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What could Ernie be an acceptable nickname for?

41 replies

Bagging · 27/05/2022 00:09

List as many names as you can where Ernie could be a passable nickname/shortening.

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JaneJeffer · 27/05/2022 01:30

Hibernia

AuntTwacky · 27/05/2022 01:28

Just call him Ernie and get him a milk cart

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Bagging · 27/05/2022 00:35

@HorribleHerstory, surely it's Bernie for Bernard?

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HorribleHerstory · 27/05/2022 00:29

Ernest
ernan
erno
ernesto
bernard
bertram
fern
ermintrude
bernardette
albern

LetitiaLeghorn · 27/05/2022 00:29

Ernst.

watcherintherye · 27/05/2022 00:28

Ernan - apparently a boys’ name of Celtic origin.

Kite22 · 27/05/2022 00:25

It really is, as everyone has said, a shortened version of Ernest the fastest milkman in the West

You can call anyone whatever nickname you want, from Titch to Smelly, to Sugar Tits, or Buttercup. It doesn't have to be anything to do with their name. Nicknames often come from a child's actions, or personality, or a misunderstanding or mispronunciation when they were little.

If you are asking what Ernie is shortened from, then it is Ernest.

DramaAlpaca · 27/05/2022 00:24

Ernestino.

But I agree with the pp who said the child deserves better.

watcherintherye · 27/05/2022 00:22

Ernest. Or if you want a little more edgy, Ernesto.

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Bagging · 27/05/2022 00:16

@Palavah, shouldn't that be Sternie?

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Redshoeblueshoe · 27/05/2022 00:14

The milkman - he drove the fastest milk van in the west
(ok this is for the older people on here)

Palavah · 27/05/2022 00:12

Sterns, one of TS Eliot's names

FibbyJiggins · 27/05/2022 00:12

nothing acceptable about Ernie.

he deserves better.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 27/05/2022 00:10

Ernest is all I can think of, but Ernie is fine as a stand alone name imo

Donotgogentle · 27/05/2022 00:10

Earnest, obvs

Cuckoo48 · 27/05/2022 00:10

It's short for Ernest, surely?