’ve worked.
Will accept I maybe opened it out to broadly geographically, but it’s something that I’ve definitely, definitely noticed.
To be fair, Cardiff is its own linguistic twilight zone, so perhaps it’s just here.
As a Richie, I get annoyed if people call me anything other than Richie or Rich really. Certain people can get away with Rick/y, but that requires years to develop that relationship. Hate being called Richard
Anyone who voluntarily shortens their name to Dick must have a reason
They’re a PI
‘Ste’ is the worst. Fucking hate it.
Number of syllables Ste = 1 Steve = 1
Doesn’t even save time.
People who call themselves Xander instead of Alex. Big fat
I’m quite lucky in that people generally only use the short version of my name with Timothy sounding ridiculously obnoxious and Timmy just sounding ridiculous. I get Timbo quite a bit, that’s fine.
Patrick - Ricky
0 voters
Robert
Balonz
Elizabeth:
Beth, Betty, Eliza, Libby, Liz, Lizbeth
Zabe, Ebert, Eth, Izab, Elizath, Libeth
Strange world isn’t it?
Has anyone ever worked out how Peggy became short for Margaret?
Google says it’s because it “rhymes with Meggy”…but that’s not an answer.
