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Please help me convince DH

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LizzyIzzyLou · 19/04/2009 11:49

I love Edward shortedned to Ted. DH has been saying Edward is too posh for us and will not consider it.

Last night he said the real reason he wont have Edward is because he thinks it will be shortened to Eddie which he hates.

Can you help me convince him that he will not become an Eddie if he is always known as Ted?

Do you have an Edward or know one that isnt called Eddie and do you think that an Edward is destined to bedcome an Eddie?

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LizzyIzzyLou · 20/04/2009 10:07

I think maybe Ted does sound less like a nickname than the other names?

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jellybeans · 19/04/2009 22:52

I think it (Ted) sounds less 'babyish' than those names although they are OK.

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LizzyIzzyLou · 19/04/2009 22:42

That's true jellybeans.

I've never been a fan of names like 'Alfie' or 'Freddie' going on a birth certificate though and wondered if Ted fell into the same category?

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jellybeans · 19/04/2009 21:36

Ted is fine as a short name. Most names which are popular now are from longer names originally.

pavlovthepregnantcat · 19/04/2009 21:15

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Cies · 19/04/2009 21:11

I agree with all the posters who have said that you can call him one thing, but when he gets to school /uni /football club they may well call him something totally different.

My db is Peter to family, but Pete to his friends and girlfriend. That's just how it is. We'd never ever call him Pete.

Edward nn Ted is nice.

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LizzyIzzyLou · 19/04/2009 21:07

Do you think Ted is ok for a first name? Or is too much of a nn?

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piscesmoon · 19/04/2009 21:05

I wanted to have an Edward but I don't like any of the shortened forms, so we didn't.You have to bear in mind that your DS might like Eddie when he gets older.

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thisisyesterday · 19/04/2009 21:00

i do not think that an Edward is destined to become an Eddie.
if people only ever know him as Edward or Ted then that's what they'll call him.

dp is Robert, and he HATES Rob. no-one has ever called him it because if they do he tells them not to. but they rarely do because he is only ever introduced as Robert or Bob- and why would you start calling someone by a name that they haven't even told you is theirs??

jellybeans · 19/04/2009 20:55

just call him Ted

pranma · 19/04/2009 16:26

dgs aged 7wks is Edward known as Ted

HecatesTwopenceworth · 19/04/2009 14:00

Yes, many, many people are likely to call him Eddie if you go for Edward.

morethanyoubargainfor · 19/04/2009 13:53

i would just call him Ted and be done with it.

FaintlyMacabre · 19/04/2009 13:51

I have an Edward who was called Ted from day 1! Go for it

hulabula · 19/04/2009 13:49

All the Edward's I know are called Ed, Eddie or Edward.

The only Ted I know is a Theodore.

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LizzyIzzyLou · 19/04/2009 13:24

I think we'll probably end up jut calling him Ted and forgetting Edward then

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crokky · 19/04/2009 12:16

Only Edwards I know are known as Ed. Does that abbreviation annoy him as well as Eddie?

People do shorten names (uninvited!) and I think Ed/Eddie are more commonly used abbreviations than Ted.

Disenchanted3 · 19/04/2009 12:12

mu DH is Adam... he gets called Eddie.

ShowOfHands · 19/04/2009 12:11

Your child could end up with a nickname completely unrelated to his actual name. You cannot control what will happen at school.

I dislike the name Tilly intensely and it is the most common abbreviation of my dd's name. Everybody warned that she would be called Tilly. So far, nope, nobody calls her Tilly. I put my foot down at the beginning and she has never been known as that. It might happen one day but she is known by the name we use for her. If anybody accidentally uses Tilly, dd looks blankly and says 'no, my name is...'

Pollyanna · 19/04/2009 12:08

I have an Edward known as Ned. His sister does call him Eddie though - sorry!

Don't know what he will be called at school though as he is only 1. I hope it stays as Ned, although I like Ed too.

belgo · 19/04/2009 12:03

Ted is also nickname for Theodore.

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