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Just Dottie?

43 replies

ComfortHer · 13/06/2017 19:54

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PaperdollCartoon · 13/06/2017 22:39

Love Dottie/Dotty as a nickname for Dorothy, but I think it would be unfair to give it as just a given name someone who might want to be a doctor or a lawyer one day.

Connotations around names are changing, but currently I would still exactly someone with a childish nickname to have a 'proper name'

KoalaDownUnder · 13/06/2017 22:38

No. Twee.

bluechameleon · 13/06/2017 22:37

I really think you need a full name. It's so cutesy. But then that's the trend for girls' names now so I suppose it'll be normal in 20-30 years for adults to be called Evie and Lexi and Millie.

DramaAlpaca · 13/06/2017 22:36

It's not nice even as a nickname.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 13/06/2017 22:10

No

BertrandRussell · 13/06/2017 20:43

No.

SuperBeagle · 13/06/2017 20:42

Being dotty means someone's crazy or absent minded. Not exactly a good thing. The name sounds just as daft IMO

FoxesSitOnBoxes · 13/06/2017 20:41

Love it as a pet name. Not keen on Dorothy/Dorothea but Dora nn Dottie is nice?

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans · 13/06/2017 20:40

Dottie is like Dippie or Daftie. You can't do that to somebody.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 13/06/2017 20:40

I wouldn't like to be just Dottie.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 13/06/2017 20:39

Peridot (Dottie).

ProfessorBranestawm · 13/06/2017 20:16

I know someone with a Dotty and while it's cute as a nickname I think there should be a full name on the BC - I would assume Dorothy. I have not actually asked friend "So is it short for anything?" as I'm worried it might sound rude!

Loyly · 13/06/2017 20:06

I don't like it, sorry.

CaulkheadUpNorf · 13/06/2017 20:05

No. It's fine when she is under 7. Just use it as a nn

user1497292938 · 13/06/2017 20:03

I dont particularly like it, especially seeing as they might get spotty dottie when they get a spot

grasspigeons · 13/06/2017 20:01

It's a lovely nickname for a dorothy /dorothea
or at push something like Dora, Theadora or Clothilda or Odette

I'd feel a bit sorry for a professional 'dottie'

BuzzKillington · 13/06/2017 19:54

For a baby that will one day be an actual adult?

No.

flibberdee · 13/06/2017 19:54

I know a Dottie, not keen to be honest sorry