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Hattie or Hettie?

54 replies

PreciousPeach · 04/04/2014 13:59

I know it is only a teeny difference but anyway which do you prefer?

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Tranquilitybaby · 05/04/2014 07:26

Hettie sounds better

mathanxiety · 05/04/2014 04:38

I knew a lovely Hettie who was always Hettie. Her surname had the same short E sound in it. It went very well.

Blueberrybaby · 05/04/2014 01:10

Harriet with Hattie for short, but since Harriet is out, then neither for me.

Sharaluck · 05/04/2014 00:19

Very sorry but I don't like either.

Kitty?

3DcAndMe · 05/04/2014 00:11

Hattie

Hettie reminds me of the Hoover

Alisvolatpropiis · 05/04/2014 00:10

Neither.

DramaAlpaca · 04/04/2014 23:58

Hattie

AddUpToNothing · 04/04/2014 23:56

Hettie for me.

NewtRipley · 04/04/2014 21:58

Well, since you've put your foot down, neither!. I love Harriet/Hattie

TessOfTheBaublevilles · 04/04/2014 21:32

If bump is a girl, she'll be Harriet nn Hatty/Hattie, so Hattie gets my vote.

Hettie always makes me think of Hetty Wainthrop Investigates. (Surely I can't be the only person who remembers that show?)

BABaracus · 04/04/2014 20:15

I also prefer Hettie!

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 04/04/2014 20:05

Ds2 was going to be Hetty if he was a girl. So obviously I prefer Hettie.

Beanymonster · 04/04/2014 15:39

I like Hettie and il be the first to mention NCIS: la, henrietta lang? Hettie? The most amazing female inspiration.....

UnionofMultitaskers · 04/04/2014 15:36

Hettie

MoominsYonisAreScary · 04/04/2014 15:30

And ds3 has a nn on his bc too Wink

IpsyUpsyDaisyDo · 04/04/2014 15:30

I have a Harriet & we call her Hatty. So I'd go with Hattie out of the two.

I don't think it's just a 'mumsnet thing' to have a full name on the birth certificate, your DD will always be explaining that Hattie / Hettie is her given name & not short for anything. I knew a bloke called Cass, he found it very irritating.

CheeseStrawWars · 04/04/2014 15:30

Hattie can be rhymed with more rude things, so I'd go for Hettie.

MoominsYonisAreScary · 04/04/2014 15:29

I know a Harriet nn hattie

I prefer hettie though!

sonlypuppyfat · 04/04/2014 15:27

I know a Hattie and when I call her harriette she always says thank you it makes me feel more grown up she's 9.

fideline · 04/04/2014 15:25

Hattie makes me think of Tom's Midnight Garden. Lovely.

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PreciousPeach · 04/04/2014 15:23

So just to reiterate its which do you prefer Hattie or Hettie not Harriet or Henrietta! Smile Wink Thanks!

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PreciousPeach · 04/04/2014 15:22

It would 100% be Hettie or Hattie on the BC......I know it's a mumsnet thing having something "proper" on the BC but just as some may see them as being nicknamey I don't! Grin so please don't try to persuade me!

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sonlypuppyfat · 04/04/2014 15:08

Harriette or Harriet I don't like shortened names.

momb · 04/04/2014 15:05

If you can't choose between the nns then choose based on whcih of the given names you'll prefer. Henrietta or Harriet?

DealForTheKids · 04/04/2014 15:02

I think I'd go Harriet with nn Hattie (I quite like Harriet) - Hettie reminds me this, which I currently have on my desk...

www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/store/hetty-desk-vacuum-p-12456.html?gclid=CK-opJL_xr0CFSsKwwodoZcA_w

Also I'd be clear it's a nn - think you will always be asked 'what's it short for?' because both do sound very nn-ish.