Dorothy 🤔

[MissMoodyMoo]

Nn dot and dotty?

Love it, and love dot as a nn.

Love it. I only know one (in her 40s) and at the risk of sounding a bit schmaltzy she’s bloody amazing. She’s kind, generous, warm and one of the nicest people I know. She often gets called Dottie.

I went to uni with one. It's distinctly old-fashioned but a young woman can definitely work it. She went by Dolly or Dot for short.

Don’t like it at all sorry

I think Dorothea is prettier.

Dorothy is nice, so is Dotty

Nope.. Just not into this going back to old names malarkey!

I find it weird that people have the same names... I wish in general people were more creative with their names as children are one of a kind! So going back to old names is like.. ugh reeeeallly?!

Awful, sorry

I lik it and love Dottie but I too only know one and she hates her name. She’s always told me that as a girl she tried regularly to get her DM to change her name.

My Nana’s name,
She hated it.
Was always called Dot.
I like it.

I’m afraid the name always makes me laugh. In Victorian times, being “a friend of Dorothy” was a euphemism for being gay. It’s played on in “The Importance of being Earnest” (Ernest was also a gay euphemism). Oscar Wilde has a field day with the subtext in his play!

Actually the friend of Dorothy reference is one of the reasons I like the name. It’s one of my favouritist old fashioned euphemisms for being gay. And as a gay myself I hope I am a friend as well as as a mama to my little Dorothy.

Dear god, no! I think that's a very strange reason for wanting to name a child Dorothy!

I have an auntie Dorothy who I love but have never met another one, besides Dot Cotton.

Not keen tbh. It’s the diminutives I esp don’t like ie Dot/tie, Dolly etc.

Honestly, I think it's pretty awful.

It's very outdated, IMO. And I think "Dotty" is grim too; it means "not quite there mentally" where I'm from. Like someone's missing a few cogs upstairs.

I love it!

Lovely. Love Dolly as a short form. Knew an old lady from parents' church who was known as Dotkin! Love it.

Why all the silliness about 'Dottie'?

'Bob' also means to float about with little control - do people wring their hands in horror every time the mother of a Robert feels a short form coming on?

Bill? Don't do it! They'll think he's a receipt!
Lou? Noooo!!! They'll call her a toilet!
Flo? How could you!
Tom? What, like the drum?

I think Dorothy is a lovely name, Dory is a nice nickname as an alternative to Dot.

Meem you think people having the same name is “weird”?

That’s quite an odd view. There are 7.6 Billion people on earth - you think they should all have a different name?

Oh wow. I've learnt something new. I thought Friend of Dorothy was a Wizard of Oz ref. Ha!

I like the name. Cool nicknames too.

I really wanted DD to be called Dotty but partner wasn't keen! I love it

Love it!!!

scrabbler so did I.
I assumed it was because Judy Garland was a gay icon.

Baddoc kids nowadays don't give a fuck about euphemisms for being gay.